[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: 49CFR388.7]

[Page 308]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 388_COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  388.7  Joint administrative activities related to enforcement of safety and hazardous materials laws and regulations.

    To facilitate the interchange of information and evidence, and the 
conduct of joint investigation and administrative action, the Field 
Administrator and the appropriate State authority shall, when warranted, 
schedule joint conferences of staff members of both agencies. 
Information shall be exchanged as to the nature and extent of the 
authority and capabilities of the respective agencies to enforce the 
safety and hazardous materials laws and regulations of the State or of 
the United States concerning motor carrier transportation. The Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the State (or appropriate State 
authority) shall use their best efforts to inform each other of changes 
in their rules and regulations and cooperate with and assist each other 
in conducting training schools for Federal and State enforcement 
officials engaged in such duties.

[33 FR 19725, Dec. 25, 1968, as amended at 51 FR 12621, Apr. 14, 1986; 
67 FR 61824, Oct. 2, 2002]