[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR368.6]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      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    (f) Notice of the authority sought will not be published in either 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.