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JOURNAL NEWS INBRIEF 8/13 Transportation announced. Oversize and overweight loads still are not permitted on the bridge and must exit I-5 and take marked detours. • The Interstate 5 bridge spanning the Skagit River near Mount Vernon, Wash., has reopened with a reduced speed limit of 40 • More than ¼ of the trucks on U.S. roads miles per hour. The bridge reopened June employ 2007 or later emissions mitigation 16 after a temporary span was installed, CAT CCJ Washington State Department of 11:46 AM Page 1 and output almost no partechnology the GATS 070513_Layout 1 7/10/13 We've Got Your Back. ® Guaranteed Accurate Weights At CAT Scale, we stand behind our weights. Period. Tell your drivers to look for the black and gold sign to get weights both of you can trust. " y our Stop b ATS in at G booth allas! D Safety and compliance are critical in today's competitive market. CAT Scales are easily accessible and guaranteed accurate. Our drivers rely on CAT Scales to help deliver on our promise of Quality and Dependability… all across America! " – Chris Hummer Don Hummer Trucking ticulate matter, according to the Diesel Technology Forum. DTF said about 2.5 million of the 8.6 million U.S. trucks are "clean diesel engines." • The trucking industry will continue to gain tonnage from an overall increasing freight volume, projects the American Trucking Associations in its U.S. Freight Forecast to 2024. By that time, freight volumes will increase for all modes of transportation by 20 percent, and freight revenue will grow by 63.6 percent to $1.3 trillion annually, ATA said. • The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration could begin screening against "chameleon" carriers in 2015 if funding permits, said the agency while reporting on implementing riskbased vetting of carriers to Congress. Chameleon or reincarnated carriers apply for authority under a new identity to disguise a former identity and evade FMCSA detection. • The American Transportation Research Institute unveiled an online driver fatigue management program to train drivers and those who work with them to improve driver fatigue management. The North American Fatigue Management Program website – NAFMP.com – is geared toward drivers, fleet managers, dispatchers and drivers' families. • FMCSA granted a temporary waiver to livestock transporters from the new 30-minute break requirement through September. The National Pork Producers Council and other groups had petitioned the agency for the waiver, saying above-normal temperatures might exacerbate temperature increases for animals inside the trucks. © 2013 CAT Scale Company Like us on Facebook. Read more about The CAT Scale Guarantee at www.catscaleguarantee.com. 1-877-CAT-SCALE (228-7225) • FMCSA allotted $1 million in grant money to help train veterans for jobs in the transportation industry and to help them become truck drivers. Text INFO to 205-289-3554 or visit www.ccjdigital.com/info 22 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL Untitled-7 1 CCJ0813_Journal 2.indd 22 | AUGUST 2013 7/12/13 9:42 AM 7/24/13 2:37 PM