Interim final rule penalizes interstate carriers that do not register properly with FMCSA

The United States Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced an interim final rule that will require states and state law enforcement personnel to place interstate motor carriers out of service and assess state penalties for not properly registering with the FMCSA as a for-hire carrier of passengers or freight.

Motor carriers placed out of service under this rule may have a hearing within 10 days of the out-of-service order to contest the out-of-service charge.

Written comments on this interim final rule should be sent by Oct 28, 2002, to the USDOT Docket Facility, Attn: Docket #FMCSA-2002-13015, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh St SW, Washington DC 20590-0001 or faxed to 202-493-2251. Comments also may be submitted at http://dms.dot.gov/submit/. The interim final rule can be viewed at http://dms.dot.gov/.