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§ 390.200T T USDOT Registration.

Wording effective January 18, 2017, superseded November 17, 2023.

eCFR as of December 22, 2022 ↗

(a) Purpose. This section establishes who must register with FMCSA using the Form MCSA-1, the URS online application, beginning January 14, 2017.

(b) Applicability. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part or 49 CFR 385.305T(b)(2), a new applicant private motor carrier or new applicant exempt for-hire motor carrier subject to the requirements of this subchapter must file Form MCSA-1 with FMCSA to identify its operations with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for safety oversight. Form MCSA-1 is the URS online application, and both the application and its instructions are available from the FMCSA Web site at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/urs.

(c) Definition. For purposes of this section, a “new applicant” is an entity applying for operating authority registration and a USDOT number who does not at the time of application have an active registration or USDOT, Motor Carrier (MC), Mexican owned or controlled (MX), or Freight Forwarder (FF) number, and who has never had an active registration or USDOT, MC, MX, or FF number.

[82 FR 5318, Jan. 17, 2017]

Amendment history

2 distinct wordings on file since Jan. 18, 2017
  1. [82 FR 5318, Jan. 17, 2017, as amended at 88 FR 80184, Nov. 17, 2023]
  2. Jan. 18, 2017 → Nov. 17, 2023eCFR, day-preciseviewing
    [82 FR 5318, Jan. 17, 2017]

A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.