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DOT/FMCSA RIN: 2126-AB26 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Hours of Service  
Abstract: This rulemaking would propose changes to the hours of service requirements for drivers operating a commercial motor vehicle transporting property. The requirement for this rulemaking was established on October 26, 2009, when Public Citizen, et al. (Petitioners) and FMCSA entered into a settlement agreement under which Petitioners´ petition for judicial review of the November 19, 2008, Final Rule on drivers´ hours of service will be held in abeyance pending the publication of an NPRM reevaluating the Hours of Service rule. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 395   
Legal Authority: 49 USC 31502(b)   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Statutory  NPRM to OMB  07/26/2010 
Final  Statutory  Final Rule  07/26/2011 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/29/2010  75 FR 82170   
NPRM Comment Period End  02/02/2011    
NPRM; Notice of Availability of Supplemental Documents and Corrections; Extension of Comment Period  02/16/2011  76 FR 8990   
Extended Comment Period End  03/02/2011    
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  05/29/2011  76 FR 26681   
NPRM Comment Period Reopened End  06/08/2011    
Additional Information: Docket FMCSA-2004-19608
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov   Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Agency Contact:
Pearlie Robinson
Department of Transportation
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:202 366-4225
Email: mcpsd@dot.gov