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07-08-2017, 12:27 PM #1
Court sides with DOT in cross-border trucking case, allowing Mexican carriers to cont
Court sides with DOT in cross-border trucking case, allowing Mexican carriers to continue U.S. operation
CROSS-BORDER TRUCKING
James Jaillet| July 07, 2017
A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Teamsters Union challenging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s cross-border trucking program. FMCSA in January 2015 opened the U.S. operating authority application process to all Mexican carriers, prompting the Teamsters’ court challenge.
The Teamsters’ lawsuit, filed in March 2015, alleged FMCSA didn’t generate enough inspection data during its three-year cross-border trucking pilot program to properly make a determination about expanding the program.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association sided with the Teamsters Union as an intervenor in the lawsuit, backing the Teamsters’ claim about a lack of data.
A panel of judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, however, said June 29 that FMCSA has the law-given discretion to grant operating authority to Mexican carriers, data concerns withstanding.
OOIDA tries to join Teamsters’ case against FMCSA, cross-border trucking as intervenor
Following the Teamsters March-filed lawsuit against the Department of Transportation over its expansion of the cross-border trucking, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association this week announced ...
FMCSA’s three-year pilot program with Mexico, held between 2011 and 2014, was implemented to gather data to gauge the safety of Mexican carriers.
However, the program suffered from a lack of participation, with only 15 carriers signing up for the program. Inspection data was also lacking, according to a review report issued by the DOT’s Inspector General.
The agency said before the program began it would need 46 carriers to participate to make an accurate safety determination about Mexican carriers. The Inspector General, and the Teamsters and OOIDA, said the subpar participation invalidated the agency’s data.
The DOT argues it was required by the North American Free Trade Agreement to open the application process to Mexican carriers. The policy ends the roughly $2 billion in tariffs imposed on U.S. exports to Mexico as a retaliatory measure for not complying with NAFTA obligations.
Carriers who enter the program are required to pass a Pre-Authorization Safety Audit and are required to abide by all U.S. regulations.
OIG report: FMCSA’s data on Mexican carriers invalid due to lack of participants
FMCSA’s work on the program complied with Congressional requirements, the Inspector General report notes, but the program had so few Mexican carrier participants that the ...
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