Federal Register Volume 86, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 7, 2021)
[Rules and Regulations][Pages 35633-35653]
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
49 CFR Parts 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 390, and 391[Docket No. FMCSA-2020-0135]
RIN 2126-AC33
General Technical, Organizational, Conforming, and Correcting Amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: FMCSA amends its regulations by making technical corrections throughout the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). The Agency makes minor changes to correct inadvertent errors and omissions, remove or update obsolete references, and improve the clarity and consistency of certain regulatory provisions. The Agency also makes nondiscretionary, ministerial changes that are statutorily mandated and changes that merely align regulatory requirements with the underlying statutory authority. Finally, this rule contains two minor changes to FMCSA’s rules of agency procedure or practice that relate to separation of functions and allowing FMCSA and State personnel to conduct off-site compliance reviews of motor carriers following the same safety fitness determination criteria used in on-site compliance reviews.
DATES: This final rule is effective July 7, 2021, except for amendatory instruction 31 which is effective September 7, 2021.
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Federal Register Volume 86, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 6, 2021)
[Proposed Rules][Pages 35443-35449][FR Doc No: 2021-14039]
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
49 CFR Part 385
[Docket No. FMCSA-2021-0063]
RIN 2126-AC40
Incorporation by Reference; North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria; Hazardous Materials Safety Permits
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
SUMMARY: FMCSA proposes amendments to its Hazardous Materials Safety Permits regulations to incorporate by reference the updated Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) handbook containing inspection procedures and Out-of-Service Criteria (OOSC) for inspections of shipments of transuranic waste and highway route controlled quantities of radioactive material. The OOSC provide enforcement personnel nationwide, including FMCSA’s State partners, with uniform enforcement tolerances for inspections. Currently, the regulations reference the April 1, 2019, edition of the handbook. Through this document, FMCSA proposes to incorporate by reference the April 1, 2021 edition.
DATES: Comments on this document must be received on or before August 5, 2021.
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