FMCSA Closes Three Training Registry Appeals, One Penalty Case

So whatCarriers & Fleets: confirm any CDL training vendor you use is still listed on the registry; three providers were reinstated only after correcting flagged problems.

FreightFiles Desk | November 10, 2026

FMCSA Chief Safety Officer Steven Dowling signed three orders on November 10, 2026, dismissing petitions for administrative review filed by training providers removed from the agency's Training Provider Registry under 49 CFR 380.723. In each case — Elegant E-Learning Inc. dba Driving-Tests.org (Docket FMCSA-2026-3301), Penn CDL LLC (FMCSA-2026-3238) and Start CDL Inc. (FMCSA-2026-3699) — the Office of Safety Programs told the agency it had reinstated the provider after corrective actions addressed the material deficiencies cited in the original emergency removal notice. Dowling found the petitions moot once reinstatement occurred and closed all three dockets.

Separately, the FMCSA Western Service Center filed a notification of settlement in a civil penalty case against Fariba Taherzadeh, doing business as Mission Transportation (USDOT No. 2084825, Docket FMCSA-2024-0311). The agency's trial attorney asked the decisionmaker to adopt the settlement agreement as the final agency order and close the docket under 49 CFR 386.22(c). The filing does not disclose settlement terms.

What's next

All four dockets are now closed; no further filings are scheduled.
Watch for the decisionmaker's order formally adopting the Taherzadeh settlement.

All sources

Other: In the Matter of Elegant E-Learning Inc. dba Driving-Tests.org - Order Dismissing Petition for Administrative Review of Removal from the Training Provider Registry — Regulations.gov (FMCSA), 2026-11-10
Other: In the Matter of Penn CDL LLC - Order Dismissing Petition for Administrative Review of Removal from the Training Provider Registry — Regulations.gov (FMCSA), 2026-11-10
Other: In the Matter of Start CDL Inc. - Order Dismissing Petition for Administrative Review of Removal from the Training Provider Registry — Regulations.gov (FMCSA), 2026-11-10
Other: In the Matter of Fariba Taherzadeh dba Mission Transportation - Notification of Settlement and Motion to Close Docket — Regulations.gov (FMCSA), 2026-11-10

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