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RIN: 2126-AB11

Publication ID: Spring 2009

Title: Carrier Safety Fitness Determination
Abstract: This rulemaking would revise 49 CFR part 385, Safety Fitness Procedures, in accordance with the Agency´s major new initiative, Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010. CSA 2010 is a new operational model FMCSA plans to implement that is designed to help the Agency carry out its compliance and enforcement programs more efficiently and effectively. Currently, the safety fitness rating of a motor carrier is determined based on the results of a very labor intensive compliance review conducted at the carrier´s place of business. Aside from roadside inspections and new audits, the compliance review is the Agency´s primary intervention. Under CSA 2010, FMCSA would propose to implement a broader array of progressive interventions, some of which allow FMCSA to make contact with more carriers. Through this rulemaking FMCSA would establish safety fitness determinations based on safety data consisting of crashes, inspections, and violation history rather than the standard compliance review. This will enable the Agency to assess the safety performance of a greater segment of the motor carrier industry with the goal of further reducing large truck and bus crashes and fatalities.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: Undetermined	Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 385
Legal Authority: sec 4009 of TEA-21

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/00/2009

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: Undetermined
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov	Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: David Miller Regulatory Development Division Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration MC-PRR, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202 366-5370 Email: fmcsaregs@dot.gov