<searchTitle>Hours of Service of Drivers: WestRock Application for Renewal of Exemption; Federal Register Vol. 89, Issue </searchTitle>
<granuleClass>NOTICE</granuleClass>
<accessId>2024-24327</accessId>
<agency order="1">DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION</agency>
<agency order="2">Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration</agency>
<effectiveDate>2024-04-17</effectiveDate>
<departmentDoc>Docket No. FMCSA-2010-0027</departmentDoc>
<billingCode>4910-EX-P</billingCode>
<frDocNumber>2024-24327</frDocNumber>
<action>Notice of final disposition; renewal of exemption.</action>
<summary>FMCSA announces its final decision to renew the exemption granted to WestRock from the hours-of-service (HOS) regulations that prohibit drivers from operating property-carrying commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) after 14 hours on duty and require 10 hours off duty before resuming driving. The exemption allows WestRock's drivers to transport paper mill products short distances on a public road between its shipping and receiving locations without complying with those HOS limits.</summary>
<dates>This renewed exemption is effective from April 17, 2024, and expires on April 16, 2029.</dates>
<contact>Pearlie Robinson, Driver and Carrier Operations Division; Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle Safety Standards; FMCSA; 202-366-4225; pearlie.robinson@dot.gov. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, contact Dockets Operations, (202) 366-9826.</contact>
<tocSubject1>Exemption Application</tocSubject1>
<tocDoc>Hours of Service of Drivers; WestRock, </tocDoc>
<emailRef>MCPSD@DOT.GOV</emailRef>
<emailRef>pearlie.robinson@dot.gov</emailRef>
<urlRef>www.regulations.gov</urlRef>