Complete Compliance Services

COMPLETE COMPLIANCE 0SERVICES

At Complete Compliance Services we will work with your safety personnel to create a total and all encompassing DOT safety and compliance program. Or, should you prefer, we will act as your safety department and create and maintain your program, retaining your records either at your place of business or at our facility.

COMPLIANCE

The year 2000 marked the formation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) U.S. Department of Transportation. The administration has indicated that a more stringent review of motor carrier records will be the normal procedure. Increased penalties and fines have been or will be implemented in the near future.

Carriers who receive an "Unsatis-factory" safety rating will be required to upgrade to "Satisfactory" within 60 days or face the possibility of having to suspend operations. In the case of passenger or hazardous material haulers this time frame is compressed to 45 days.

Carriers that demonstrate an ongoing problem with any safety issue will be assessed fines far in excess of what we have witnessed in the past. If the problem continues, then suspension of activities will be imminent.

Carriers that are delinquent in paying assessed fines within 90 days will be considered to be in non-compliance and will also face the prospect of the closure of their operations.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration also has jurisdiction over Intra-state compliance with controlled substance and alcohol regulations and hazardous material operations. This year the state DOT has implemented a compliance review program based on the Federal requirements.

While FMCSA is a definite factor in a carrier's operating procedures, companies would be well advised to consider the possibility of litigation and criminal penalties should they be found in non-compliance with federal regulations following an accident.

Our Trained Staff

Our trained staff will assist you in all aspects of the policies and procedures that the DOT will require you to produce in the event of a Compliance Review (audit). Our programs are designed with both the small and large transportation companies in mind. Our DOT compliance program will relieve you of all your concerns regarding regulatory mandates and ensure you feel confident facing an audit.

Log Auditing

This is a tool to ensure your company and drivers avoid costly fines and penalties. Forward your logs to us on a regular basis and our monthly report will quickly point out the errors that have occurred in your hours of service records.

Drug & Alcohol Testing

Our experienced staff will assist you in entering our Controlled Substance and Alcohol Random Testing Consortium. Under Federal guidelines companies may have their employees join with other U.S. DOT Safety Sensitive employees from other companies to form a testing pool from which individuals are selected for ongoing testing.

You will also have the opportunity for us to create a stand-alone program for those companies that so desire.

Included in the cost of this program, that meets all FMCSA requirements, each company will receive a customized Drug and Alcohol policy that meets all mandates and receive the compulsory Supervisor Training regarding drug and alcohol misuse for reasonable suspicion purposes, at a dramatically reduced rate.

Pre-employment, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, return-to-duty and follow-up testing may also be arranged.

"Random Selection Only" program available.

Training

Training programs for management and employees to ensure your company's regulatory compliance. These include:

Mandated Basic HazMat training and testing.
Hours of Service (Log Books)
Supervisor's Reasonable Suspicion Drug and Alcohol Testing
"Back to Basics" DOT training
Defensive Driving
"Surviving a DOT Audit" for management and supervisors
Trucking credentials 101 (A guide to IRP/IFTA/WD/SSRS etc.)

On-site training available for individual companies.

Tentative Training Schedule for 2005:

April (Farmington, NM) - Surviving a DOT Audit (Hazardous Materials)
June (Las Cruces, NM) - Surviving a DOT Audit (Hazardous Materials)
August (Hobbs, NM) - Surviving a DOT Audit (Hazardous Materials)

Driver Qualification Files

We can offer companies a Pre-Hire package that includes completion of an approved Driver Qualification File (DQ), all relevant background checks, MVR's, record compilation, etc-nothing is left out. Companies also have the option to have CCS maintain your files and offer you a Driver License and Medical Card Alert program-we will inform you the month before your driver credentials are due to expire. Under this program we will also ensure an MVR is pulled every year as required and that driver violation and certification reports are completed.