News Release

July 24, 2008

KCC assesses $82,000 in fines against 53 motor carriers

The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) assessed $82,000 in fines and penalties against 53 motor carriers for violation of Commission rules and regulations during the third-quarter of the state’s fiscal year 2008 (January 1, 2008 to March 31,2008). The violations were discovered during Safety Compliance Audits of 146 motor carriers, performed by the Commission's Transportation Division.

The Commission has fined the following motor carriers:

• Aron B. Fehr d.b.a. De Fehr Trucking, Liberal, Kans. $2,500 for three safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain driver qualification files for each driver, failure to maintain record of duty status reports, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without completing driver vehicle inspection reports.
• A & A Builders Inc., Hutchinson, Kans. $2,000 for three safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain current motor vehicle records for each driver, failure to require drivers to prepare record of duty status reports, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without completing driver vehicle inspection reports.
• All-Pro Roofing & Remodeling of K.C. Inc., Leawood, Kans. $3,000 for four safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain driver qualification files for each driver, failure to require drivers to prepare record of duty status reports, failure to maintain minimum records of inspection and vehicle maintenance, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection.
• A. Lusker Masonry LLC, Frontenac, Kans. $500 for allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without having a valid medical examiners certificate.
• Beachner Construction Company Inc., St. Paul, Kans. $500 for allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without having a valid medical examiners certificate.
• Boyd Delivery Systems Inc., Westwood, Kans. $1,500 for two safety violations. The violations include failure to implement an alcohol and/or controlled substance testing program and failure to maintain a current motor vehicle record for each driver.
• Brand Plumbing Inc., Wichita, Kans. $1,500 for two safety violations. The violations include failure to implement an alcohol and/or controlled substance testing program and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without having a valid medical examiners certificate.
• Brian Dailey d.b.a. Dailey Construction, Gardner, Kans. $1,000 for two safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain driver qualification files for each driver and failure to maintain minimum records of inspection and vehicle maintenance.
• Bryant E. Bryant d.b.a. Bryant Antique Furniture Market, Chanute, Kans. $500 for failure to maintain a current motor vehicle record for each driver.
• Carlson Farm and Ranch LLC, Yates Center, Kans. $2,500 for four safety violations. The violations include failure to implement an alcohol and/or controlled substance testing program, failure to maintain a current motor vehicle record for each driver, failure to require drivers to prepare record of duty status reports, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection.
• Kat Tracker Promo’s LLC, Manhattan, Kans. $3,500 for six safety violations. The violations include failure to implement an alcohol and/or controlled substance testing program, failure to maintain driver qualification files for each driver, failure to require drivers to prepare record of duty status reports, allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a valid commercial drivers license, allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without public motor carrier operating authority, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection.
• CR Wrecker & Trucking LLC, Baxter Springs, Kans. 1,500 for two safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain driver qualification files for each driver and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection.
• C & S Farms Trucking LLC, Scott City, Kans. $3,000 for four safety violations. The violations include allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a valid medical examiners certificate, allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in excess of the gross weight allowed, allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection, and illegal use of a farm registered vehicle.
• Dillco Fluid Service Inc., Hugoton, Kans. $1,500 for two safety violations. The violations include allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a valid medical examiners certificate and failure to require drivers to prepare record of duty status reports
• Donja Farms LLC, Park, Kans. $1,500 for three safety violations. The violations include allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle longer then the allowed 11 hours without being off-duty 10 hours, allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle after 14 hours on-duty without the required 10 hours off-duty, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in excess of the gross weight allowed.
• Doris Hill d.b.a. H & K Hauling LLC, Augusta, Kans. $2,000 for three safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain minimum levels of financial responsibility, failure to maintain records of inspection and vehicle maintenance, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection.
• Century Van Lines Inc., Leavenworth, Kans. $500 for failure to maintain a current motor vehicle record for each driver.
• CTE Inc., Hays, Kans. $500 for allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection.
• D & L Finishing Inc., Anthony, Kans. $1,000 for three safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain a current motor vehicle record for each driver and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without proper operating authority.
• General Container, Kansas City, Kans. $1,500 for two safety violations. The violations include failure to implement an alcohol and/or controlled substance testing program and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection.
• Girton Propane Services Inc., Clay Center, Kans. $500 for allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a valid medical examiners certificate.
• Gonzales Communications Inc., New Century, Kans. $1,000 for two safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain a current motor vehicle record for each driver and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without completing vehicle inspection reports.
• Guillermo Mesa d.b.a. GM Trucking, Newton, Kans. $1,500 for two safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain a current motor vehicle record for each driver and failure to implement an alcohol and/or controlled substance testing program.
• Guetterman Excavation LLC, Bucyrus, Kans. $2,500 for three safety violations. The violations include failure to implement an alcohol and/or controlled substance testing program, failure to maintain driver qualification files for each driver, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection.
• Hansel W. Morgan d.b.a. Garden City Fire & Safety, Garden City, Kans. $500 for allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a valid medical examiners certificate.
• Henderson Investments Inc. d.b.a. Red Wing Shoes, Wichita, Kans. $1,000 for failure to maintain driver qualification files for each driver.
• Heritage Insulation LLC, Baldwin City, Kans. $500 for allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a valid medical examiners certificate.
• Interstate Wrecker Service Inc., Wichita, Kans. $3,500 for four safety violations. The violations include allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a valid medical examiners certificate, without periodic inspections, without completing driver vehicle inspection reports, and without proper operating authority.
• James F. Dittmer d.b.a. Parade Specialties, Independence, Kans. $1000 for two safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain current motor vehicle records for each driver and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without completing driver vehicle inspection reports.
• JLB Trucking LLC, Garnett, Kans. $1,000 for allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle transporting hazardous material without documentation on file of hazardous material training for each driver.
• Jonathan T. Quirk d.b.a. Classic Guttering, Olathe, Kans. $1,500 for two safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain driver qualification files for each driver and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection.
• Ken Heisler d.b.a. Heisler Trucking, Humboldt, Kans. $500 for failure to maintain a current motor vehicle record for each driver.
• KE Snyder Company LLC, Hamilton, Kans. $3,000 for four safety violations. The violations include failure to implement an alcohol and/or controlled substance testing program, failure to maintain driver qualification files for each driver, failure to require drivers to prepare record of duty status reports, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection and report.
• Kirk Waters d.b.a. K. Waters Trucking, Macksville, Kans. $500 for allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a valid medical examiners certificate.
• KWS LLC, Chanute, Kans. $1,000 for failure to maintain driver qualification files for each driver.
• Joseph E. and Donna L. Lardner d.b.a. Lardner Monuments, Topeka, Kans. $1,000 for two safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain current motor vehicle records for each driver and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection.
• Matthew Schreiner d.b.a. Capital Auto Recovery Services LLC, Spring Hill, Kans. $2,500 for four safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain a current motor vehicle record for each driver, allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection, allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without completing driver vehicle inspection reports, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without operating authority.
• Midwest Bulk Inc., Wichita, Kans. $2,500 for two safety violations. The violations include allowing or requiring a driver to make false entries in the record of duty status report and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection.
• Olympic Contractors Inc. d.b.a. Olympic Cabinet Co., Kansas City, Kans. $2,000 for three safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain driver qualification files for each driver, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection and without completing driver vehicle inspection reports.
• Prairie Paving Inc., Kansas City, Kans. $2,000 for three safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain driver qualification files for each driver, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection and without completing driver vehicle inspection reports.
• Pete Wall d.b.a. Wall Trucking, Sublette, Kans. $2,000 for three safety violations. The violations include failure to implement a post accident alcohol and/or controlled substance test, failure to maintain a current motor vehicle record for each driver, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without completing driver vehicle inspection reports.
• Purple Wave Inc., Manhattan, Kans. $2,500 for three safety violations. The violations include failure to implement an alcohol and/or controlled substance testing program, failure to require drivers to prepare record of duty status reports, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without completing driver vehicle inspection reports.
• Pyle’s Automotive LLC, Towanda, Kans. $1,000 for two safety violations. The violations include allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a valid medical examiners certificate and without completing driver vehicle inspection reports.
• Ron Travis d.b.a. Travis Scale Company, Liberal, Kans. $1,000 for failure to implement an alcohol and/or controlled substance testing program.
• Shawnee Quality Snacks Inc., Lenexa, Kans. $2,500 for four safety violations. The violations include allowing or requiring drivers to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection, without completing driver vehicle inspection reports, and without operating authority, and failure to maintain current motor vehicle records for each driver.
• Stephen Stallbaumer Construction, Seneca, Kans. $2,000 for three safety violations. The violations include failure to implement an alcohol and/or controlled substance testing program, failure to maintain a current motor vehicle record for each driver, and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without completing driver vehicle inspection reports.
• Thompson Crawley Furniture Rental of Kansas Inc., Topeka, Kans. $2,000 for three safety violations. The violations include failure to require drivers to prepare record of duty status reports, allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection and without completing driver vehicle inspection reports.
• Toby’s Carnival Inc., Arma, Kans. $1,500 for two safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain driver qualification files for each driver and allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without completing driver vehicle inspection reports.
• Total Energy Solutions of America LLC, Wichita, Kans. $3,500 for four safety violations. The violations include failure to maintain driver qualification files for each driver and to require drivers to prepare record of duty status reports, and allowing or requiring drivers to operate commercial motor vehicles without periodic inspections and without operating authority.
• Transport 160 LLC, Wellington, Kans. $1,000 for failure to implement an alcohol and/or controlled substance testing program.
• Wes’ Recycling Inc., Centerville, Kans. $500 for allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a periodic inspection.
• Wichita Container Services Inc., Kansas City, Kans. $500 for allowing or requiring a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle without completing driver vehicle inspection reports.
• Zarco 66 Inc., Lawrence, Kans. $500 for failure to maintain current motor vehicle records for each driver.

The Transportation Division offers free compliance seminars. The seminars are held weekly on a rotating basis in Topeka, Hutchinson, Hays, and Garden City. The seminars, beginning at 9:00 a.m. and lasting approximately two hours, are presented by the Commission’s Transportation Division staff and are designed to help motor carriers comply with Safety and Economic Regulations. The seminar schedule is available on the Commission’s website at http://kcc.ks.gov or by calling 785.271.3231.

The KCC Transportation Division is responsible for regulating public and private motor carriers in Kansas. The Commission's goal is to ensure appropriate and effective regulation and oversight of motor carriers and protect the public interest and safety.