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DOT/FMCSA RIN: 2126-AB20 Publication ID: Spring 2014 
Title: Electronic Logging Devices and Hours of Service Supporting Documents (MAP-21) 
Abstract: This SNPRM would establish: (1) minimum performance and design standards for hours-of-service (HOS) electronic logging devices (ELDs); (2) requirements for the mandatory use of these devices by drivers currently required to prepare HOS records of duty status (RODS); (3) requirements concerning HOS supporting documents; and (4) measures to address concerns about harassment resulting from the mandatory use of ELDs. This rulemaking supplements the Agency’s February 1, 2011, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and addresses issues raised by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in its 2011 decision vacating the Agency’s April 5, 2010, final rule concerning ELDs as well as subsequent statutory developments. The proposed requirements for ELDs would improve compliance with the HOS rules. 
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: Private Sector 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 350    49 CFR 385    49 CFR 396    49 CFR 395   
Legal Authority: 49 USC 31502    31136(a)    PL 103.311    49 USC 31137(a)   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Statutory  MAP-21 requires FMCSA to issue a final rule by October 1, 2013, a deadline that FMCSA will not be able to meet, due to the need for notice and comment on these proposals.   10/01/2013 
NPRM  Judicial  Notice of Proposed Rulemaking  01/31/2011 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  02/01/2011  76 FR 5537   
NPRM Comment Period End  02/28/2011 
Comment Period Extended  03/10/2011  76 FR 13121   
Extended Comment Period End  05/23/2011 
Supplemental NPRM  03/28/2014  79 FR 17656   
SNPRM Comment Period End  05/27/2014 
Final Rule  To Be Determined 
Additional Information: The Agency previously published an NPRM on this subject under RIN 2126-AA76, "Hours of Service of Drivers; Supporting Documents" (63 FR 19457, Apr. 20, 1998) and an SNPRM, "Hours of Service of Drivers: Supporting Documents" (69 FR 63997, Nov. 3, 2004). The Agency withdrew the SNPRM on October 25, 2007, 72 FR 60614. The previous proceeding can be found in docket No. FMCSA-1998-3706.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov   Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Related RINs: Related to 2126-AA89, Related to 2126-AA76 
Agency Contact:
Deborah M Freund
Senior Transportation Specialist
Department of Transportation
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
MC-PSV, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:202 366-5370
Email: deborah.freund@dot.gov