[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: 49CFR381.305]

[Page 165]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 381_WAIVERS, EXEMPTIONS, AND PILOT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart C_Procedures for Applying for Exemptions
 
Sec.  381.305  How do I determine when I may apply for an exemption?

    (a) You may apply for an exemption if one or more FMCSR prevents you 
from implementing more efficient or effective operations that would 
maintain a level of safety equivalent to, or greater than, the level 
achieved without the exemption.
    (b) Before you decide to apply for an exemption you should carefully 
review the regulation to determine whether there are any practical 
alternatives already available that would allow you to conduct your 
motor carrier operations. You should also determine whether you need an 
exemption from all of the requirements in one or more parts of the 
regulations, or whether a more limited exemption from certain sections 
within one or more parts of the regulations would provide an acceptable 
level of regulatory relief. For example, if you need regulatory relief 
from one of the recordkeeping requirements concerning driver 
qualifications, you should not request regulatory relief from all of the 
requirements of part 391.