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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Business
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FMCSA unveils 18 proposed rule changes
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing 18 rule changes aimed at simplifying regulatory compliance for truck drivers and motor carriers. According to a list of notices published on Tuesday, the proposed rules, to be formally released on Friday, will have 60-day comment periods. The rules include: Removal of self-reporting requirementFMCSA proposes to revise its regulations requiring commercial driver's license holders to self-report motor vehicle violations to their state. 'With the implementation of the exclusive electronic exchange of violations between state drivers licensing agencies in 2024, self-reporting is no longer necessary.' CDL standards for certain military personnel This rulemaking would allow dual-status military technicians, regardless of whether they are members of either the Reserves or the National Guard, to qualify for the military exception from CDL training requirements. 'FMCSA anticipates that this rulemaking would result in cost savings … by alleviating the need to receive training at a training provider location listed on FMCSA's training provider registry.'Modifying the term 'medical treatment' in accident reporting This rulemaking proposes to revise FMCSA regulations to incorporate 2022 guidance into the definition of an accident. 'A new paragraph would be added to the definition to clarify that medical treatment does not include x-rays or other imaging … and a person who does not receive treatment for diagnosed injuries or other medical intervention directly related to the accident, has not received 'medical treatment.'' Vehicle examination reports In response to a petition from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, FMCSA proposes to revise the requirement that motor carriers and intermodal equipment providers sign and return a completed roadside inspection form to the issuing state agency. 'FMCSA is aware that not all states review the returned inspection reports and may not require return of the inspection report. This means that in some cases, motor carriers and intermodal equipment providers are completing paperwork and, essentially, sending it into a void. This represents an unreasonable burden.' Electronic driver vehicle inspection reports Based on a public comment filed by the National Tank Truck Carriers, FMCSA proposes to clarify the requirement to complete a driver vehicle inspection report (DVIR).'The DVIR may already be completed electronically, however this [rule] proposes explicit language to make this clear. This will encourage motor carriers and drivers to utilize electronic, cost-saving methods when completing DVIRs.' Rescinding the requirement on ELD operator's manual FMCSA proposes to amend the requirement that electronic logging device manuals be kept in the truck. 'There is no readily apparent benefit to continuing to require that the users' manual be in the CMV. This proposal would eliminate an unintended regulatory burden on motor carriers without compromising safety.' Railroad grade crossing requirement Currently, drivers transporting certain hazardous materials are required to stop before crossing a railroad track unless an exception applies, such as when the crossing is controlled by a functioning highway traffic signal transmitting a green indication. The agency proposes to add a similar exception for a railroad grade crossing equipped with an active warning device that is not in an activated state – for example, flashing lights or crossing gates down indicating the arrival of a train. Removing obsolete references to 'water carriers' FMCSA proposes to remove all obsolete references to 'water carriers' in the FMCSA regulations (FMCSRs). 'FMCSA does not specifically regulate water carriers except to the extent that such carriers also engage in motor carrier operations. In such cases, the existing FMCSRs provide appropriate coverage of the carrier's motor carrier operations.' In addition to the above proposed rules, FMCSA is planning on proposed rules affecting 'parts and accessories necessary for safe operation,' including: Auxiliary fuel tanks Brakes on portable conveyors Certification and labeling requirements for rear-impact protection guards Fuel tank overfill restriction License plate lamps Liquid-burning flares Retroreflective sheeting on semitrailers and trailers Tire load markings Spare fuses Lawmakers look at expanding FMCSA's power to rein in cargo theft Bill would force FMCSA to back off truck speed controls FMCSA makes up to $90M available in FY2025 grants Click for more FreightWaves articles by John Gallagher. The post FMCSA unveils 18 proposed rule changes appeared first on FreightWaves.
Otago Daily Times
23-05-2025
- General
- Otago Daily Times
Residents make impassioned plea for future of Canterbury settlement
By Keiller MacDuff of RNZ Selwyn District Council heard more impassioned pleas for the future of the Selwyn Huts settlement as residents presented their case at yet another meeting on Wednesday. District councillors took yet another vote and staff waded through archaic legislation, council archives and numerous amendments. A report was adopted, consultation will proceed with three options put to residents - whether they prefer licence terms of five years with a final, non-renewable expiry date, a single fixed term of 30 years with a final, non-renewable expiry date or rolling ten-year terms with the ability to renew, up to a maximum of 30 years total. But some residents say the question is inaccurate, and appeared to confuse some of the councillors voting on it. The first fisherman's huts at the Upper Selwyn Huts were built in 1888. Until about 1990, prospective owners had to have a current fishing licence in order to obtain a hut licence. Intended only as temporary accommodation, over the years there had been a drift from occasional to permanent use of the Huts. Hut owners were granted licences to occupy, usually on a five-year basis. Council pauses plan to remove Upper Selwyn Huts Upper Selwyn Huts is managed by the Selwyn District Council, on a reserve owned by the Crown, Springston South Reserve. According to the council, there are 96 occupancy licences, locals estimate about 150 people live at the settlement. A timeline contained in the council's report outlined many years of resolutions, legal advice and determinations, dating back to a decision in 2017 to explore refusing to renew licences or to renew them for a lesser term. A unanimous decision in 2019 determined the licences and renewals were "short term and ultimately for a finite period." Deeds of licence due to expire in 2020 were extended via letters, and in 2022, another letter extended the licence to occupy until June 2024, on the basis of encroaching climate change and modelling showing rising sea and lake levels might put the settlement at risk. Subsequent extensions were granted to allow for consultation processes with the community. In March 2024, the council voted to confirm residents would have to leave by 2039. But in July, another vote saw the council agreeing to allow for further consultation with residents. The lawyer representing some Upper Selwyn Huts residents, Clare Lenihan, presented during the public forum at Wednesday's meeting, speaking to her legal opinion that council had obligations it was failing to fulfil under the 1924 Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act. Several residents also presented, including Kirrily Fea of the Selwyn Huts Owners Association, the group retaining Lenihan. The council faced a vote on several aspects relating to the huts, including whether to adopt a proposal laying out further consultation with residents and the specific questions to be posed, rolling over licences for another year, and how long to grant licence holders in arrears to pay outstanding amounts. More than three hours later, an element of confusion reigned. Amendments to amendments were proposed, and for the most part lost, points of governance were challenged, and the council's legal, financial, and communications teams were frequently called on. Eventually, the vote passed on the recommendations more or less as originally proposed. But Kirrily Fea said the confusion, and hours spent rehashing old decisions and attempting to clarify new ones, is all part of the problem. Her group's position was that the question council signed off on for consultation is flawed, and conflated terms of the lease with whether the leases were renewable or finite. A bid by councillor Elizabeth Mundt to add another option, which would allow the terms of the licence to be renewed, was not passed. She said it was disappointing to feel like they were back at square one, even after 14 months of consultation and engagement, time, effort and costs. The report noted the council has spent more than a quarter of a million dollars in this financial year on formal decision-making and implementation the licence. Fea said engaging a barrister was a significant cost for the association too. "It's very expensive, and it's exhausting." The issue - and costs - became fraught after the council changed the management structure more than a decade ago, Fea said. "Pre-2011, we had a sub-committee with one councillor on it, and we didn't cost the council anything". But she said the group feels compelled to keep up the fight, because they don't believe the council is justified in making the terms of new licences finite and non-renewable. The council's own reports did not find the threat from climate change to be imminent, she said. Both reports the council commissioned last year concluded the settlement would not be affected by rising groundwater and lake levels for thirty years or even later in the century, she said. But Keith Morrison, representing another resident's group, said it was always privilege to hold a licence to occupy a reserve which had special recreational and wildlife values. "We have always recognised - based on legal opinions obtained prior to signing our first licences and over the three decades we have had regularly renewed them - and we know that it cannot be taken for granted." A change in the community began when the council allowed leaseholders to rent their properties, "which turned the reserve into a real estate business and a type of de facto social housing." "We consider the council made a mistake and request the council correct it." If not, Morrison said his group requested the council "do it properly." They wanted to see the council become the sole landlord for huts that became rentals, not licence holders, and have the council work with the Ministry of Social Development to ensure those most in need in the wider community received housing, enforced Healthy Home standards and linked rents to the income of those most in need. Morrison said the move to allow licence holders to rent their homes had created a more stratified community, left some vulnerable tenants in substandard housing, and others to overcapitalise. He said council needed to help licence holders and tenants on how to prepare for when the settlement is "eventually, inevitably closed down due to the effects of climate change" and accused some in the community of having a "sense of entitlement" as they arguing against contributing to infrastructure such as a new waste water scheme. Councillor Lydia Gliddens told the meeting she failed to see why the terms had to be finite, and was "not convinced on the why" of the managed retreat. Consultation will begin next month by mail, with drop-in submissions to follow, and hearings planned for August. A final decision is due in September.
Borneo Post
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Borneo Post
Len Talif: 30 areas in Opar approved for NCR land perimeter surveys, over 1,400 titles issued
Len Talif said 10 villages have been approved. Of these, two villages have been fully surveyed, with 415 land titles issued for one of them. – Roy KUCHING (May 22): A total of 30 areas within the Opar constituency have been approved for perimeter surveys of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land as of April 30 this year, said Sarawak Deputy Minister of Urban Planning, Land Administration and Environment, Datuk Len Talif Salleh. Of the 30 areas, 26 have been surveyed, with 18 gazetted as Native Communal Reserves (Agriculture) while several other areas are still undergoing the survey process, including one facing objections, he said. 'In the second phase, nine areas have been approved for individual lot surveys, with three areas completed and five others still in progress,' said Len Talif at the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting today, in response to a question from Opar assemblyman Billy Sujang. He also reported that 1,411 land titles have been issued under Section 18 of the Sarawak Land Code. Regarding traditional village land surveys, Len Talif said 10 villages have been approved. Of these, two villages have been fully surveyed, with 415 land titles issued for one of them. 'Surveys for the remaining eight villages will commence soon, subject to the readiness of the land claimants on the ground,' he added. During a supplementary question session, Len Talif emphasised that the effectiveness of the survey process depends heavily on cooperation from the applicants. 'Land claimants must be prepared for their land to be surveyed by identifying and marking boundaries, and by submitting a rough sketch plan along with a list of claimants' names,' he explained. He noted that areas affected by disputes or the absence of claimant presence in the field have experienced delays in the survey process. 'Let us work together to resolve any disputes and disagreements among claimants to ensure the successful surveying of individual lots and the timely issuance of land titles,' he said. On the survey of 'pemakai menoa' and 'pulau galau' (native territorial domain), Len Talif said that Sarawak Bumiputera communities may submit their claims by completing the NTD A form, which is available at the Land and Survey Department counters or can be downloaded from the department's website. DUN Land Survey Len Talif NCR
Scoop
22-05-2025
- General
- Scoop
Selwyn Huts Residents Make Impassioned Plea For Future Of Settlement
Selwyn District Council heard more impassioned pleas for the future of the Selwyn Huts settlement, as residents presented to yet another meeting on Wednesday, councillors took yet another vote and staff waded through archaic legislation, council archives and numerous amendments. A report was adopted, consultation will proceed with three options put to residents - whether they prefer licence terms of five years with a final, non-renewable expiry date, a single fixed term of 30 years with a final, non-renewable expiry date or rolling ten-year terms with the ability to renew, up to a maximum of 30 years total. But some residents say the question is inaccurate, and appeared to confuse some of the councillors voting on it. The first fisherman's huts at the Upper Selwyn Huts were built in 1888. Until about 1990, prospective owners had to have a current fishing licence in order to obtain a hut licence. Intended only as temporary accommodation, over the years there had been a drift from occasional to permanent use of the Huts. Hut owners were granted licences to occupy, usually on a five-year basis. Upper Selwyn Huts is managed by the Selwyn District Council, on a reserve owned by the crown, Springston South Reserve. According to the council, there are 96 occupancy licences, locals estimate around 150 people lived at the settlement. A timeline contained in the council's report outlined many years of resolutions, legal advice and determinations, dating back to a decision in 2017 to explore refusing to renew licences or to renew them for a lesser term. A unanimous decision in 2019 determined the licences and renewals were "short term and ultimately for a finite period." Deeds of licence due to expire in 2020 were extended via letters, and in 2022, another letter extended the licence to occupy until June 2024, on the basis of encroaching climate change and modelling showing rising sea and lake levels might put the settlement at risk. Subsequent extensions were granted to allow for consultation processes with the community. In March 2024, the council voted to confirm residents would have to leave by 2039. But in July, another vote saw the council agreeing to pause the process to allow for further consultation with residents. The lawyer representing some Upper Selwyn Huts residents, Clare Lenihan, presented during the public forum at Wednesday's meeting, speaking to her legal opinion that council had obligations it was failing to fulfil under the 1924 Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act. Several residents also presented, including Kirrily Fea of the Selwyn Huts Owners Association, the group retaining Lenihan. The council faced a vote on several aspects relating to the huts, including whether to adopt a proposal laying out further consultation with residents and the specific questions to be posed, rolling over licences for another year, and how long to grant licence holders in arrears to pay outstanding amounts. More than three hours later, an element of confusion reigned. Amendments to amendments were proposed, and for the most part lost, points of governance were challenged, and the council's legal, financial, and communications teams were frequently called on. Eventually, the vote passed on the recommendations more or less as originally proposed. But Kirrily Fea said the confusion, and hours spent rehashing old decisions and attempting to clarify new ones, is all part of the problem. Her group's position was that the question council signed off on for consultation is flawed, and conflated terms of the lease with whether the leases were renewable or finite. A bid by councillor Elizabeth Mundt to add another option, that would allow the terms of the licence to be renewed, was not passed. She said it was disappointing to feel like they were back at square one, even after 14 months of consultation and engagement, time, effort and costs. The report noted the council has spent more than quarter of a million dollars in this financial year on formal decision-making and implementation the licence. Fea said engaging a barrister was a significant cost for the association too. "It's very expensive, and it's exhausting." The issue - and costs - became fraught after the council changed the management structure more than a decade ago, Fea said. "Pre-2011, we had a sub-committee with one councillor on it, and we didn't cost the council anything". But she said the group feels compelled to keep up the fight, because they don't believe the council is justified in making the terms of new licences finite and non-renewable. The council's own reports did not find the threat from climate change to be imminent, she said. Both reports the council commissioned last year concluded the settlement would not be affected by rising groundwater and lake levels for thirty years or even later in the century, she said. But Keith Morrison, representing another resident's group, said it was always privilege to hold a licence to occupy a reserve which had special recreational and wildlife values. "We have always recognised - based on legal opinions obtained prior to signing our first licences and over the three decades we have had regularly renewed them - and we know that it cannot be taken for granted." A change in the community began when the council allowed lease holders to rent their properties, "which turned the reserve into a real estate business and a type of de facto social housing." "We consider the council made a mistake and request the council correct it." If not, Morrison said his group requested the council "do it properly." They wanted to see the council become the sole landlord for huts that became rentals, not licence holders, and have the council work with the Ministry of Social Development to ensure those most in need in the wider community received housing, enforced Healthy Home standards and linked rents to the income of those most in need. Morrison said the move to allow licence holders to rent their homes had created a more stratified community, left some vulnerable tenants in substandard housing, and others to overcapitalise. He said council needed to help licence holders and tenants on how to prepare for when the settlement is "eventually, inevitably closed down due to the effects of climate change" and accused some in the community of having a "sense of entitlement" as they arguing against contributing to infrastructure such as a new waste water scheme. Councillor Lydia Gliddens told the meeting she failed to see why the terms had to be finite, and was "not convinced on the why" of the managed retreat. Consultation will begin next month by mail, with drop in submissions to follow, and hearings planned for August. A final decision is due in September.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
The other Wire-Hull KR fixture taking place on Friday
FANS heading to Warrington Wolves' clash with Hull KR on Friday night can get two matches for the price of one. The Super League Round 12 meeting between the two sides who will meet at Wembley Stadium in the Challenge Cup Final next month will be the main attraction as The Wire bid to lay a marker down against the table-topping Robins. Before then, however, there will be a curtain-raiser fixture between the two clubs' reserve teams. Warrington's second string have started the season in fine form and currently lead the Reserves competition having won all five of their matches thus far. They have beaten Wakefield, Leigh, Bradford, Hull FC and St Helens to date and face a Hull KR side who have won two and lost four of their six Reserves matches. The Halliwell Jones Stadium turnstiles will open early to allow any fans wanting to watch the game into the ground early at no extra cost, with the match kicking off at 5.15pm. Indeed, each of Warrington's next three home fixtures will feature curtain-raiser fixtures, with the reserves also facing their Huddersfield Giants counterparts on Saturday, June 21, ahead of the Super League Round 15 fixture (kick off 12.30pm, first-team fixture at 3pm). Before then, the academy team will take to The Halliwell Jones Stadium field against Castleford Tigers a week on Friday – May 30 – at 5.35pm before the Super League clash between the two clubs.
