Trucking regulators remove the rules they used to fine companies for drug testing failures

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration changed its civil penalty schedule. It removed the direct reference to the Department of Transportation's drug and alcohol testing rules from the list of violations that trigger fines. Instead, the schedule now points to a different section of the Code of Federal Regulations where those rules are incorporated into the trucking regulations.

This change means the agency no longer directly links specific drug and alcohol testing violations to specific penalties. It has moved the reference to a more general section. This makes it harder for the public to see exactly what rule was broken and what the penalty should be. It also makes it harder to track how the agency enforces these rules over time.