[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: 49CFR387.9]



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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:



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                                      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]