FMCSA fines broker, two carriers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has fined two for-hire motor carriers hauling primarily household goods from New York State and one household goods broker from Florida. Eilid Moving & Storage Inc. and On Budget Van Lines Inc., both of Richmond Hill, NY, and Miami-based National Moving Network were served with notice of claim letters to initiate enforcement

Tim Parry

March 28, 2002

Eilid Moving & Storage Inc. and On Budget Van Lines Inc., both of Richmond Hill, NY, and Miami-based National Moving Network were served with notice of claim letters to initiate enforcement action for violations of the Federal Motor Carrier Commercial Regulations (FMCCR). The carriers and broker were assessed civil penalties of $61,000, $58,500 and $6,000 respectively.

The motor carriers and broker will have the opportunity to contest the alleged violations and the amount of the penalties in an agency proceeding.