FMCSA Sends ELD Rules to OMB

The White House Office of Management and Budget is in possession of FMCSA’s electronic logging device and prohibition of coercion rules, and soon will begin its review of them, usually the last step before official publication.  

OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs said it received the rules from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on July 30.

FMCSA published its electronic logging device proposal in March 2014 and has set Sept. 30 as the target date for release of the final version.

The ELD rule was mandated by Congress in the MAP-21 highway bill of 2012. The anti-coercion rule is an accompaniment to the economically significant logging device regulation.

The ELD proposal set a schedule for phasing out the use of paper logs for drivers operating large commercial vehicles. They will have to be replaced with electronic devices that record driver hours of service on an automated basis.