§ 387.301 Surety bond, certificate of insurance, or other securities.

(a) Public liability. (1) No commonfor-hire ormotor contract carrier or foreign (Mexican) motor private carrier or foreign motor carrier transporting exempt commodities subject to Subtitle IV, part B, chapter 135 of title 49, ofUnited theStates U.S. Code, shall engage in interstate or foreign commerce, and no certificate or permit shall be issued to such a carrier or remain in force unless and until there shall have been filed with and accepted by the FMCSA surety bonds, certificates of insurance, proof of qualifications as self-insurer, or other securities or agreements, in the amounts prescribed in §  387.303, conditioned to pay any final judgment recovered against such motor carrier for bodily injuries to or the death of any person resulting from the negligent operation, maintenance or use of motor vehicles in transportation subject to Subtitle IV, part B, chapter 135 of title 49, of the U.S. CodeC., or for loss of or damage to property of others, or, in the case of motor carriers of property operating freight vehicles described in §  387.303(b)(2), for environmental restoration. Passenger motor carriers exempt under § 387.27 of this part, forare environmentalnot restorationsubject to this limitation on transportation or required to file evidence of financial responsibility.
(2) Motor Carriers of property which are subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (a)(1) of this section and transport the commodities described in §  387.303(b)(2), are required to obtain security in the minimum limits prescribed in §  387.303(b)(2).
(b) CommonHousehold goods motor carriers-cargo insurance; exempt commodities. No commonhousehold carriergoods by motor vehiclecarrier subject to Subtitlesubtitle IV, part B, chapter 135 of title 49 of the U.S. Code nor any foreign (Mexican) common carrier of exempt commodities shall engage in interstate or foreign commerce, nor shall any certificate be issued to such a household goods motor carrier or remain in force unless and until there shall have been filed with and accepted by the FMCSA, a surety bond, certificate of insurance, proof of qualifications as a self-insurer, or other securities or agreements in the amounts prescribed in §  387.303, conditioned upon such carrier making compensation to individual shippers or consignees for all property belonging to individual shippers or consignees and coming into the possession of such carrier in connection with its transportation service:. Provided,The Thatterms the“household requirementsgoods ofmotor thiscarrier” paragraphand shall“individual notshipper” applyare defined in connection§ with the transportation of the following commodities:
Agricultural ammonium nitrate375.
Agricultural103 nitrate of soda.
Anhydrousthis ammonia—used as a fertilizer onlysubchapter.
Ashes,(c) woodContinuing orcompliance coalrequired.
Bituminous concreteSuch (alsosecurity known as blacktopis oraccepted amosite),by includingthe mixturesFMCSA of asphalt paving.
Cement, dry, in containersaccordance orwith inthe bulk.
Cement,requirements buildingof blocks.
Charcoal.
Chemicalsection fertilizer.
Cinder13906 blocks.
Cinders,of coal.
Coal.
Coke.
Commercialtitle fertilizer.
Concrete49 materialsof andthe added mixturesU.
Corn cobsS.
Cottonseed hulls.
Crushed stone.
Drilling salt.
Dry fertilizer.
Fish scrap.
Fly ash.
Forest products; viz: LogsCode, billets,shall orremain bolts, native woods, Canadian wood or Mexican pine; pulpwood, fuel wood, wood kindling; and wood sawdust or shavings (shingle tow) other than jewelers' or paraffined.
Foundry and factory sweepings.
Garbage.
Gravel, other than bird gravel.
Hardwood and parquet flooring.
Haydite.
Highway construction materials, when transported in dumpeffect trucks and unloaded at destinationall by dumpingtimes.
Ice.
Iron[48 ore.
LimeFR and limestone.
Liquid fertilizer solutions51780, in bulk, in tank vehiclesNov.
Lumber.
Manure.
Meat scraps.
Mud drilling salt.
Ores14, in bulk1983, includingas oreamended concentrates.
Pavingat materials,60 unlessFR contain oil hauled in tank vehicles.
Peat moss.
Peeler cores.
Plywood.
Poles and piling63981, other than totem polesDec.
Potash, used as commercial fertilizer.
Pumice stone13, in1995; bulk62 inFR dump vehicles.
Salt49941, in bulk or in bagsSept.
Sand, other than asbestos24, bird,1997; iron,75 monazite,FR processed35328, orJune tobacco sand.
Sawdust.
Scoria stone.
Scrap iron.
Scrap steel.
Shells22, clam,2010; mussel,81 orFR oyster.
Slag63709, other than slag with commercial value for the further extraction of metalsOct.
Slag, derived aggregates—cinders.
Slate21, crushed2015; or81 scrap.
Slurry,FR as waste material.
Soil49554, earthJuly or marl28, other2016; than83 infusorial,FR diatomaceous22877, tripoli,May or inoculated soil or earth.
Stone17, unglazed and unmanufactured, including ground agricultural limestone.2018]
SugarEffective beetDate pulp.Note:
SulphateAt of82 ammonia,FR bulk5307, used as fertilizerJan.
Surfactants.
Trap rock.
Treated poles.
Veneer.
Volcanic scoria.
Waste17, hazardous and nonhazardous2017, transported§ solely for purposes of disposal387.
Water,301 otherwas than mineral or prepared—water.
Wood chipssuspended, noteffective processedJan.
Wooden pallets, unassembled.
Wreck or disabled motor vehicles.
Other materials or commodities of low value, upon specific application to and approval by the FMCSA.
(c) Continuing compliance required. Such security as is accepted by the FMCSA in accordance with the requirements of section 13906 of title 49 of the U.S. Code, shall remain in effect at all times.
[48 FR 51780, Nov. 14, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 63981, Dec2017. 13, 1995; 62 FR 49941, Sept. 24, 1997]