Action
Notice of application for exemption; request for comments.
Summary
FMCSA announces that Timberdoodle Company (Timberdoodle) has applied for an exemption from a provision of the "Hours of Service [HOS] of Drivers" regulations (49 CFR part 395). Timberdoodle seeks exemption from section 395.3(b)(1) which prohibits drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) from driving after accumulating 60 hours on duty in a period of 7 days. Timberdoodle asks that its drivers be exempted from including on-duty time that is not driving time in this calculation. Timberdoodle states that CMV operations under its proposed rules are likely to achieve a level of safety equivalent to or greater than the level of safety as would be obtained in the absence of the exemption.