Last Friday, FMCSA published a notice officially announcing the denial of 10 applications for exemptions from the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) rule. The applicants came from the following organizations:
Owner- Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc.
Power and Construction Contractors Association
Western Equipment Dealers Association
Association of Energy Service Companies
Cudd Energy Services, Inc.
SikhsPAC and North American Punjabi Trucker Association
American Disposal Service
Towing and Recovery Association of America
National Electrical Contractors Association
The Agricultural Retailers Association
FMCSA published Federal Register notices requesting public comment on each application. Comments on ranged from 8 comments on some applications to 4090 comments on the OOIDA application.
FMCSA reviewed the applications carefully and the comments received and have "concluded that each application lacks sufficient merit to justify the exemptions sought."