FMCSA Orders Response to Intercheck Appeal, Faces New Training-Registry Petitions

So whatTraining providers & carriers: check your school's Training Provider Registry status now—FMCSA is removing schools on emergency orders over English-proficiency documentation with little notice.

FreightFiles Desk | October 6, 2026

FMCSA's Chief Safety Officer Steven Dowling signed an order directing the agency's own Office of Safety Programs to respond within 10 days to a petition from Intercheck Driving Services LLC, which is challenging its emergency removal from FMCSA's Training Provider Registry. The registry lists schools authorized to certify entry-level driver training for CDL applicants. Intercheck filed its request for administrative review, a stay, and reinstatement on September 30, 2026, under 49 CFR 380.723(d)-(e). The order requires the Office of Safety Programs to submit the removal notice and all evidence considered.

Two other providers have filed similar challenges. Metropolitan Trucking, Inc. is contesting its removal, arguing FMCSA's own July 15, 2026 audit found it compliant on all seven certification items, and that the agency's 78-driver dataset does not support the action — citing a 497-day median gap between training and inspection and one record it called chronologically impossible. Cultural Technical Institute, LLC filed supplemental English-proficiency assessment materials in its own pending case.

The filings suggest FMCSA is applying stricter scrutiny to how training providers document English-proficiency instruction, even though removal does not automatically pause while under review.

What's next

FMCSA's response to Intercheck's petition is due around October 15, 2026.
No rulings yet on Metropolitan Trucking's or Cultural Technical Institute's petitions.
Watch dockets FMCSA-2026-3368, FMCSA-2026-3499 and FMCSA-2026-3244 on Regulations.gov for updates.

All sources

Other: In the Matter of Intercheck Driving Services, LLC- Order Requiring Response to Petition for Administrative Review of Emergency Removal from Training Provider Registry — Regulations.gov (FMCSA), 2026-10-05
Other: In the Matter of Metropolitan Trucking, Inc.- Request for Administrative Review of Emergency Removal from the Training Provider Registry — Regulations.gov (FMCSA), 2026-10-05
Other: In the Matter of Cultural Technical Institute, LLC- Supplemental of ELP Assessment Materials and Proposed Standards — Regulations.gov (FMCSA), 2026-10-05

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