[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: 49CFR387.3]



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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. 387.3  Applicability.



    (a) This subpart applies to for-hire motor carriers operating motor 

vehicles transporting property in interstate or foreign commerce.

    (b) This subpart applies to motor carriers operating motor vehicles 

transporting hazardous materials, hazardous substances, or hazardous 

wastes in interstate, foreign, or intrastate commerce.

    (c) Exception. (1) The rules in this part do not apply to a motor 

vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of less than 

10,000 pounds. This exception does not apply if the vehicle is used to 

transport any quantity of a Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 material, any 

quantity of a Division 2.3, Hazard Zone A, or Division 6.1, Packing 

Group I, Hazard Zone A, or to a highway route controlled quantity of a 

Class 7 material as it is defined in 49 CFR 173.403, in interstate or 

foreign commerce.



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    (2) The rules in this part do not apply to the transportation of 

non-bulk oil, non-bulk hazardous materials, substances, or wastes in 

intrastate commerce, except that the rules in this part do apply to the 

transportation of a highway route controlled quantity of a Class 7 

material as defined in 49 CFR 173.403, in intrastate commerce.



[46 FR 30982, June 11, 1981; 46 FR 45612, Sept. 14, 1981, as amended at 

48 FR 5559, Feb. 7, 1983; 48 FR 52683, Nov. 21, 1983; 49 FR 38290, Sept. 

28, 1984; 59 FR 63923, Dec. 12, 1994]