NGWA Position Statement On Federal Motor Carrier Safety Hours of Service Regulations
Background: The hours of service regulations were first issued in 1937. These regulations were originally designed to protect the safety of long-haul truckers. Since driving is incidental to the primary "off road" work of ground water contractors, these hours of service regulations create a number of hardships for our industry without any benefit. Current regulations create scheduling problems (thus preventing contractors from completing jobs for customers in a timely manner), impede providing or restoring the natural resource of water, and stop employees from accumulating overtime hours.
Recommended Position: To secure the same limited relief from hours of service regulations that exists in the oilfield.
In the instance of drivers of commercial motor vehicles used in the transportation of ground water well drilling rigs and their operation, any period of 8 consecutive days may end with the beginning of any off-duty period of 24 or more successive hours.
The definition of a water well drilling rig means any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, semitrailer or specialized mobile equipment propelled or drawn by mechanical power not for hire, used upon the highways exclusively to transport water well field operating equipment including water well drilling and pump service rigs equipped to access ground water.
Excerpted from Hours of Service Supporting Document approved by
the National Ground Water Association's Government Affairs
Committee on January 20, 1995.
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