FMCSA Orders Staff to Defend Emergency Removal of Two CDL Schools
Updated: 2 days ago
Orders in two Regulations.gov dockets give the Office of Safety Programs 10 days to produce the removal notices and evidence for Soler & Soler CDL School and Sun City CDL.
FMCSA Chief Safety Officer Steven Dowling on Sept. 25 ordered the agency's Office of Safety Programs to justify its emergency removal of two commercial driver training schools from the Training Provider Registry, according to orders posted to Regulations.gov.
The orders respond to petitions for administrative review filed under 49 CFR 380.723, the regulation that lets a training provider challenge its removal from the registry. The Training Provider Registry is FMCSA's list of schools authorized to deliver the entry-level driver training that new CDL applicants must complete.
Soler & Soler CDL School Corp. of Miami submitted its request for review on Sept. 1 and filed supplemental evidence between Sept. 22 and Sept. 24, according to the order in docket FMCSA-2026-3236. Sun City CDL LLC, doing business as Sun City Trucking Services in El Paso, Texas, served its request for review together with a corrective action plan on Aug. 31, according to the order in docket FMCSA-2026-3235.
In both cases the order directs the Director of the Office of Safety Programs to respond to the petition and to submit "the official notice of emergency removal and all evidence considered in the final determination" within 10 days of the Sept. 25 service date. The agency's Office of Chief Counsel, Enforcement and Litigation Division, is representing the director.
The orders do not describe why either school was removed. Copies of all filings are public on Regulations.gov under the docket numbers.
What it means
Emergency removal from the registry stops a school from delivering training that counts toward a CDL, so these dockets are where the public record of FMCSA's reasoning will appear. For students and carriers that used either school, the agency's response will show what conduct triggered the removal and whether training certificates are at risk. For other training providers, the filings are a rare look at how the administrative review process under Part 380 actually runs.
What's next
The Office of Safety Programs must file its response and the removal evidence within 10 days of Sept. 25, which falls around Oct. 5. Further pleadings from both sides will be posted to dockets FMCSA-2026-3236 and FMCSA-2026-3235.
Sources
Other: In the Matter of Soler & Soler CDL School Corp. - Order Requiring Response to Petition for Administrative Review of Emergency Removal from Training Provider Registry — Regulations.gov (FMCSA), 2026-09-25
Other: In the Matter of Sun City CDL, LLC dba Sun City Trucking Services - Order Requiring Response to Petition for Administrative Review of Emergency Removal from Training Provider Registry — Regulations.gov (FMCSA), 2026-09-25
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