Developing a Guide for Transporting Freight in Emergencies: Conduct of Research (2024)

Chapter: Appendix C: Survey Responses

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Appendix C. Survey Responses

Appendix C summarizes the individual agency responses to each survey question.

RESPONDENTS

AR, AZ, CO, CA, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY, OTHERS (State not identified)

Q2.1: What was the most recent state-level emergency or disaster where this was used? Include event and time (e.g., month, year) information.
2020
COVID Relief Supplies 2020-2021
Overland flooding order 2022-05 in effect April 25, 2022 thru June 30, 2022
Flooding, February 2023
COVID
COVID-19, June 2020 – 2021
Drought Response 01-07-2021 https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-cvsa-ed/declaration/2022/1/6d9dd497-430c-4dfb-a78d-853ef0802173.pdf
Has not been used
It was during a weather event last year.
Covid, 11/2020
2020
Flooding in Nebraska, March 2019
Executive Order D 2020 003 Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Presence of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Colorado - 3/2020
Covid 2021
Saturday, March 11, 2023, at 11:59 PM Executive Order 02.03.23.01, the State of Emergency for Supply Chain Disruptions expired without further renewal. This had been a long-term EO with many renewals.
August 30th, 2022 Oregon Wildfire Activity. Effective for 30 days, expired Sept. 29, 2022
Covid-19 waiver per Stafford Act, March 2020
Presidentially declared natural disasters- Stafford Act
COVID-19; April through October (?) 2020
Hurricane Sandy 11/2012
2020 Fires in Oregon
COVID-19 CY2020
most recent presidential disaster declaration - permit is activated automatically
We had major forest fire 04/2022
Severe drought conditions through much of the state prompted Missouri DOT (MoDOT) to offer a special overwidth hauling permit to help farmers and ranchers move hay. Fee for permit was waived until March 1, 2023.
COVID 19 2020/2021
COVID 2020
Covid 19
Covid
Avian Influenza Relief - April 2022 (included hours of service; weight... exemptions from seasonal load limits; relief from axle weight limits in MN Statute; exemptions for the need to obtain an OW permits for certain commodities).
Covid
Hurricane Ian - September 2022
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Q3.1 Please share other innovations or lessons learned from past emergency overweight permitting or waiver events are their other innovations or lessons.
Montana standardized language for the emergency declaration. The benefit is that the language is the same irrespective of the type of emergency.
I would say to remove policy and procedures from regulations, this gives our office the latitude to make changes in procedures vs needing gov approval, i.e., meaning can be dealt with at Secretary or Administrator levels.
Also include industry in the decision making, listen to their needs and challenges.
https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/63881
https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB189/2023
Current status of potential legislation as of 3/27/23.
  • The work this group did to create a multi-state standardized approach to divisible overweight loads during a declared emergency is extremely valuable.
  • Because the midwestern states in this group agree, shippers will know in advance that during an emergency, they can confidently move a load of 88,000 lb. gross weight across member states.
  • The agreement ONLY APPLIES IN A DECLARED EMERGENCY – when the conditions of the Stafford Act are met.
  • At any time other than a Stafford Act emergency, any load that can be reduced (partially unloaded) to meet weight limits, must be reduced. Overweight permits are available for unreducible loads ONLY.
MAASTO Emergency Weights MOU
When confronted with an emergency or disaster, it’s best to begin outreach with impacted stakeholders and partner agencies and the Governor’s Office as soon as possible.
Q 4.1 Please share how your state was affected/impacted by emergency special permits or waivers that were issued for commercial vehicles in another state?
During Covid we were allowed to haul heavier weights on the interstate for divisible loads. We have worked in the past during national emergencies moving FEMA trailers in and out for people to live in. During droughts we have allowed hay movements through our state for hay, feed for cattle or moving cattle to other locations that weren’t drought stricken.
Other jurisdictional waivers are accepted and recognized by roadside enforcement and/or inspectors.
No harmonization within regions.
Some drivers who were given an exemption in one state EXPECT that exemption to carry over to every state. The drivers don’t understand the difference between federally exempted rules and state exempted rules. This leads to many of these drivers not following the rules, sometimes trying to coerce authorities from other states to allow them to go even though they are rules that state has not implemented, sometimes deliberately, and sometimes due to lack of understanding. This can create hostile environments between drivers and agents.
Regional disasters result in emergency waivers in surrounding states. We honor those waivers.
COVID; fires in California.
Requests from movers to provide an emergency declaration in our state to move items to other states. This must be approved by the governor’s office.
Weights were not harmonized from state to state for emergency relief.
One example of how our state was impacted by waivers issued in another state was in 2014 when the MN Cattlemen’s Association requested that our Governor issue an EEO waiver to provide relief to carriers traveling from Minnesota to aid in emergency relief efforts in the southern plain states which were suffering from wildfires.
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