[Federal Register: March 18, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 51)]
[Notices]
[Page 11628]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2007-28055]
Demonstration Project on NAFTA Trucking Provisions
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
ACTION: Notice of termination of demonstration project.
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SUMMARY: The FMCSA announces termination of the demonstration project
that allowed up to 100 Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate
beyond the U.S. border commercial zones, and the same number of U.S.
carriers to operate in Mexico. Section 136 of the Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2009, of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, prohibits FMCSA from
using appropriated funds to continue the demonstration project.
DATES: Effective Date: This notice is effective March 11, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dom Spataro, Division Chief,
Telephone (202) 366-2995; e-mail dominick.spataro@dot.gov, or Mr. Marcelo Perez, Transportation Specialist, Telephone 512-916-5440
extension 228, e-mail marcelo.perez@dot.gov of the North American
Borders Division, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC
20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Former Secretary of Transportation Mary E.
Peters and Mexico's Secretary of Communications and Transportation Luis
T[eacute]llez Kuenzler announced a demonstration project to implement
certain trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) in February 2007. The demonstration project was initiated on
September 6, 2007, after the Department of Transportation (DOT)
complied with a number of conditions imposed by section 6901 of the
U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq
Accountability Act, 2007, Public Law 110-28, 121 Stat. 112, 183, May
25, 2007. Further details regarding DOT's compliance with these
conditions may be found in Federal Register notices published on June 8
and August 17, 2007 (72 FR 31877 and 72 FR 46263, respectively). The
demonstration project was initially expected to last one year (see 72
FR 23883, May 1, 2007). On August 6, 2008, FMCSA announced that the
demonstration project was being extended from one year to the full
three years allowed by statute (73 FR 45796).
On March 11, 2009, the President signed into law the Omnibus
Appropriations Act, 2009, Public Law 111-8, division I, title I, 123
Stat. 524. Section 136 of the Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 (Division I,
title I of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) provides: "[N]one of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may
be used, directly or indirectly, to establish, implement, continue,
promote, or in any way permit a cross-border motor carrier
demonstration program to allow Mexican-domiciled motor carriers to
operate beyond the commercial zones along the international border
between the United States and Mexico, including continuing, in whole or
in part, any such program that was initiated prior to the date of the
enactment of this Act."
In accordance with section 136, FMCSA has terminated the cross-
border demonstration project that began on September 6, 2007. The
Agency has ceased processing applications by prospective project
participants and has taken other necessary steps to comply with the
provision. Further, as a condition of participating in this project,
Mexico-domiciled motor carriers were required to submit to FMCSA Form
OCE-46 (Request for Revocation of Registration). This form requests
that any registration issued by FMCSA pursuant to the cross-border
demonstration project be revoked upon termination of the project. The
Agency has processed these forms and revoked all registrations issued
in connection with the cross-border demonstration project.
Issued on: March 13, 2009.
Rose A. McMurray,
Acting Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. E9-5956 Filed 3-17-09; 8:45 am]
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