2023-18494: Safety Fitness Determinations

Summary

FMCSA is interested in developing a new methodology to determine when a motor carrier is not fit to operate commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in or affecting interstate commerce. FMCSA requests public comment on the need for a rulemaking to revise the regulations prescribing the safety fitness determination process; the available science or technical information to analyze regulatory alternatives for determining the safety fitness of motor carriers; feedback on the Agency's current safety fitness determination (SFD) regulations, including the process and impacts; the available data and costs for regulatory alternatives reasonably likely to be considered as part of this rulemaking; and responses to specific questions in this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM).

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 6 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 49 CFR 350 Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) and High Priority Program
• 49 CFR 365 Rules Governing Applications for Operating Authority
• 49 CFR 385 Safety Fitness Procedures
• 49 CFR 386 Rules of Practice for FMCSA Proceedings
• 49 CFR 387 Minimum Levels of Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers
• 49 CFR 395 Hours of Service of Drivers