Hours of Service of Drivers: Electronic Logging Devices; Application for Exemption; Old Dominion and Other Motor Carriers Experiencing Problems Integrating PeopleNet ELD System Updates Into Their Fleet Management Systems

Topics:  Old Dominion

Larry W. Minor
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
18 June 2018

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 117 (Monday, June 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 28307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12986]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0002]


Hours of Service of Drivers: Electronic Logging Devices; 
Application for Exemption; Old Dominion and Other Motor Carriers 
Experiencing Problems Integrating PeopleNet ELD System Updates Into 
Their Fleet Management Systems

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of withdrawal of application for exemption.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it has accepted the request of Old 
Dominion Freight Line Inc. (Old Dominion) to withdraw its application 
for an exemption from the Agency's electronic logging device (ELD) 
requirements. Old Dominion no longer needs the exemption.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning this 
notice, contact Mr. Tom Yager, Chief, FMCSA Driver and Carrier 
Operations Division; Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle Safety 
Standards; Telephone: 614-942-6477. Email: MCPSD@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Old Dominion, USDOT 90849, reports that it is an interstate motor 
carrier based in North Carolina with 228 Service Centers located 
throughout the country. Its operations cover the entire continental 
United States. The company is one of the largest less-than-truckload 
carriers in the country, operating a fleet of more than 8,500 power 
units and employing more than 10,100 commercial motor vehicle (CMV) 
drivers.
    Old Dominion applied for an exemption from the ELD requirements to 
allow the company to install ELD devices running on automatic on-board 
recording device (AOBRD) software in CMVs added to the company's fleet 
for up to one year from the December 18, 2017, ELD mandate compliance 
date. If granted, this modified ELD phase-in period would have allowed 
Old Dominion's AORBD/ELD provider, PeopleNet, to complete the 
development of the software necessary to integrate ELD data with the 
company's fleet management and safety systems to fully meet the ELD 
mandate. FMCSA considered the request to be on behalf of all motor 
carriers in similar situations concerning the integration of 
PeopleNet's ELD software into fleet management systems. On January 31, 
2018, FMCSA published a Federal Register notice of Old Dominion's 
application for exemption and asked for public comment (83 FR 4548). On 
March 12, 2018, by letter, Old Dominion asked to withdraw its 
application for the requested exemption. The letter of withdrawal is in 
the docket for this notice. The Agency accordingly accepts Old 
Dominion's request to withdraw its application and closes the docket of 
this matter.

     Issued on: June 11, 2018.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-12986 Filed 6-15-18; 8:45 am]
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