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The White House, joined by a newly created National Energy Dominance Council, has directed the new Environmental Protection Administrator, Lee Zeldin, to ask for a Congressional review of several EPA regulations as well as waivers that currently allow California to implement its own truck pollution rules.
Effective April 1, 2025, updated out-of-service criteria will determine the reasons your trucks, your drivers, and the freight you haul may be placed out-of-service (OOS) during an inspection.
The Trump Administration is waiting March 1 to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada. Trucking moves more than 70% of all goods transported in the United States, including imports and exports. In addition, such tariffs can raise the price of everything truckers need to operate
FMCSA cancelled the second and third webinars about SMS, scheduled for February 25 and March 25, likely because of President Trump’s 60-day moratorium on new regulations.
Three North Texas trucking company owners recently united to combat human trafficking. Through their initiative, named the "Gift of Freedom," these leaders raised awareness of this issue and provided support to organizations working tirelessly to end this modern-day slavery. This effort highlights the critical role that the trucking industry can play in disrupting trafficking networks and protecting vulnerable individuals.
Within days of his election victory, President Donald Trump began issuing various pronouncements that will affect businesses in one way or another. We at ICSA see both positive and negative effects of announced policies.
the California Air Resources Board (CARB) withdrew its waiver requests to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the state’s Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule and Transport Refrigeration Units.
The Truck Leasing Task Force convened under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently released a 51-page final report calling for a federal ban on truck lease-purchase agreements made with a motor carrier or its affiliates.
As we start 2025, consider this a status report on rules that were implemented, rules that were proposed and are going through the rulemaking process and rules that are in limbo, mostly as agencies wait for guidance from the incoming Trump Administration.