[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 2179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00555]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2011-0097]
Acceptance of Applications for Mexican-Domiciled Long-Haul
Operations
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States-Mexico Cross-Border Long-Haul Trucking Pilot
Program (Pilot Program) concluded on October 10, 2014. The Pilot
Program was part of FMCSA's implementation of the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA) cross-border long-haul trucking provisions.
Congress required the Pilot Program to test the safety of granting
long-haul authority to Mexico-domiciled motor carriers. This notice
announces that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has
submitted the required report to Congress and is accepting applications
from Mexico-domiciled motor carriers interested in conducting long-haul
operations.
DATES: This decision is effective January 15, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Docket: For access to the docket to read background
documents or comments submitted to previous notices concerning the
Pilot Program, go to www.regulations.gov at any time or visit Room W12-
140 on the ground level of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The on-line Federal document
management system is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year.
The docket number is FMCSA-2011-0097.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Price, Chief, North American
Borders Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Telephone (202) 366-2995;
email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: From October 14, 2011, to October 10, 2014,
FMCSA conducted a Pilot Program to test and demonstrate the ability of
Mexico-based motor carriers to operate safely in the United States
beyond the municipalities and commercial zones along the United States-
Mexico border. The Pilot Program was part of FMCSA's implementation of
the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) cross-border long-haul
trucking provisions.
As of October 10, 2014, 13 Mexico-domiciled motor carriers with
authority to operate in the United States beyond the commercial zones
and municipalities at the U.S.-Mexico border had successfully
participated in the Pilot Program and established a record of safety.
On October 10, 2014, FMCSA issued new certificates of operating
authority registration to the 13 Pilot Program participants pursuant to
49 U.S.C. 13902(a) and (c),\1\ the November 27, 2002 Memorandum of the
President of the United States to the Secretary of Transportation [67
FR 71795 (December 2, 2002)] and the motor carriers' successful
performance in the Pilot Program.\2\
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\1\ Including compliance with Section 350 of the Fiscal Year
2002 DOT Appropriations Act, (Pub. L. 104-87), which has been
incorporated in successive appropriations legislation.
\2\ Pursuant to the procedures noted in 76 FR 40420 (July 8,
2011).
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On October 10, 2014, the Department verbally advised Congress of
the completion of the Pilot Program. On January 9, 2015, DOT submitted
its report titled, ``United States-Mexico Cross-Border Long-Haul
Trucking Pilot Program Report to Congress'' to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations as well as the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science and Transportation and the House of Representatives'
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. A copy of the report is
posted in the docket for this program (FMCSA-2011-0097) and the Agency
posted a link to the docket on the Pilot Program's Web site at: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/international-programs/mexico-cross-border-trucking-pilot-program.
As a result of the successful completion of the Pilot Program,
FMCSA will again accept applications from Mexico-domiciled motor
carriers seeking authority to operate in long-haul transportation
beyond the U.S. commercial zones. Information regarding the application
and review processes is available at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration/form-op-1mx.
Issued on: January 9, 2015.
T.F. Scott Darling, III,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2015-00555 Filed 1-14-15; 8:45 am]
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