THE IMPACTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION’S COMMERCIAL DRIVER HOURS-OF-SERVICE REGULATIONS (113–25) HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS AND TRANSIT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JUNE 18, 2013 Printed for the use of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ( Available online at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/ committee.action?chamber=house&committee=transportation U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 81–507 PDF WASHINGTON : 2013 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Aug 31 2005 12:04 Oct 23, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 P:\HEARINGS\113\HT\6-18-1~1\81507.TXT JEAN COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman DON YOUNG, Alaska NICK J. RAHALL, II, West Virginia THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee, Columbia Vice Chair JERROLD NADLER, New York JOHN L. MICA, Florida CORRINE BROWN, Florida FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas GARY G. MILLER, California ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland SAM GRAVES, Missouri RICK LARSEN, Washington SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York DUNCAN HUNTER, California MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine ERIC A. ‘‘RICK’’ CRAWFORD, Arkansas GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California LOU BARLETTA, Pennsylvania DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Texas TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota LARRY BUCSHON, Indiana STEVE COHEN, Tennessee BOB GIBBS, Ohio ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey PATRICK MEEHAN, Pennsylvania DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland RICHARD L. HANNA, New York JOHN GARAMENDI, California DANIEL WEBSTER, Florida ANDRE´ CARSON, Indiana STEVE SOUTHERLAND, II, Florida JANICE HAHN, California JEFF DENHAM, California RICHARD M. NOLAN, Minnesota REID J. RIBBLE, Wisconsin ANN KIRKPATRICK, Arizona THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky DINA TITUS, Nevada STEVE DAINES, Montana SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, New York TOM RICE, South Carolina ELIZABETH H. ESTY, Connecticut MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Oklahoma LOIS FRANKEL, Florida ROGER WILLIAMS, Texas CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois TREY RADEL, Florida MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania RODNEY DAVIS, Illinois MARK SANFORD, South Carolina (II) VerDate Aug 31 2005 12:04 Oct 23, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 P:\HEARINGS\113\HT\6-18-1~1\81507.TXT JEAN SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS AND TRANSIT THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin, Chairman DON YOUNG, Alaska PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina JERROLD NADLER, New York JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas JOHN L. MICA, Florida MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine GARY G. MILLER, California GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California SAM GRAVES, Missouri TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia STEVE COHEN, Tennessee DUNCAN HUNTER, California ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey ERIC A. ‘‘RICK’’ CRAWFORD, Arkansas DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland LOU BARLETTA, Pennsylvania ANDRE´ CARSON, Indiana BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Texas JANICE HAHN, California LARRY BUCSHON, Indiana RICHARD M. NOLAN, Minnesota BOB GIBBS, Ohio ANN KIRKPATRICK, Arizona RICHARD L. HANNA, New York DINA TITUS, Nevada STEVE SOUTHERLAND, II, Florida SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, New York REID J. RIBBLE, Wisconsin, Vice Chair ELIZABETH H. ESTY, Connecticut STEVE DAINES, Montana LOIS FRANKEL, Florida TOM RICE, South Carolina CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Oklahoma NICK J. RAHALL, II, West Virginia ROGER WILLIAMS, Texas (Ex Officio) SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania RODNEY DAVIS, Illinois BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania (Ex Officio) (III) VerDate Aug 31 2005 12:04 Oct 23, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 P:\HEARINGS\113\HT\6-18-1~1\81507.TXT JEAN VerDate Aug 31 2005 12:04 Oct 23, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 P:\HEARINGS\113\HT\6-18-1~1\81507.TXT JEAN CONTENTS Page Summary of Subject Matter .................................................................................... vii TESTIMONY Hon. Anne S. Ferro, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra- tion, United States Department of Transportation ........................................... 5 Steve Williams, Chairman and CEO, Maverick USA, Inc., on behalf of the American Trucking Associations ......................................................................... 5 Major Mark Savage, President, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance ................. 5 Edward Stocklin, President, Stocklin Trucking, LLC, on behalf of the Owner- Operator Independent Drivers Association ........................................................ 5 Joan Claybrook, Consumer Cochair, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Former Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...... 5 Jeffrey Dean Hinkle, Transportation Manager, Chandler Concrete Company, Inc., on behalf of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association ................. 5 PREPARED STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY MEMBER OF CONGRESS Hon. Andy Barr, of Kentucky ................................................................................. 45 PREPARED STATEMENTS AND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES Hon. Anne S. Ferro: Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 47 Answers to questions from the following Representatives: Hon. Thomas E. Petri, of Wisconsin ........................................................ 53 Hon. Richard M. Nolan, of Minnesota ..................................................... 54 Hon. Sam Graves, of Missouri .................................................................. 58 Hon. Lou Barletta, of Pennsylvania ........................................................ 59 Hon. Peter A. DeFazio, of Oregon ............................................................ 59 Hon. Michael H. Michaud, of Maine ........................................................ 61 Steve Williams: Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 63 Answer to question from Hon. Richard M. Nolan, of Minnesota .................. 77 Major Mark Savage: Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 79 Answers to questions from the following Representatives: Hon. Richard M. Nolan, of Minnesota ..................................................... 86 Hon. Lou Barletta, of Pennsylvania ........................................................ 87 Edward Stocklin: Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 89 Answer to question from Hon. Richard M. Nolan, of Minnesota .................. 99 Joan Claybrook: Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 114 Answers to questions from Hon. Richard M. Nolan, of Minnesota .............. 156 Jeffrey Dean Hinkle, prepared statement ............................................................. 160 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD LaMont Byrd, Director, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, written statement .............................................................................................................. 166 Bruce T. Chattin, Executive Director, Washington Aggregates and Concrete Association, written statement ........................................................................... 172 Food Marketing Institute, written statement ....................................................... 175 (V) VerDate Aug 31 2005 12:04 Oct 23, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\HEARINGS\113\HT\6-18-1~1\81507.TXT JEAN VI Page Daphne Izer, Founder, Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.), on behalf of P.A.T.T. members Steve Izer, Jane Mathis, and Lawrence Liberatore, written statement ................................................................................................. 179 Snack Food Association, written statement .......................................................... 183 VerDate Aug 31 2005 12:04 Oct 23, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\HEARINGS\113\HT\6-18-1~1\81507.TXT JEAN vii C!!nttttttitttt nu IDrnu.svnrtntinu nub llufrn.strurturt N.~.l{nu.st nf tRtprtstntntiuts ilill §iol!l1lrter Basqingtnu, IIQL aU515 Nitk ~. illaq.U, lU) QIquinnan iRallkillg lIIIembtr June 18,2013 CIIl"istopherP. Bertrll.m. Stal'fOirl.!ctor James H, Zom, DemocratSlaffDirlXior SUMMARY OF SUBJECT MATTER TO: Members, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit FROM: Staff, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit RE: Subcommittee Hearing on "The Impacts of DOT's Commercial Driver Hours of Service PURPOSE The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit will meet on Tuesd?y, June 18,2013, at 10:00 a.m. in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building to receive testimony related to the Department of Transportation's hours of service regulations for commercial drivers. At this hearing, the Subcommittee will hear from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMC SA), the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, the National Ready Mixed Concrete