The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will issue a rule on intermodal chassis maintenance that would be published by the end of the year, according to press reports.

“When we come out with our rulemaking, whether Congress does it or we do it, by the end of this year, we’ll have a roadability proposal that will ensure the equipment is safe before it hits the road,” Warren Hoemann, deputy FMCSA administrator, told a National Industrial Transportation League’s meeting last week in Arlington, VA.

Hoemann said the rule would require “the equipment provider to maintain the chassis and make sure they meet existing standards on the road.”