2016-17461: Unified Registration System; Correction

Summary

FMCSA is correcting the effective and compliance dates for its August 23, 2013, Unified Registration System (URS) final rule, as revised on October 21, 2015. The 2013 URS final rule was issued to improve the registration process for motor carriers, property brokers, freight forwarders, Intermodal Equipment Providers (IEPs), hazardous materials safety permit (HMSP) applicants, and cargo tank facilities required to register with FMCSA, and streamline the existing Federal registration processes to ensure the Agency can more efficiently track these entities. The October 21, 2015 final rule made slight revisions to the 2013 rule and delayed the effective dates of that rule. This final rule corrects the effective and compliance dates, revised in 2015, and corrects regulatory provisions that have not yet gone into effect, as well as several temporary sections that are in effect already, to allow FMCSA additional time to complete the information technology (IT) systems work.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 8 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 49 CFR 360 Fees for Motor Carrier Registration and Insurance
• 49 CFR 365 Rules Governing Applications for Operating Authority
• 49 CFR 366 Designation of Process Agent
• 49 CFR 368 Application for a Certificate of Registration to Operate in Municipalities in the United States on the United States-Mexico International Border or Within the Commercial Zones of Such Municipalities.
• 49 CFR 385 Safety Fitness Procedures
• 49 CFR 387 Minimum Levels of Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers
• 49 CFR 390 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; General
• 49 CFR 392 Driving of Commercial Motor Vehicles