[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR368.6]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
        CHAPTER III--FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION,
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 368--APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION TO OPERATE IN 
MUNICIPALITIES IN THE UNITED STATES ON THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO 
INTERNATIONAL BORDER OR WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL ZONES OF SUCH 
MUNICIPALITIES.--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 368.6  FMCSA action on the application.

    (a) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will review the 
application for correctness, completeness, and adequacy of information. 
Non-material errors will be corrected without notice to the applicant. 
Incomplete applications may be rejected.
    (b) If the applicant does not require or is not eligible for a 
Certificate of Registration, the FMCSA will deny the application and 
notify the applicant.
    (c) The FMCSA will validate the accuracy of information and 
certifications provided in the application against data maintained in 
databases of the governments of Mexico and the United States.
    (d) If the FMCSA determines that the application and certifications 
demonstrate that the application is consistent with the FMCSA's safety 
fitness policy, it will issue a provisional Certificate of Registration, 
including a distinctive USDOT Number that identifies the motor carrier 
as permitted to provide interstate transportation of property solely in 
municipalities in the United States on the U.S.-Mexico international 
border or within the

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commercial zones of such municipalities.
    (e) The FMCSA may issue a permanent Certificate of Registration to 
the holder of a provisional Certificate of Registration no earlier than 
18 months after the date of issuance of the Certificate and only after 
completion to the satisfaction of the FMCSA of the safety monitoring 
system for Mexico-domiciled carriers set out in subpart B of part 385 of 
this subchapter.
    (f) Notice of the authority sought will not be published in either 
the Federal Register or the FMCSA Register. Protests or comments will 
not be allowed. There will be no oral hearings.