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                Petitions For Reconsideration
Petitions For Reconsideration**Date Received**
			**Petitioner**
			**Rule**
			**Docket Number (FMCSA)**
			**Summary of Petition for Reconsideration**
			**Decision
			(Grant/Deny) and Date of Letter to Applicant**1/30/2024
			Idaho Govenor's Office
			Clarification to the Applicability of Emergency Exemptions
			2022-0028
			Requested the Agency to reinstate the prior 30-day hours of service period and eliminate supply delivery categories.
			Pending12/18/2023
			Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
			Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility
			2016-0102
			Request incorporation of sections 32916 and 32917 of MAP-21 conditions for broker/freight forwarder registration and recertification. Require 7 days for the surety provider or financial institution to investigate and determine the validity of claims, and other modifications.
			Pending12/08/2023
			American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
			Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (General Technical, Organizational, Confirming, and Correcting Amendments)
			2023-0174
			Request to revert 49 CFRs 384.208 and 384.209 to the previous language and incorporate the provided language.
			Pending11/09/2023
			Western Association of State Highway Transportation Officials
			Clarification to the Applicability of Emergency Exemptions
			2022-0028
			Requested the Agency to increase the automatic emergency exemption waiver period from 14 days back to 30 days, or for the duration of the emergency, whichever proves to be longer.
			Pending11/09/2023
			North Dakota's Governor's Office
			Clarification to the Applicability of Emergency Exemptions
			2022-0028
			Request FMCSA to continue to allow each state's governor to institute regulatory relief based on a regional declaration of an emergency and issue the 30-day relief period from all of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations in parts 390-399.
			Pending11/13/2023
			National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) and Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA)
			Clarification to the Applicability of Emergency Exemptions
			2022-0028
			Request for data that supports the regulatory change to be included in rulemaking and address whether the Agency has the authority to issue declarations in advance of an emergency.
			Pending2/9/2024
			Governor of South Dakota
			Clarification of the Applicability of Emergency Exemptions
			2022-0028
			Request clarification to the applicability of emergency exemptions.
			Pending11/09/2023
			Montana DOT
			Clarification to the Applicability of Emergency Exemptions
			2022-0028
			Request to increase the automatic emergency exemption waiver period from 14 days back to 30 days, or for the duration of the emergency, whichever proves to be longer.
			Pending11/02/2023
			CVSA
			Clarification to the Applicability of Emergency Exemptions
			2022-0028
			Request the duration of automatic regulatory relief which was revised from the proposed 5 days to 14 days in the final rule.
			Pending4/4/2023
			CVSA
			Commercial Driver License Standards
			Pending
			Amend Title 49 CFR 383.25 to clarify the term "valid CDL" for the purposes of accompanying a CLP holder for behind-the-wheel training in a CMV.
			Pending10/27/2021
			Oregon Department of Transportation
			Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (DACH) Final Rule
			2017-0330
			Requested to clarify the downgrade process prescribed and codified at 49 CFR 383.73(q).
			Granted 7/26/2022On or Before 11/8/2021
			(No date provided)
			Jamalh Wilson
			DACH Final Rule
			2017-0330
			Requested to amend or withdraw the DACH rule regarding violations being listed in the DACH database even if not convicted.
			Granted 1/5/20236/30/2020
			Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates); International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT); Truck Safety Coalition (TSC); Citizen’s for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH); and Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.)
			HOS Final Rule
			2018-0248
			Requested reconsideration for multiple items they believe violate the Agency’s duty to place public safety as its highest priority.
			Denied 8/25/20206/30/2020
			CVSA
			HOS Final Rule
			2018-0248
			Request reconsideration of language in the Final Rule with the use of adverse driving conditions and use of personal conveyance designations.
			Denied 8/27/20206/30/2020
			National Private Truck Council
			HOS Final Rule
			2018-0248
			Request the definition of “driver-salesperson” in 49 CFR 395.2 be amended.
			Denied 8/24/20206/11/2020
			Anna Torrens
			HOS Final Rule
			2018-0248
			Requested reconsideration of HOS Final Rule 49 CFR Parts 385 and 395.
			Denied 8/27/20209/19/2018
			ACOEM, AOA, MOM, and Mr. Eddie Gar
			Qualification of Drivers; Diabetes Standard Final Rule
			2005-23151
			Requested several matters concerning drivers with insulin treated diabetes mellitus to include but not limited to the definition of severe hypoglycemia and severe hypoglycemic episode, require examination by a certifying medical examiner after experiencing a hypoglycemic episode.
			Denied 03/05/201912/22/2016
			Advocates, Truck Safety Coalition, OOIDA, CRASH
			Entry Level Driver Training (RIN 2126–AB66)
			2007–27748 (Document FMC-161222-004)
			Primarily object to omission of minimum hours
			Denied 01/19/20171/15/2016
			Truck & Engine Manufacturers Association
			Electronic Logging Devices
			(RIN 2126–AB20)
			2010-0167
			Requested modification of the rule to allow ELDs the option to obtain the vehicle's motion status, miles driven, and VIN from the vehicle data bus.
			Granted 09/12/20171/13/2016
			Saucon Technologies
			Electronic Logging Devices
			(RIN 2126–AB20)
			2010-0167
			Requested for 3 items they believe may have unintended safety consequences or do not cover a portion of the instances that occur in the motorcoach industry and clarification on 3 items to ensure an understanding of requirements.
			Denied 9/13/20171/11/2016
			Landstar Rangers
			Electronic Logging Devices
			(RIN 2126–AB20)
			2010-0167
			Requested to allow paper RODS and ELDs.
			Denied 10/02/20175/22/2015
			OOIDA
			Medical Examiner’s Certification Integration Final Rule
			2012-0178
			Requested reconsideration of the Medical Examiner’s Certification Integration Final Rule based on the assertion that the final rule made changes to the FMCSRs without notice and public comment.
			Denied 09/09/2016**NOTE: Regarding “Lease & Interchange of Vehicles; Motor Carriers or Passengers,” Docket FMCSA-2012-0103.** Forty-three Petitions for Reconsideration were received in response to this final rule (May 27, 2015; 80 FR 30164). All requests were addressed in one or more of a series of Federal Register notices; therefore, they are considered “closed.” In addition to notices extending the period for filing petitions for reconsideration, an August 31, 2016 (81 FR 59951) Federal Register notice announced the Agency’s intent to issue a rulemaking concerning revisions to the May 27, 2015, final rule, and outlined the areas to be addressed in the future rulemaking. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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