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  December 3, 2021
        FMCSA Declares South Dakota Motor Carrier, Owner/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 Rapid City, South Dakota-based trucking company Hall Trucking, USDOT No. 2788301, to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered the carrier to immediately cease all interstate and intrastate operations.
    October 22, 2021
        FMCSA Deputy Administrator Meera Joshi Convenes Meetings in Midwest To Discuss Truck Driving and Supply Chain
    
    WASHINGTON – Continuing the Biden Administration’s whole-of-government approach to addressing supply chain disruptions, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Deputy Administrator Meera Joshi met with multiple transportation organizations in the Midwest this week.  The meetings focused on strengthening commercial vehicle safety, bolstering truck driver availability, and improving rail-to-truck supply chain efficiencies.
    September 27, 2021
        FMCSA Declares New York Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard
    
    ​​​​​​​WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared New York-licensed commercial driver Bobir M. Kholmurodov to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in interstate commerce.  Kholmurodov was served the federal order on September 21, 2021.
    September 16, 2021
        U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Winners of 2021 Road Safety Student Art Contest
    
    WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Deputy Administrator Meera Joshi today announced the winners of the 2021 Road Safety Student Art Contest via a congratulatory video.
    September 8, 2021
        FMCSA Awards More Than $76 Million in Grants to Improve Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
    
    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has awarded more than $76 million in grants to states and educational institutions to enhance commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety.  All 50 states, the District of Columbia, plus the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are slated to receive federal funds.
    September 7, 2021
        FMCSA Declares Massachusetts Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard
    
    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Massachusetts-licensed commercial driver William Edward Dearth, Jr., to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in interstate commerce.  Dearth was served the federal order on September 3, 2021.
    July 30, 2021
        FMCSA Declares Unlicensed North Carolina Truck Operator to be an Imminent Hazard
    
    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Jean Lafortune, Jr., of North Carolina to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce.  Lafortune was served the federal order on July 22, 2021.
    July 21, 2021
        FMCSA Urges Everyone to Stay Alert and Stay Safe Traveling the Nation’s Roadways this Summer
    
    WASHINGTON – With a significant rise in the number of vehicles now returning to the Nation’s roadways, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) urges everyone to do their part to share the road safely.
    July 16, 2021
        FMCSA Declares Tennessee Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard
    
    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Tennessee-licensed commercial driver Kristopher Anthony Adams to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in interstate commerce.  Adams was served the federal order on June 23, 2021.
    July 8, 2021
        Imminent Hazard Out-of-Service Order for Kalilu Koneh
    
    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared commercial vehicle driver Kalilu Koneh to be an imminent hazard to public safety, thereby prohibiting him from operating any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce. Koneh was served the federal order on July 6, 2021.

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