Yet more electronic logging devices have been removed from the federal list of devices available to truckers.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration today announced it has removed five ELDs from its list of devices. These devices were placed on FMCSA’s Revoked Devices list due to the companies’ failure to meet the minimum requirements established in Title 49 CFR Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 395, according to the agency.
These are the latest removals of ELDs in recent months. One was removed late last month, while earlier in September three more were removed. Two were removed in July and the year began with six ELDs being removed in January.
The latest removals are effective Oct. 17 for the following devices:
- ELD Provider: ART KILIM INC
- ELD Name: PREMIUM ELD
- Model Number: PMM
- ELD Identifier: PMM492
- ELD Provider: Clean Aura Corp
- ELD Name: TRUE LOGBOOK
- Model Number: 2TRUL
- ELD Identifier: TRL584
- ELD Provider: Xplore Tech Inc
- ELD Name: Xplore ELD
- Model Number: XPLELD
- ELD Identifier: XPLORE
- ELD Provider: KAMI ELD
- ELD Name: KAMI ELD
- Model Number: KAME-X456
- ELD Identifier: KAM683
- ELD Provider: Evo ELD Inc.
- ELD Name: EVO ELD 1
- Model Number: EVO 1
- ELD Identifier: G711H2
Motor carriers have up to 60 days to replace the revoked ELD with a compliant one. FMCSA will send an industry-wide email to inform motor carriers that anyone using these revoked ELDs must take the following steps:
- Discontinue using the revoked ELD and revert to paper logs or logging software to record required hours of service data
- Replace the revoked ELD with a compliant ELD from the Registered Devices list before Dec. 16
Prior to Dec. 16, safety officials are encouraged by the FMCSA not to cite drivers using this revoked ELD for 395.8(a)(1) – “No record of duty status” or 395.22(a) – “Failing to use a registered ELD.” Instead, safety officials should request the driver’s paper logs, logging software, or use the ELD display as a back-up method to review the hours of service data.
Beginning Dec. 16, motor carriers who continue to use the revoked devices will be considered as operating without an ELD., according to the FMCSA. Safety officials who encounter a driver using a revoked device on or after that date should cite 395.8(a)(1), and place the driver out-of-service (OOS) in accordance with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance OOS Criteria.
If the ELD provider corrects all identified deficiencies for its device, FMCSA said it will place the ELD back on the list of registered devices and inform the industry of the update.
However, FMCSA said it strongly encourages motor carriers to act now to avoid compliance issues in the event that the deficiencies are not addressed by the ELD provider.
For more information on ELDs, visit FMCSA’s ELD website.
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