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Derek Barrs Category: Person Description: Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Page Sections: Article Index |
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| 17 November 2025 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Exemption Renewal for Grote Industries, LLC FMCSA announces its final decision to renew an exemption requested by Grote Industries to allow motor carriers to use Grote's amber brake-activated auxiliary pulsating lamp on the rear of their commercial motor vehicles in addition to the steady-burning brake lamps required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. | Federal Register Notice  (text)Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs Topic: Grote Industries |
| 17 November 2025 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Exemption Renewal for National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. FMCSA announces its final decision to renew an exemption requested by National Tank Truck Carriers to allow motor carriers operating tank trailers to install or continue to use a red or amber brake-activated pulsating lamp positioned in the upper center position or in an upper dual outboard position on the rear of the trailers, in addition to the steady-burning brake lamps required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs Topic: National Tank Truck Carriers |
| 22 January 2026 | Medical Review Board; Membership In this notice, the Department is soliciting nominations for membership to MRB. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek D. Barrs |
| 22 January 2026 | Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee; Membership In this notice, the Department is soliciting nominations for membership to MCSAC. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek D. Barrs |
| 19 February 2026 | Commercial Driver's License Standards; Requirements and Penalties: Applicability to the Exception for Certain Military Personnel FMCSA amends the Federal Motor Carrier Safety regulations to allow dual-status military technicians to qualify for the exception for certain military personnel from commercial driver's license standards. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs |
| 19 February 2026 | Electronic Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports FMCSA clarifies the requirement to complete a Driver Vehicle Inspection Report based upon a public comment filed by the National Tank Truck Carriers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs Topic: National Tank Truck Carriers |
| 19 February 2026 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Auxiliary Fuel Tanks FMCSA amends its fuel tank requirements to add an exception to the prohibition on gravity and syphon feeds for auxiliary pumps with a nominal fuel tank capacity of not more than five gallons mounted on the trailer chassis frame or trailer bed, for purposes other than operation of the motor vehicle, that are operated only when the motor vehicle is not in motion. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs |
| 19 February 2026 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Brakes on Portable Conveyors FMCSA adds an exception for portable conveyors used in aggregate industry operations, and manufactured before 2010, from the requirement that each commercial motor vehicle be equipped with brakes acting on all wheels, provided certain conditions are satisfied. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs |
| 19 February 2026 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Certification and Labeling Requirements for Rear Impact Protection Guards The certification label or marking provides motor carriers purchasing new trailers or new impact guards to replace damaged devices with a means to determine whether the equipment is certified as meeting the FMVSS. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs |
| 19 February 2026 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Fuel Tank Overfill Restriction FMCSA removes the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations that a liquid fuel tank manufactured on or after January 1, 1973, be designed and constructed so that it cannot be filled, in a normal filling operation, with a quantity of fuel that exceeds 95 percent of the tank's liquid capacity. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs |
| 19 February 2026 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; License Plate Lamps FMCSA amends the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to add an exception from the lamp and reflective device requirements for license plate lamps on the rear of truck tractors while towing a trailer. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs |
| 19 February 2026 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Liquid-Burning Flares FMCSA amends the rules for emergency equipment on commercial motor vehicles to remove the references to liquid-burning flares from the warning device requirements in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs |
| 19 February 2026 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Spare Fuses FMCSA amends the emergency equipment rules to remove the requirement for commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with at least one spare fuse for each type and size of fuse needed for the operation of the CMV. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs |
| 19 February 2026 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Tire Load Markings FMCSA amends the requirements for commercial motor vehicle tires to clarify that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations do not require tire load restriction markings on the sidewalls of the tires. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs |
| 19 February 2026 | Qualifications of Drivers; Vision Standards Grandfathering Provision FMCSA's current rules permit individuals who do not satisfy, with the worse eye, either the existing distant visual acuity standard with corrective lenses or the field of vision standard, or both, to be physically qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce under specified conditions. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs |
| 19 February 2026 | Removal of Obsolete References to ``Water Carriers'' FMCSA does not specifically regulate water carriers except to the extent that such carriers also engage in motor carrier operations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs |
| 27 February 2026 | Commercial Driver's License Standards: Application for Exemption Renewal; Wilson Logistics FMCSA announces its final decision to renew the exemption granted to Wilson Logistics from the requirement that a commercial driver's license holder with the proper class and endorsements be seated in the front seat of the commercial motor vehicle at all times while the commercial learner's permit holder is engaged in behind-the-wheel training on public roads or highways, but only after the CLP holder has passed the CDL skills test. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Derek Barrs Topic: Wilson Logistics |