[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR365.107]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 365_RULES GOVERNING APPLICATIONS FOR OPERATING AUTHORITY--
Table of Contents
 
             Subpart A_How To Apply for Operating Authority
 
Sec.  365.107  Types of applications.

    (a) Fitness applications. Motor property applications and certain 
types of motor passenger applications require only the finding that the 
applicant is fit, willing and able to perform the involved operations 
and to comply with all applicable statutory and regulatory provisions. 
These applications can be opposed only on the grounds that applicant is 
not fit [e.g., is not in compliance with applicable financial 
responsibility and safety fitness requirements]. These applications are:
    (1) Motor common and contract carrier of property (except household 
goods) , Mexican motor property carriers that perform private carriage 
and transport exempt items, and motor contract carrier of passengers 
transportation.

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    (2) Motor carrier brokerage of general commodities (except household 
goods).
    (3) Certain types of motor passenger applications as described in 
Form OP-1 (P).
    (b) Motor passenger ``public interest'' applications as described in 
Form OP-1 (P).
    (c) Intrastate motor passenger applications under 49 U.S.C. 
13902(b)(3) as described in Form OP-1, Schedule B.
    (d) Motor common carrier of household goods applications, including 
Mexican carrier applicants. These applications require a finding that:
    (1) The applicant is fit, willing, and able to provide the involved 
transportation and to comply with all applicable statutory and 
regulatory provisions; and
    (2) The service proposed will serve a useful public purpose, 
responsive to a public demand or need.
    (e) Motor contract carrier of household goods, household goods 
property broker, and freight forwarder applications. These applications 
require a finding that:
    (1) The applicant is fit, willing, and able to provide the involved 
transportation and to comply with all applicable statutory and 
regulatory provisions; and
    (2) The transportation to be provided will be consistent with the 
public interest and the national transportation policy of 49 U.S.C. 
13101.
    (f) Temporary authority (TA) for motor and water carriers. These 
applications require a finding that there is or soon will be an 
immediate transportation need that cannot be met by existing carrier 
service.
    (g)In view of the expedited time frames established in this part for 
processing requests for permanent authority, applications for TA will be 
entertained only in exceptional circumstances (i.e., natural disasters 
or national emergencies) when evidence of immediate service need can be 
specifically documented in a narrative supplement appended to Form OP-1 
for motor property carriers, Form OP-1MX for Mexican property carriers 
and, Form OP-1(P) for motor passenger carriers.

[59 FR 63728, Dec. 9, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 63981, Dec. 13, 1995; 62 
FR 49940, Sept. 24, 1997; 67 FR 61820, Oct. 2, 2002]