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of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Marking Final Rule
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Highlights
of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Marking Final Rule
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Eliminates the
marking regulations of the former Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Requires all
interstate motor carriers to display the USDOT number.
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Requires that CMVs be
marked with the legal name, or a single trade name, of the business entity
that owns or controls the motor carrier operation. This information must
match the information on the motor carrier's
Form
MCS-150
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Motor carriers that
are currently displaying an ICC-MC number will be allowed two years to
comply with the requirement to affix the USDOT number to both sides of the
CMVs that they currently have in service. New and repainted CMVs must be
properly marked when they are placed in service.
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Motor carriers will
be allowed five years to comply with the additional requirements to
display the legal name or single trade name on their CMVs currently in
service.
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All
new interstate motor carriers will be required to submit a
Form
MCS-150
to the FMCSA before (rather than within 90 days after)
commencing operations.
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The actual printed
MCS-150 will be removed from the FMCSRs. The FMCSRs will state how to
obtain the form (FMCSA Service Centers, Division Offices, Internet site,
800 number).
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Single trade name:
The FMCSA will consider requests for assignment of individual USDOT
numbers to corporate divisions on a case-by-case basis. Although the FMCSA
does not wish to limit an organization's flexibility or its ability to
promote a trade name, the agency must still consider whether the
assignment of multiple USDOT numbers to a single corporate entity would
compromise the integrity of the collection and processing of safety data.
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Principal place of
business address: The final rule
does not require
the motor carrier
to mark its motor vehicles with the city and state. It does not prohibit
this practice, either.
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Driveaway provision:
The requirements of
390.407
concerning
removable marking devices will be retained and incorporated into
390.21
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Special
notes for new motor carriers:
If a motor carrier began
operations PRIOR TO the effective date, they are subject to the current rule
that is, they have 90 days to submit their MCS-150.
If a motor carrier
begins its operations ON OR AFTER the effective date, they are subject to the
new rule they must file their MCS-150 before starting operations. They
must also mark the power units of their CMVs before they put them into service
and operate them on public highways.
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