Podcast: EPA hears from public about California’s ever-tighter emission rules
Should the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency give California a waiver allowing it to move forward with its Advanced Clean Fleets initiative? Some are not so sure. Also, how do you warn other truckers about a bad broker or a fake broker scam? Land Line Now gets some advice on that and other broker issues. And OOIDA tour truck driver Marty Ellis talks about a longtime motor carrier going out of business, as well as a problem a number of truckers are having with toll roads and transponders.
10:22 – EPA hears from public about California’s ever-tighter emission rules
25:10 – Warning others about bad brokers
40:08 – Carriers closing and toll transponder troubles
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- Submit your comments on whether the EPA should give California a waiver for its Advanced Clean Fleets initiative. The deadline is Sept. 16.
- You can express your opinion here through Sept. 12 on whether FMCSA should update its regulatory guidance.
- Marty Ellis and the Spirit of the American Trucker will be at the Great Salt Lake Truck Show in Lehi, Utah, Aug. 16-17. Stop in and join OOIDA for $35.
- It’s now even easier to contact your elected officials and stay up to date on current trucking issues. Visit OOIDA’s Fighting For Truckers website.
- You can donate to the Truckers For Troops fund all year.
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EPA hears from public about California’s ever-tighter emission rules
The U.S. EPA held a hearing earlier this week regarding whether California should get a waiver allowing it to move forward with its Advanced Clean Fleets initiative. Among those affected may be not only truckers based there but also truckers who simply run in and out of the state. OOIDA Director of Federal Affairs Jay Grimes covers that – plus an FMCSA request for input about whether existing regulatory guidance should be revised.
Warning others about bad brokers
We’ve talked a lot on Land Line Now about how to avoid bad brokers and what to do if you get scammed by one – but how do you warn others about them? We’ll discuss that – and other aspects of the broker-carrier relationship – with Tom Crowley and Aron Lynch of OOIDA’s Compliance Department.
Carriers closing and toll transponder troubles
OOIDA tour truck driver Marty Ellis has just finished up at one truck show and is setting up now at another halfway across the country. But of course, he’s still hearing about some of the hot topics of the day, including a longtime motor carrier going out of business and a problem a number of truckers are having with toll roads and transponders.