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  March 16, 2021
        FMCSA Declares Alabama Motor Carrier, Truck Driver, to be Imminent Hazards to Public Safety
    
    ​​​​​​​WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Birmingham, Alabama-based Woods Dependable Towing, LLC., USDOT No. 3435215, to immediately cease all interstate and intrastate operations after investigators found the company to pose an imminent hazard to public safety.  The company was served the federal order on March 8, 2021.
    March 11, 2021
        FMCSA Declares Minnesota Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard
    
    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Minnesota-licensed commercial driver Jordan Andrew Bane to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce.  Bane was served the federal order on March 5, 2021.
    March 10, 2021
        FMCSA Declares Ohio Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard
    
    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Ohio-licensed commercial driver Travis Lee Tolliver to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce.  Tolliver was served the federal order on March 5, 2021.
    March 5, 2021
        FMCSA Regional Emergency Declaration Extended for Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia
    
    WASHINGTON - FMCSA has extended a REGIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION for the following States only: Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
    February 23, 2021
        FMCSA Declares Idaho Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard
    
    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Idaho-licensed commercial driver Shane R. Warr to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in intrastate or interstate commerce.  Warr was served the federal order on February 8, 2021.
    February 18, 2021
        FMCSA Issues Regional Emergency Declaration for 33 States and DC in Response to Winter Storm Damage, Heating Fuel Shortages
    
    WASHINGTON - FMCSA has issued a REGIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION covering: AR, CT, DE, DC, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MA, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, WI and WY in response to winter storm damage and heating and other fuel shortages. This Declaration addresses the emergency conditions creating a need for immediate transportation of persons, supplies, goods, equipment, heating fuels, including propane, natural gas, and heating oil, and other fuel
    February 10, 2021
        FMCSA Declares Montana Motor Carrier Operations to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety
    
    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered any motor carriers operated by Matthew Tabner, including two Belgrade, Montana-based companies – Vallise Automotive Group, USDOT No. 3547547, and Central Logistics, Inc, USDOT No. 3549608 – to immediately cease all interstate and intrastate transportation operations after state and federal investigators found the companies to pose an imminent hazard to public safety.  Tabner was

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