• ·         Improve educational outcomes for First Nations and Metis learners and expand First Nations and Metis participation in the workforce (Education/Advanced Education, Employment and Labour);
• ·         Attract eight to 12 new corporate investments and at least two major head office expansions while increasing Saskatchewan's presence in key international markets like China and India (Enterprise Saskatchewan);
• ·         Work with industry and other governments to enhance international opportunities for Saskatchewan's crop and livestock sectors (Agriculture);
• ·         Improve housing availability and affordability by increasing the supply of rental housing and creating new affordable home ownership opportunities (Social Services);
• ·         Reduce violent crime (Justice/Corrections, Public Safety and Policing);
• ·         Reduce wait times for surgery to no more than three months by 2014 (Health);
• ·         Establish a provincial addictions agency (Health);
• ·         Develop and implement a province-wide multi-material recycling program (Environment); and
• ·         Ensure that schoolchildren engage in 30 minutes of physical activity a day (Education)

In September 2010, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will begin accepting electronic manifests containing cargo and conveyance data from highway carriers.  Unprecedented cooperation amongst all parties in the supply chain will be critical to ensuring that the right information gets to the right place at the right time to avoid delays crossing the border.

 

Please see the link below for the agenda and registration form for the upcoming seminar on June 14, 2010 in Saskatoon.

In conjunction with the Saskatchewan Trucking Association, The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will be holding seminars on CSA 2010 for cross border carriers on the following dates:

 

Saskatoon: Thursday, April 8, 2010 

    Time: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Regina: Friday, April 9, 2010 

    Time: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

 

The location of each event has yet to be determined, and will be based on the number of participants.  Please contact Nadine Miller at the STA no later than March 18 to indicate your interest to attend this informational seminar.  The cost of the seminar will be $30.00 per person, and will include lunch and refreshments.  Please register early so we may book a venue! 

 

CSA 2010 Message from FMCSA Division Administrator Jeff Jensen

It is now 2010.  That means it is time to really understand Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010.  You’ve heard about it, you’ve read about it, but do you really understand it?  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has already distributed volumes of great information through publications, webinars, listening sessions, and our website.  With that said, there are still many questions about CSA 2010 and how it relates to Saskatchewan.  So, my message is specifically for you, Saskatchewan’s motor carriers that transport in the United States.

I will briefly outline the mechanics of CSA 2010 because these have already been detailed in many other sources.  CSA 2010 is designed to improve the effectiveness of FMCSA’s compliance and enforcement program.  Its goal is to achieve a reduction in truck and bus crashes, fatalities and injuries, while maximizing the resources of FMCSA and its partners.  To accomplish this, CSA 2010 changes how our Agency evaluates the safety performance of motor carriers, drivers and vehicles, and how our Agency intervenes to improve compliance with safety laws and regulations.  In particular, CSA 2010 incorporates new systems for safety measurement, evaluation, and intervention.

The CSA 2010 Safety Measurement System (SMS) replaces SafeStat.  SafeStat focused on four broad Safety Evaluation Areas (SEAs): Accidents, Drivers, Vehicles, and Safety Management.  SMS measures seven specific Behavioural Area Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs): Unsafe Driving, Fatigued Driving, Driver Fitness, Controlled Substances and Alcohol, Vehicle Maintenance, Cargo Related, and Crash Indicator.  Through monthly analysis of safety data, SMS helps to evaluate safety performance, monitor safety problems, and identify motor carriers for potential interventions.  Interventions include warning letters, targeted roadside inspections, offsite investigations, focused onsite investigations, comprehensive onsite investigations, notices of violation, notices of claim, and out-of-service orders.  These interventions enable FMCSA and its partners to move from fact finding and violation verification, to exploring of why violations occur and how they can be corrected.  They also maintain FMCSA’s enforcement authority in situations that warrant enforcement.

At this point, I would like to cover three topics that are important to you as a Saskatchewan motor carrier: (1) when you will participate in CSA 2010, (2) how you should prepare for CSA 2010, and (3) where you can learn about CSA 2010.  You may have heard that some jurisdictions have already implemented CSA 2010.  This is true.  In fact, our neighbours in Minnesota, Montana and Alberta are already participants.  However, my Division’s jurisdiction - North Dakota, Saskatchewan and Manitoba - will not implement CSA 2010 until this fall.

Preparing for CSA 2010 boils down to three words: data, data and data.  The accuracy of your safety data is paramount.  For example, under SafeStat, out-of-service violations had the most weight.  However, under CSA 2010, all violations discovered during roadside inspections count.  So, it is important that you download your Company Safety Profile as soon as possible to check each roadside inspection and all other safety data.  You can download your Company Safety Profile for free by registering for an FMCSA Portal Account at https://portal.fmcsa.dot.gov and following the instructions.  If you find inaccurate safety data, you should correct this data promptly.  You can challenge your safety data by registering for a DataQs Account at https://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov and following the directions.  You can also access DataQs through the FMCSA Portal.

Learning about CSA 2010 is easy.  First, we have coordinated with the Saskatchewan Trucking Association to do a presentation in April.  This will give you a chance to ask questions and receive answers in person.  Second, our CSA 2010 website offers excellent information.  You can access this information by going to http://csa2010.fmcsa.dot.gov and selecting the Motor Carriers & Drivers tab.  Third, as always, you may call my Division at 701-250-4346.  My staff is ready to answer your CSA 2010 questions.

Issue: National Safety Code Standard 10 Part 1, Division 3, Section 11 (4) states:

“On and after January 1, 2010, a person shall not use a tiedown or a component of a tiedown to secure cargo to a vehicle unless it is marked by the manufacturer with respect to its working load limit.”

Transition and Educational Period

In order to ensure an orderly transition and to ensure industry has an opportunity to comply with the requirements of regulation and the NSC Standard, the attached enforcement strategy for the rating and marking of tiedowns will be implemented (excerpt taken from the attached document):

1. Implementation of the requirement to use tiedowns which are rated and marked with a Working Load Limit will be phased in over a twelve month period ending on December 31, 2010
2. From January 1 to December 31 2010 verbal direction and/or written warnings will be issued to raise awareness of the requirement to use rated and marked tiedowns (Note: during the transition period, use of unrated/unmarked tiedowns will not preclude issuance of a CVSA decal).
3. During the transition period, violations will be recorded in situations where improper or inadequate use of the required minimum number of tiedowns (either marked or unmarked) for securement of cargo poses a safety risk.
4. During this period unmarked tiedowns will continue to be assigned default Working Load Limits from the tables which appear in NSC Standard 10. Using a tiedown or a component of a tiedown not marked by the manufacturer with respect to its Working Load Limit will not result in Out-of-Service unless a significant safety risk is created.
5. Default values for Working Load Limits will be eliminated from NSC Standard 10 on January 1, 2011.
6. On and after January 1, 2011, each of the minimum number of tiedowns required under NSC 10 must be rated and marked with a Working Load Limit.

 

Implementation

Full compliance with the provisions of NSC Standard 10 Division 3 Section 11 (4) will be required and enforced on January 1, 2011.

The transition strategy for the rating & marking of tiedowns has been sent to the Canadian Cargo Cttee and will be providing it to Cargo Securement stakeholders by the CCMTA.  It has been posted on the CCMTA site at http://ccmta.ca/english/committees/cra/cargo/interpretation.cfm#2010

Transport Compliance Branch officers will be implementing the attached strategy immediately.  Information will be provided to industry verbally during the initial 6 month period and in the form of a handout during the latter half of the year.  I would like to reiterate that the use of an unmarked tiedown during the transition period will not preclude issuance of a CVSA decal (provided the carrier meets the requirements of NSC Standard 10) and will only be noted as a miscellaneous defect.  Carriers will not be fined nor will the defect show up on the carrier profile.

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