Hours of Service: Application for Exemption; Clym Environmental

Action

Notice of final disposition; denial of application for exemption.

Summary

FMCSA denies the application from Clym Environmental Services LLC (Clym) requesting an exemption from the hours-of-service (HOS) regulations to allow its drivers up to 14 hours of drive time within the work shift or, in the alternative, up to 12 hours. Clym indicated that, due to the nature of its operations, complying with the 11-hour driving time limit in the HOS regulations places a strain on the company's drivers and its overall operating costs. FMCSA analyzed the application and determined that the exemption would not likely achieve a level of safety that is equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be achieved absent such exemption.

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