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FMCSA Waives Trucking Hours Amid Heating Fuel Crisis

12/27/2025

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued an emergency declaration on December 27, 2025, waiving hours rules for truckers delivering residential heating fuel.
The order covers ten states, including Nebraska, through January 15, 2026, after a pipeline disruption and refinery shutdown.
In the Northeast, the waiver extended to keep heating fuel flowing amid winter weather and a plant outage, with propane inventories remaining stable.

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued an emergency declaration on December 27, 2025, waiving hours rules for truckers delivering residential heating fuel.
The order covers ten states, including Nebraska, through January 15, 2026, after a pipeline disruption and refinery shutdown.
In the Northeast, the waiver extended to keep heating fuel flowing amid winter weather and a plant outage, with propane inventories remaining stable.