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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration</NAME>
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            <CODE>2100</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Transportation</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOT</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Certification of Safety Auditors, Safety Investigators, and Safety Inspectors</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[This rulemaking would require that any safety inspection, safety audit, or compliance review be conducted by a certified inspector, auditor, or investigator.  It is required by section 211 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act. Based on comments to the Interim Final Rule (IFR), the agency will issue a NPRM that addresses issues not clarified in the IFR.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>49 CFR 385</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec 211, PL 106-159</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec 350, PL 107-87</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 USC 31148</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>113 Stat 1765</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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                <DLINE_DATE>12/09/2000</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>NPRM</DLINE_DESC>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/19/2002</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>67 FR 12776</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>IFR Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/20/2002</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>IFR Effective Date Delayed  </TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/17/2002</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>67 FR 41196</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>IFR  Date Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/17/2002</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>IFR; Ext. of Statutory Compliance Date</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/28/2003</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>68 FR 44378</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice; Environmental Assessment (EA)</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/02/2003</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>68 FR 56863</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>EA Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/03/2003</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice; Statutory Compliance Date</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/23/2003</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>68 FR 74287</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/00/2012</TTBL_DATE>
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        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>Docket Nos. FMCSA-2001-11060 and FMCSA-2003-15642.</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>www.regulations.gov</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>www.regulations.gov</PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Genevieve</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Sapir</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>D</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Office of Chief Counsel</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2126</CODE>
                    <NAME>Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FMCSA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 366-7056</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>genevieve.sapir@dot.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>MC-PRR, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE. West 6,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20590</ZIP>
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