FMCSA Dismisses Three Training Registry Removal Appeals

FMCSA's Chief Safety Officer, Steven Dowling, signed three orders on November 12, 2026, closing separate dockets after the agency reinstated each petitioner to the Training Provider Registry.

CDL Lab LLC (Docket FMCSA-2026-3702) and International Truck Driving School (Docket FMCSA-2026-3704) had each been hit with a Notice of Emergency Removal and filed petitions under 49 CFR 380.723(d)-(e) in September. Red Hook Commercial Driving School Inc. (Docket FMCSA-2026-3764) filed its petition the same month after its own emergency removal.

In each case, the Director of the Office of Safety Programs told the agency the petitioner had corrected the deficiencies that triggered removal and asked that the proceeding be closed as moot. FMCSA agreed. Reinstatement notices went out to International Truck Driving School on October 29, CDL Lab on November 4, and Red Hook on November 4. The orders contain no detail on what deficiencies prompted the original removals.

What's next

• All three schools are back on the Training Provider Registry; no further action is pending in these dockets.
• Watch Regulations.gov docket filings for the underlying Notices of Emergency Removal if more detail on the deficiencies becomes public.

All sources

• Other: In the Matter of CDL Lab, LLC - Order Dismissing Petition for Administrative Review of Removal from the Training Provider Registry — Regulations.gov (FMCSA), 2026-11-12
• Other: In the Matter of Red Hook Commercial Driving School Inc. - Order Dismissing Petition for Administrative Review of Removal from the Training Provider Registry — Regulations.gov (FMCSA), 2026-11-12
• Other: In the Matter of International Truck Driving School - Order Dismissing Petition for Administrative Review of Removal from the Training Provider Registry — Regulations.gov (FMCSA), 2026-11-12