A couple new items today. PLEASE CHECK THE WEBLINKS AND SOURCES FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION
VIDEO—TRUCKING IN PA STATUS
Kevin Stewart, CEO and President of the PMTA provides an update on trucking in PA, including weight exemptions for certain items and locations, CDL-med cards, and PMTA events. You can view it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAKfKW1C6Ic
FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS SUMMARY
A summary of the Federal and State regulatory emergency provisions are summarized on my blog for Truck News. You can access this at https://www.trucknews.com/blogs/regulations-during-covid-19/
DOT D & A SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE FOR SAPS
The DOT D & A Policy and Compliance has provided supplemental guidance for SAP’s per the emergency. First, it will “allow SAPs to conduct a remote face-to-face evaluation and assessment while the policy is in effect.” In-person evaluations may still be performed.
If the evaluation is done remotely, the format of he assessment should be documented in the final report. The SAP should use real time, two-way audio and visual communication and interaction. The SAP should evaluate the quality of the technology insofar as the communication. “You may only utilize the technology if your State-issued license authorizes you to do so and within the parameters of that authority.”
The supplemental guidance also provides that if the service agent is not able to fulfill the re-qualification due date during the period, it will not consider it a non-compliance for purposes of starting a public interest exclusion against the service agent.
PLEASE READ THE FULL TEXT OF ODAPC GUIDANCE DOC. #ODAPC GEN07
STATE-BY-STATE TEMPORARY CHANGES
The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators have compiled a state-by-state list of the temporary changes. You can access this document by a link from their home page, https://www.aamva.org/
DRIVERS GOING TO NY—NO REQUIREMENT TO SELF-ISOLATE
Last Saturday I received an email that a driver had gone for his physical that day and the doctor, upon hearing he had been in and out of NYC told him to self-isolate for 14 days. This is not correct.
Per the guidance issued Friday by the FMCSA, it stated, “The CDC’s March 28, 2020 Travel Advisory for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, which urged residents of those States to refrain from domestic travel for 14 days, expressly excluded “employees of critical infrastructure industries, including but not limited to trucking.” The CDC Advisory noted that these employees ‘have a special responsibility to maintain normal work schedules.’”
The FMCSA guidance can be accessed at https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/emergency/statement-state-and-local-shelter-place-and-other-restrictions-movement-relating-covid-19
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
The FMCSA has issued a statement with regard to the state and local shelter-in-place orders for consideration of these government entities in issuing such orders. These include Homeland Securities identification of essential workers and CDC guidance for drivers.
The FMCSA guidance can be accessed at https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/emergency/statement-state-and-local-shelter-place-and-other-restrictions-movement-relating-covid-19
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT….
VIDEO FOR DRIVERS—CDC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROTECTION
Attached is a short video for drivers as to the CDC recommendations for driver protection as well as the general advice for protection of Occupational Physician Dr. Natalie Hartenbaum.
You can view this at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Csbb9kHXc
The intent is to share with drivers or whomever would beneficial
Occupational medicine physician, Dr. Natalie Hartenbaum discusses the status of CDL physicals and drug and alcohol testing can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URro29aWdIc&t=474s
ATRI President and COO Rebecca Brewster discusses GPS data of truck flow increasing through traditional bottlenecks can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP99QXM5FqY&t=171s
Kendra Hems, TANY president, on status in NY can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfF6CpRaWsk
FEDERAL AND STATE EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS
The FMCSA provides a webpage by which you can find and keep up to date regarding Federal and State emergency declarations. You can find that webpage at https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/emergency-declarations
THANK YOU, TRUCKERS
Thank you to everyone in the trucking industry, from the drivers to operations to safety to maintenance to management, who keep delivering the food and medicine needed in this time of crisis. While other avoid human contact, they drive towards it.
With our health care provides and public safety personnel, trucking is providing what we need. From our firm, our families, and the public—THANK YOU!