FMCSA’s Teeth Get Sharpened
WASHINGTON — If the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) comes knocking you’d better let them in.
In the latest highway bill to come out of Washington, legislators gave the FMCSA permission to revoke the operating authority of any carrier who fails to comply with an administrative subpoena or letter requesting release of safety records.
According to a circular published by the Neenah-Wisconsin-based J.J.Keller& Associates, the FMCSA “does not have to go through a lengthy process to legally gain access to the records or revoke the carrier’s authority.”
Keller says the new law was invoked for the first time during an investigation of a Boston-based carrier. The “carrier stopped cooperating with FMCSA safety investigators,” the Keller report stated. “The carrier then blocked access to company records that were necessary for the investigation.
As a result, the FMCSA shut down the company.
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