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motor carrier groups Commerce Committee.
that claim the rule- The opposition to the SFD rule-
making is a viola- making protests the proposal given that
tion of provisions in the results of the CSA review are not yet
December’s FAST Act known.
highway bill, which FMCSA encourages the public to
prohibit the issuance review the NPRM and submit com-
of new carrier safety ments. The public comment period will
ratings using CSA be open for 60 days through March
data. 21. FMCSA will also be providing a
Under the FAST response-to-comments period for an
Act, the FMCSA was additional 30 days.
required to review the
CSA methodology and collin Mooney naMed cvsa’s
devise a plan to over- executive director
haul the program. The Commercial Vehicle Safety
The National Alliance appointed Collin Mooney exec-
Academy of Sciences utive director after 13 years with the
The proposed SFD rule would is set to begin reviewing its safety per- organization. Mooney had been serv-
replace the existing rating system of formance scoring program for carriers, ing as CVSA’s acting executive director
“satisfactory — conditional — unsatisfac- according to Darling. since Stephen Keppler stepped down in
tory” with a single determination of “We are in discussions with the September.
“unfit,” which would require the carrier National Academies now. We’ve talked CVSA represents various depart-
to either improve or cease operations. to them about the scope, and we’re now ments of transportation, state police
FMCSA published the proposal in the process of procuring their servic- and highway patrols throughout North
despite opposition from a coalition of es,” Darling told members of the Senate 

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