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RIN: 2126-AA59

Publication ID: Spring 2007

Title: New Entrant Safety Assurance Process
Abstract: This rulemaking would change the New Entrant Safety Assurance Process by raising the standard of compliance for passing the new entrant safety audit. It also would make clarifying changes to some of the existing new entrant regulations. The rule also proposes a separate application procedure and safety oversight system for non-North America-domiciled motor carriers. The proposed rule would improve the Agency's ability to identify at-risk new entrant carriers and would ensure deficiencies in basic safety management controls are corrected before the new entrant is granted permanent registration. These changes would not impose additional operational requirements on any new entrant carrier. All new entrants would continue to receive educational information on how to comply with the safety regulations and be given an opportunity to correct any deficiencies found. FMCSA recognizes many new entrants are small businesses that are unaware of these requirements and continue to need our assistance.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 385
Legal Authority: PL 106-159, sec 210 113 Stat 1748 (1999) PL 107-87, sec 350 49 USC 31144

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule (IFR)	05/13/2002	67 FR 31978
IFR Comment Period End	07/12/2002
IFR Effective	01/01/2003
NPRM	12/21/2006	71 FR 76730
NPRM Comment Period End	02/20/2007
Next Action Undetermined	To Be Determined

Additional Information: Docket No. FMCSA-2001-11061
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: dms.dot.gov	Public Comment URL: dms.dot.gov
Agency Contact: Art Ramirez Enforcement and Compliance Division Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202 366-3181 Email: arturo.ramirez@dot.gov