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The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission on Sept. 30 appealed a federal judge’s order to pay CRST Van Expedited Inc. $4.7 million in attorneys’ fees and expenses in connection with the agency’s 2007 class action sexual harassment lawsuit the judge called “frivolous.”

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration proposed a rule that would strip hazardous materials motor carriers their operating authority if they fail to pay civil penalties within 90 days.

After a nearly two-decade delay, federal regulators announced a final rule Sept. 24 that will prohibit commercial motor vehicle drivers from entering onto a highway-rail grade crossing unless there is sufficient space to drive completely through the crossing without stopping.

A federal appeals court has upheld a provision in California’s landmark 2007 global warming law requiring the oil industry to reduce the carbon content in diesel and gasoline fuels by at least 10% by 2020.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will not meet a congressionally mandated Sept. 30 deadline to complete a study of changes made to the 34-hour restart provision of the agency’s hours-of-service rule.

California legislators have approved a pair of bills that would provide funding to help fleets purchase low-emission trucks and encourage the development and use of alternative-fuel trucks.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A special advisory panel studying the federal Compliance, Safety, Accountability program heard conflicting opinions from two accident litigators on the merits of police accident reports as the basis for assessing blame in truck-involved crashes.

A federal study of how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration could assign fault for truck crashes has been completed, but is being reviewed in-house by the agency, officials said.

A Nashville, Tenn.-based trucking company, the largest carrier yet to file a fraud lawsuit against Pilot Flying J, is seeking more than $73 million in punitive damages for being shortchanged $2.5 million in fuel rebates since 2005.

A Southern California-based federal drug task force rounded up more than 57 members of three alleged Mexican drug organizations accused of smuggling cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin into the U.S. by hiding the drugs in PVC pipes concealed in tractor-trailer axles, according to federal prosecutors.