Report to Congress on the 2001-2004 Hours of Service Pilot Program for Drivers Delivering Home Heating Oil

摘要

On July 13, 2001, FMCSA published a notice in the Federal Register (66 FR 36823) announcing the initiation of a pilot program to grant an exemption from the weekly hours-of-service (HOS) restrictions for drivers of CMVs making home heating oil deliveries within a 100 air-mile radius of a central terminal or distribution point during the winter. The exemption covered the period between November 1 and April 30 for three consecutive heating seasons, the first of which began on November 1, 2001. The pilot program concluded on April 30, 2004.