[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR387.9]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 387_MINIMUM LEVELS OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOTOR 
CARRIERS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart A_Motor Carriers of Property
 
Sec. 387.9  Financial responsibility, minimum levels.

    The minimum levels of financial responsibility referred to in Sec. 
387.7 of this subpart are hereby prescribed as follows:

                                      Schedule of Limits--Public Liability
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               Type of carriage                               Commodity transported                Jan. 1, 1985
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(1) For-hire (In interstate or foreign          Property (nonhazardous).........................        $750,000
 commerce, with a gross vehicle weight rating
 of 10,001 or more pounds).
(2) For-hire and Private (In interstate,        Hazardous substances, as defined in 49 CFR             5,000,000
 foreign, or intrastate commerce, with a gross   171.8, transported in cargo tanks, portable
 vehicle weight rating of 10,001 or more         tanks, or hopper-type vehicles with capacities
 pounds).                                        in excess of 3,500 water gallons; or in bulk
                                                 Division 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 materials, Division
                                                 2.3, Hazard Zone A, or Division 6.1, Packing
                                                 Group I, Hazard Zone A material; in bulk
                                                 Division 2.1 or 2.2; or highway route
                                                 controlled quantities of a Class 7 material, as
                                                 defined in 49 CFR 173.403.
(3) For-hire and Private (In interstate or      Oil listed in 49 CFR 172.101; hazardous waste,         1,000,000
 foreign commerce, in any quantity; or in        hazardous materials, and hazardous substances
 intrastate commerce, in bulk only; with a       defined in 49 CFR 171.8 and listed in 49 CFR
 gross vehicle weight rating of 10,001 or more   172.101, but not mentioned in (2) above or (4)
 pounds).                                        below.
(4) For-hire and Private (In interstate or      Any quantity of Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3              5,000,000
 foreign commerce, with a gross vehicle weight   material; any quantity of a Division 2.3,
 rating of less than 10,000 pounds).             Hazard Zone A, or Division 6.1, Packing Group
                                                 I, Hazard Zone A material; or highway route
                                                 controlled quantities of a Class 7 material as
                                                 defined in 49 CFR 173.403.
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[59 FR 63923, Dec. 12, 1994, as amended at 67 FR 61821, Oct. 2, 2002]

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