2016-22996: General Technical, Organizational, Conforming, and Correcting Amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
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FMCSA amends its regulations by making technical corrections throughout. The Agency is making minor changes to correct errors and omissions, ensure conformity with Office of the Federal Register style guidelines, update cross references, and improve clarity and consistency of certain regulatory provisions. Further, this set of amendments removes all remaining instances of the term "common carrier" and "contract carrier" as required by the ICC Termination Act (ICCTA) and the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). This rule does not make any substantive changes to the affected regulations, except to remove obsolete provisions.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
What this changes
Amends 21 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
- 49 CFR 355
- 49 CFR 356
- 49 CFR 365 Rules Governing Applications for Operating Authority
- 49 CFR 369 Reports of Motor Carriers
- 49 CFR 370 Principles and Practices for the Investigation and Voluntary Disposition of Loss and Damage Claims and Processing Salvage
- 49 CFR 373 Receipts and Bills
- 49 CFR 374 Passenger Carrier Regulations
- 49 CFR 376 Lease and Interchange of Vehicles
- 49 CFR 377 Payment of Transportation Charges
- 49 CFR 378 Procedures Governing the Processing, Investigation, and Disposition of Overcharge, Duplicate Payment, or Overcollection Claims
- 49 CFR 382 Controlled Substances and Alcohol Use and Testing
- 49 CFR 383 Commercial Driver's License Standards; Requirements and Penalties
- 49 CFR 384 State Compliance with Commercial Driver's License Program
- 49 CFR 385 Safety Fitness Procedures
- 49 CFR 386 Rules of Practice for FMCSA Proceedings
- 49 CFR 390 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; General
- 49 CFR 391 Qualifications of Drivers and Longer Combination Vehicle (LCV) Driver Instructors
- 49 CFR 392 Driving of Commercial Motor Vehicles
- 49 CFR 395 Hours of Service of Drivers
- 49 CFR 397 Transportation of Hazardous Materials; Driving and Parking Rules
- 49 CFR 398 Transportation of Migrant Workers
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