Office of Motor Carriers

Office of Motor Carriers—Federal agency that regulates motor carrier safety. 

In 1993, according to the Federal Highway Administration s Office of Motor Carriers (OMC), about 80% of all truck accidents in the United States occurred with no adverse weather conditions [4]. 

There are two possible models that the FRA might look to. The first is the system that is used by the Office of Motor Carriers of the FHWA to monitor truck and bus companies. The second is a relatively new enforcement system used by OSHA. 

Motor Carrier Cases, Supetintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washiagton, D.C., cited (Volume) MCC (Page). 

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), is responsible for the safe and secure movement of hazardous materials by all transportation modes. The primary office within PHMSA responsible for transportation safety and security is the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety. In addition to PHMSA, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration within U.S. DOT are involved in transportation safety and security. 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Office of Enforcement and Compliance (MC-EC)... 

A for-hire motor carrier should submit Form MCS-150 or Form MCS-150B along with its application for operating authority (Form OP-1, OP-1 (MX), OP-1 (NNA), or OP-2) to the appropriate address referenced on that form, or may submit it (electronically or by mail) separately to the FMCSA Office of Information Management. 

Is signed and dated by an officer or authorized employee of the motor carrier that employs the single-employer driver ... 

A motor carrier, water carrier, freight forwarder, or broker, or their officer, receiver, trustee, lessee, employee, or other person authorized to receive information from them, who discloses information identified in 49 U.S.C. 14908 without the permission of the shipper or consignee. 

Written Notice — Within 30 days of the compliance review, the carrier will receive written notification of the safety rating resulting from the compliance review. This written notice will be issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration s (FMCSA) headquarters office. The notification will include a list of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulation and Hazardous Materials Regulation compliance deficiencies which the motor carrier must correct. 

Every intermodal equipment provider, its officers, agents, representatives, and employees directly concerned with the inspection or maintenance of intermodal equipment interchanged or offered for interchange to motor carriers. 

Motor carrier A for-hire motor carrier or a private motor carrier. The term includes a motor carrier s agents, officers, and representatives as well as employees responsible for hiring, supervising, training, assigning, or dispatching of drivers and employees concerned with the installation, inspection, and maintenance of motor vehicle equipment and/or accessories. 

For example, if FMCSA rules require that a document be produced upon demand, you must be able to provide the Agency with an accurate copy of your electronic record upon demand. Similarly, if you are a motor carrier with multiple offices and are allowed 48 hours to produce a document in accordance with 49 CFR 390.29, you must be able to provide the Agency with an accurate copy of your electronic record within 48 hours. It would not be sufficient to display the information on your computer terminal in your place of business. You must produce a copy that the Agency can refer to at a later date. Similarly, it would not be sufficient to provide a document with incomplete information or without a signature (whether electronic or handwritten), if required. 

If you require, permit, or allow log falsification, you are gambling with your organization s very future. Motor carriers have been shut down, and company officers have been sent to jail, for egregious hours-of-service-falsification violations. 

Truck drivers must complete daily logs and submit them to their employers, who keep them under rales of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Office. 

To verify the accuracy of the company s accident register, the safety investigator will review the accident data the FMCSA has on file for the company. Whenever an accident meeting the FMCSA s definition of an accident occurs, the officer investigating the accident is supposed to report it to the FMCSA. This is accomplished by the officer checking federally reportable on the police accident report (PAR). The PAR is then forwarded by the state involved to the FMCSA, who records it in their data system, the Motor Carrier Management Information System, or MCMIS. All accidents that the company has been involved in involving one of the company commercial vehicles is in MCMIS. 

Motor carriers in certain states may be exempt from the new biennial filing requirement. In some states that participate in the Performance and Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM) program, carriers are already required to report similar information as part of the annual vehicle registration requirement. Carriers who file this information with the state s commercial motor vehicle office do not have to update their MCS-150 forms. 

The inspector will expect the vehicle to meet the DOT marking requirements in 390.21. It is vital that the motor carrier is properly identified in order that the inspection be credited to the correct USDOT nrunber. The markings on the vehicle is one means that the enforcement officer uses, along with a variety of other checks and balances. 

When a motor carrier or driver feels a roadside inspection was not conducted in accordance with the Out-of-Service Criteria, or an officer acted inappropriately or misinterpreted the Out-of-Service Criteria during a roadside inspection, they can contact the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) to lodge a formal complaint. In addition, if a motor carrier feels the Out-of-Service Criteria — referenced by enforcement personnel during inspections — is incorrect, they may also contact CVSA and challenge the document. 

When a motor carrier receives its roadside inspection report or a copy of a crash report, they should review if for accuracy. Errors that are caught before the information is entered into the system should be addressed via the state motor carrier office. This is probably true of accidents occurring and recorded by local law enforcement. The accidents are ultimately forwarded to the state motor carrier office for entry into the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS). 

In order for data to be removed from MCMIS, steps must be initiated by vested parties such as a driver or carrier via FMCSA s DataQs system. Individuals must submit a Request for Data Review (RDR) — along with certified documentation of adjudication — using FMCSA s DataQs portal. When a request for an RDR is filed, the DataQs system automatically forwards the request to the appropriate federal or state office for processing and resolution. The policy change will allow drivers, motor carriers, and members of the public to file an RDR to seek acknowledgement of the adjudication in the inspection record. 

A safety compliance review was conducted at die offices of Carrier A in Some City, WI, on February 26, 2009. The purpose of this review was to determine your compliance with die Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR), the Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), and the Federal Motor Carrier Commercial Regulations (FMCCR). 

Name(s) of the motor carrier(s) and main office address(es) must be recorded. 

All materials incorporated by reference are available for inspection at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Office of Enforcement and Compliance (MC-EC), 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001 and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call (202) 741-6030, or go to http Iwww.archives.gov federal register I code of federal regulations I ibr locations.html. 

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