How does the rule change part 390, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, General?
The final rule makes IEPs subject to many of the same vehicle and equipment safety regulations that apply to motor carriers. An IEP must: • Identify its operations to the FMCSA by filing the Form MCS-150C. • Mark its IME with the USDOT number, as required by 390.21, before tendering the equipment to a motor carrier. • Systematically inspect, repair, and maintain all IME intended for interchange with a motor carrier. • Ensure that IME intended for interchange with motor carriers is in safe and proper operating condition. • Maintain a system of driver vehicle inspection reports submitted to the IEP as required by 396.11. • Maintain a system of inspection, repair, and maintenance records for equipment intended for interchange with a motor carrier. • Periodically inspect IME intended for interchange. • At facilities at which the IEP makes IME available for interchange, have procedures in place and provide sufficient space for drivers to perform a pre-trip inspection of tendered IME. • At f
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