This docket serves as a mailbox for the public’s submission of petitions for rulemaking, in accordance with 49 CFR 389.31(b) – Petitions for Rule Making. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will retrieve all petitions submitted to this docket. FMCSA action on petitions may be tracked on FMCSA’s Petitions website.

The Road Dawg Compliance & Accountability Initiative, representing a coalition of independent motor carriers and dispatch professionals, is petitioning the FMCSA to establish a federally recognized "Bona Fide Independent Dispatch Agent" (BFIDA) role and adopt a "Compliance Accountability Matrix" (CAM) digital standard. They argue that these measures are necessary to close a regulatory gap in the trucking industry, combat freight identity fraud, and improve highway safety by creating a verifiable digital chain-of-custody for freight movements.

The Road Dawg Compliance & Accountability Initiative, representing a coalition of motor carriers and dispatch professionals, is submitting a petition for rulemaking to the FMCSA. They argue for the formal recognition of a "Bona Fide Independent Dispatch Agent" (BFIDA) role and the adoption of a "Compliance Accountability Matrix" (CAM) digital standard to combat freight identity fraud and improve highway safety.

The SBTC (State Broker Trucking Coalition) is submitting a petition for rulemaking to prohibit the practice of "offsetting," which involves deducting loss or damage claims from freight charges. They argue that this practice should be banned and provide a model broker-carrier contract as an example of best practices that avoid such provisions.

The Small Business Trucking Coalition (SBTC) is petitioning the FMCSA to adopt a new rule (49 CFR 371.11) that prohibits brokers from contractually requiring motor carriers to have undergone random roadside inspections as a condition of doing business. They argue that such requirements create an unreasonable restraint of trade, unfairly disadvantage small carriers, and impose unnecessary burdens on state enforcement resources.

Alpha Drivers Transportation, LLC, a motor carrier, is petitioning the FMCSA to amend the definition of "broker" to include "dispatchers" and to restrict access to the SAFER database. They argue that these changes are necessary to combat freight fraud, reduce unwanted solicitations, and ensure that dispatchers are held to the same regulatory and bonding standards as brokers.

The Small Business Trucking Coalition (SBTC) is petitioning the FMCSA to adopt a new rule (49 CFR 371.11) that prohibits brokers from contractually requiring motor carriers to have undergone random roadside inspections. They argue that such requirements impose an unreasonable burden on interstate commerce, discriminate against small carriers, and constitute an unlawful restraint of trade.

The Small Business Trucking Coalition (SBTC) is submitting a petition for rulemaking to prohibit brokers from contractually requiring motor carriers to have undergone random roadside inspections within the past 18 months. They argue that such requirements create an unreasonable restraint of trade, unfairly disadvantage small carriers, and impose unnecessary burdens on state enforcement resources.

The Small Business in Transportation Coalition (SBTC) is requesting that the FMCSA reconsider its denials of two 2021 petitions for "retrospective review" regarding broker transparency and electronic logging devices (ELDs). They argue that the Department promised to accept and process these types of petitions during a transition period and that the current denials are discriminatory and arbitrary.

The Small Business truckers Coalition (SBTC) is petitioning the FMCSA to amend 49 CFR § 371.3 to prohibit brokers from requiring carriers to waive their right to review transaction records. They argue that large brokers are currently using these waivers to hide commissions and evade transparency, and they seek a new rule to ensure carriers can verify that the rates they are offered are fair and prevailing.