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140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. E.T., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and docket 

number. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the exemption process, 

see the Public Participation heading 

below. Note that all comments received 

will be posted without change to 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to 

www.regulations.gov, and follow the 

online instructions for accessing the 

dockets, or go to the street address listed 

above. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review the U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s online privacy policy 

at www.dot.gov/privacy or the complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on December 29, 

2010 (75 FR 82133). 

Public Participation: The Federal 

eRulemaking Portal is available 24 

hours each day, 365 days each year. You 

can get electronic submission and 

retrieval help and guidelines under the 

‘‘help’’ section of the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you 

want us to notify you that we received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard, or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments online. Comments received 

after the comment closing date will be 

included in the docket, and we will 

consider late comments to the extent 

practicable. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Thomas Yager, Chief, FMCSA Driver 

and Carrier Operations Division; Office 

of Bus and Truck Standards and 

Operations; Telephone: 202–366–4325. 

Email: MCPSD@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C. 

31136(e) and 31315 to grant exemptions 

from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations. FMCSA must publish a 

notice of each exemption request in the 

Federal Register (49 CFR 381.315(a)). 

The Agency must provide the public an 

opportunity to inspect the information 

relevant to the application, including 

any safety analyses that have been 

conducted. The Agency must also 

provide an opportunity for public 

comment on the request. 

The Agency reviews safety analyses 

and public comments submitted, and 

determines whether granting the 

exemption would likely achieve a level 

of safety equivalent to, or greater than, 

the level that would be achieved by the 

current regulation (49 CFR 381.305). 

The decision of the Agency must be 

published in the Federal Register (49 

CFR 381.315(b)) with the reasons for 

denying or granting the application and, 

if granted, the name of the person or 

class of persons receiving the 

exemption, and the regulatory provision 

from which the exemption is granted. 

The notice must also specify the 

effective period, and explain the terms 

and conditions, of the exemption. The 

exemption may be renewed (49 CFR 

381.300(b)). 

Request for Exemption 

UCC operates as a commercial diving 

contractor that provides underwater 

inspection, maintenance, construction, 

and technical support services. The 

company has offices in Connecticut, 

Michigan, and Tennessee, and performs 

diving services for clients around the 

world. UCC maintains a total of 37 

commercial motor vehicles with gross 

vehicle weight or gross combination 

weight ratings of 10,001 pounds or 

more, and employs 165 personnel who 

operate these vehicles. 

UCC’s driving operations are 

performed for the sole purpose of 

transporting personnel and equipment 

to and from job sites and account for 

two percent of the man-hours worked 

each year. UCC claims that 88 percent 

of its work is performed for utilities and 

that the majority of its driving falls 

under the USV exemption in 49 CFR 

395.1(n). Instead of complying with the 

provisions in 49 CFR 395.8 for the 12 

percent of hours not covered under the 

USV exemption, UCC would like to use 

its payroll system to record the drivers’ 

records of duty status. According to 

UCC, if granted the exemption from 49 

CFR 395.8, it would continue to track 

employee hours, which include time 

spent driving and working, through its 

payroll system to ensure they are not in 

violation of the HOS rules. 

A copy of UCC’s exemption 

application is available for review in the 

docket for this notice. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) 

and 31315(b)(4), FMCSA requests public 

comment on the UCC’s application for 

an exemption from the driver’s record of 

duty status rule in 49 CFR part 395. The 

Agency will consider all comments 

received by close of business on March 

30, 2012. Comments will be available 

for examination in the docket at the 

location listed under the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. The Agency will 

consider to the extent practicable 

comments received in the public docket 

after the closing date of the comment 

period. 

Issued on: February 22, 2012. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4871 Filed 2–28–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No FMCSA–2011–0097] 

Pilot Program on NAFTA Trucking 

Provisions 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces and 

requests public comment on data and 

information concerning the PreAuthorization Safety Audit (PASA) for a 

motor carrier that applied to participate 

in the Agency’s long-haul pilot program 

to test and demonstrate the ability of 

Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to 

operate safely in the United States 

beyond the municipalities in the United 

States on the United States-Mexico 

international border or the commercial 

zones of such municipalities. This 

action is required by the ‘‘U.S. Troop 

Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina 

Recovery, and Iraq Accountability 

Appropriations Act, 2007’’ and all 

subsequent appropriations. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 12, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System Number FMCSA– 

2011–0097 by any one of the following 

methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

(M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building, Ground 

Floor, Room 12–140, Washington, DC 

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• Hand Delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The telephone 

number is 202–366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. All 

submissions must include the Agency 

name and docket number for this notice. 

See the ‘‘Public Participation’’ heading 

below for instructions on submitting 

comments and additional information. 

Note that all comments received, 

including any personal information 

provided, will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Please 

see the ‘‘Privacy Act’’ heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

Room W12–140 on the ground floor of 

the DOT Headquarters Building at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

ET, Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s Privacy Act System of 

Records Notice for the DOT Federal 

Docket Management System published 

in the Federal Register on January 17, 

2008 (73 FR 3316), or you may visit 

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/ 

E8-785.pdf. 

Public Participation: The http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site is 

generally available 24 hours each day, 

365 days each year. You can get 

electronic submission and retrieval help 

and guidelines under the ‘‘help’’ section 

of the http://www.regulations.gov Web 

site. Comments received after the 

comment closing date will be included 

in the docket, and will be considered to 

the extent practicable. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marcelo Perez, FMCSA, North American 

Borders Division, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. Telephone (512) 916–5440 Ext. 

228; email marcelo.perez@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 25, 2007, the President 

signed into law the U.S. Troop 

Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina 

Recovery, and Iraq Accountability 

Appropriations Act, 2007 (the Act), 

(Pub. L. 110–28, 121 Stat. 112, 183, May 

25, 2007). Section 6901 of the Act 

requires that certain actions be taken by 

the Department of Transportation (the 

Department) as a condition of obligating 

or expending appropriated funds to 

grant authority to Mexico-domiciled 

motor carriers to operate beyond the 

municipalities in the United States on 

the United States-Mexico international 

border or the commercial zones of such 

municipalities (border commercial 

zones). 

On July 8, 2011, FMCSA announced 

in the Federal Register [76 FR 40420] its 

intent to proceed with the initiation of 

a U.S.-Mexico cross-border long-haul 

trucking pilot program to test and 

demonstrate the ability of Mexicodomiciled motor carriers to operate 

safely in the United States beyond the 

border commercial zones as detailed in 

the Agency’s April 13, 2011, Federal 

Register notice [76 FR 20807]. The pilot 

program is a part of FMCSA’s 

implementation of the North American 

Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) crossborder long-haul trucking provisions in 

compliance with section 6901(b)(2)(B) 

of the Act. FMCSA reviewed, assessed, 

and evaluated the required safety 

measures as noted in the July 8, 2011, 

notice and considered all comments 

received on or before May 13, 2011, in 

response to the April 13, 2011, notice. 

Additionally, to the extent practicable, 

FMCSA considered comments received 

after May 13, 2011. 

In accordance with section 

6901(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Act, FMCSA is 

required to publish in the Federal 

Register, and provide sufficient 

opportunity for public notice and 

comment comprehensive data and 

information on the PASAs conducted of 

motor carriers domiciled in Mexico that 

are granted authority to operate beyond 

the border commercial zones. This 

notice serves to fulfill this requirement. 

FMCSA is publishing for public 

comment the data and information 

relating to one PASA that was 

completed on November 15, 2011. 

FMCSA announces that the Mexicodomiciled motor carrier in Table 1 

successfully completed the PASA. 

Notice of this completion was also 

published in the FMCSA Register. 

Tables 2, 3 and 4 all titled 

(‘‘Successful Pre-Authorization Safety 

Audit (PASA) Information’’) set out 

additional information on the carrier(s) 

noted in Table 1. A narrative 

description of each column in the tables 

is provided as follows: 

A. Row Number in the Appendix for 

the Specific Carrier: The row number for 

each line in the tables. 

B. Name of Carrier: The legal name of 

the Mexico-domiciled motor carrier that 

applied for authority to operate in the 

United States (U.S.) beyond the border 

commercial zones and was considered 

for participation in the long-haul pilot 

program. 

C. U.S. DOT Number: The 

identification number assigned to the 

Mexico-domiciled motor carrier and 

required to be displayed on each side of 

the motor carrier’s power units. If 

granted provisional operating authority, 

the Mexico-domiciled motor carrier will 

be required to add the suffix ‘‘X’’ to the 

ending of its assigned U.S. DOT Number 

for those vehicles approved to 

participate in the pilot program. 

D. FMCSA Register Number: The 

number assigned to the Mexicodomiciled motor carrier’s operating 

authority as found in the FMCSA 

Register. 

E. PASA Initiated: The date the PASA 

was initiated. 

F. PASA Completed: The date the 

PASA was completed. 

G. PASA Results: The results upon 

completion of the PASA. The PASA 

receives a quality assurance review 

before approval. The quality assurance 

process involves a dual review by the 

FMCSA Division Office supervisor of 

the auditor assigned to conduct the 

PASA and by the FMCSA Service 

Center New Entrant Specialist 

designated for the specific FMCSA 

Division Office. This dual review 

ensures the successfully completed 

PASA was conducted in accordance 

with FMCSA policy, procedures and 

guidance. Upon approval, the PASA 

results are uploaded into the FMCSA’s 

Motor Carrier Management Information 

System (MCMIS). The PASA 

information and results are then 

recorded in the Mexico-domiciled motor 

carrier’s safety performance record in 

MCMIS. 

H. FMCSA Register: The date FMCSA 

published notice of a successfully 

completed PASA in the FMCSA 

Register. The FMCSA Register notice 

advises interested parties that the 

application has been preliminarily 

granted and that protests to the 

application must be filed within 10 days 

of the publication date. Protests are filed 

with FMCSA Headquarters in 

Washington, DC. The notice in the 

FMCSA Register lists the following 

information: 

a. Current registration number (e.g., 

MX–123456); 

b. Date the notice was published in 

the FMCSA Register; 

c. The applicant’s name and address; 

and 

d. Representative or contact 

information for the applicant. 

The FMCSA Register may be accessed 

through FMCSA’s Licensing and 


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Insurance public Web site at http://lipublic.fmcsa.dot.gov/, and selecting 

FMCSA Register in the drop downmenu. 

I. U.S. Drivers: The total number of 

the motor carrier’s drivers approved for 

long-haul transportation in the United 

States beyond the border commercial 

zones. 

J. U.S. Vehicles: The total number of 

the motor carrier’s power units 

approved for long-haul transportation in 

the United States beyond the border 

commercial zones. 

K. Passed Verification of 5 Elements 

(Yes/No): A Mexico-domiciled motor 

carrier will not be granted provisional 

operating authority if FMCSA cannot 

verify all of the following five 

mandatory elements. FMCSA must: 

a. Verify a controlled substances and 

alcohol testing program consistent with 

49 CFR part 40. 

b. Verify a system of compliance with 

hours-of-service rules of 49 CFR part 

395, including recordkeeping and 

retention; 

c. Verify the ability to obtain financial 

responsibility as required by 49 CFR 

387, including the ability to obtain 

insurance in the United States; 

d. Verify records of periodic vehicle 

inspections; and 

e. Verify the qualifications of each 

driver the carrier intends to use under 

such authority, as required by 49 CFR 

parts 383 and 391, including confirming 

the validity of each driver’s Licencia 

Federal de Conductor and English 

language proficiency. 

L. If No, Which Element Failed: If 

FMCSA cannot verify one or more of the 

five mandatory elements outlined in 49 

CFR part 365, Appendix A, Section III, 

this column will specify which 

mandatory element(s) cannot be 

verified. 

Please note that for items L through P 

below, during the PASA, after verifying 

the five mandatory elements discussed 

in item K above, FMCSA will gather 

information by reviewing a motor 

carrier’s compliance with ‘‘acute and 

critical’’ regulations of the Federal 

Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 

(FMCSRs) and Hazardous Materials 

Regulations (HMRs). Acute regulations 

are those where noncompliance is so 

severe as to require immediate 

corrective actions by a motor carrier 

regardless of the overall basic safety 

management controls of the motor 

carrier. Critical regulations are those 

where noncompliance relates to 

management and/or operational 

controls. These regulations are 

indicative of breakdowns in a carrier’s 

management controls. A list of acute 

and critical regulations is included in 49 

CFR part 385, Appendix B, Section VII. 

Parts of the FMCSRs and HMRs 

having similar characteristics are 

combined together into six regulatory 

areas called ‘‘factors.’’ The regulatory 

factors are intended to evaluate the 

adequacy of a carrier’s management 

controls. 

M. Passed Phase 1, Factor 1: A ‘‘yes’’ 

in this column indicates the carrier has 

successfully met Factor 1 (listed in part 

365, Subpart E, Appendix A, Section 

IV(f)). Factor 1 includes the General 

Requirements outlined in parts 387 

(Minimum Levels of Financial 

Responsibility for Motor Carriers) and 

390 (Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations—General). 

N. Passed Phase 1, Factor 2: A ‘‘yes’’ 

in this column indicates the carrier has 

successfully met Factor 2, which 

includes the Driver Requirements 

outlined in parts 382 (Controlled 

Substances and Alcohol Use and 

Testing), 383 (Commercial Driver’s 

License Standards; Requirements and 

Penalties) and 391 (Qualifications of 

Drivers and Longer Combination 

Vehicle (LCV) Driver Instructors). 

O. Passed Phase 1, Factor 3: A ‘‘yes’’ 

in this column indicates the carrier has 

successfully met Factor 3, which 

includes the Operational Requirements 

outlined in parts 392 (Driving of 

Commercial Motor Vehicles) and 395 

(Hours of Service of Drivers). 

P. Passed Phase 1, Factor 4: A ‘‘yes’’ 

in this column indicates the carrier has 

successfully met Factor 4, which 

includes the Vehicle Requirements 

outlined in parts 393 (Parts and 

Accessories Necessary for Safe 

Operation) and 396 (Inspection, Repair 

and Maintenance) and vehicle 

inspection and out-of-service data for 

the last 12 months. 

Q. Passed Phase 1, Factor 5: A ‘‘yes’’ 

in this column indicates the carrier has 

successfully met Factor 5, which 

includes the hazardous material 

requirements outlined in parts 171 

(General Information, Regulations, and 

Definitions), 177 (Carriage by Public 

Highway), 180 (Continuing 

Qualification and Maintenance of 

Packagings) and 397 (Transportation of 

Hazardous Materials; Driving and 

Parking Rules). 

R. Passed Phase 1, Factor 6: A ‘‘yes’’ 

in this column indicates the carrier has 

successfully met Factor 6, which 

includes Accident History. This factor is 

the recordable accident rate during the 

past 12 months. A recordable 

‘‘accident’’ is defined in 49 CFR 390.5, 

and means an accident involving a 

commercial motor vehicle operating on 

a public road in interstate or intrastate 

commerce which results in a fatality; a 

bodily injury to a person who, as a 

result of the injury, immediately 

received medical treatment away from 

the scene of the accident; or one or more 

motor vehicles incurring disabling 

damage as a result of the accident 

requiring the motor vehicle to be 

transported away from the scene by a 

tow truck or other motor vehicle. 

S. Number U.S. Vehicles Inspected: 

The total number of vehicles (power 

units) the motor carrier is approved to 

operate in the United States beyond the 

border commercial zones that received a 

vehicle inspection during the PASA. 

During a PASA, FMCSA inspected all 

power units to be used by the motor 

carrier in the pilot program and applied 

a current Commercial Vehicle Safety 

Alliance (CVSA) inspection decal, if the 

inspection is passed successfully. This 

number reflects the vehicles that were 

inspected, irrespective of whether the 

vehicle received a CVSA inspection at 

the time of the PASA decal as a result 

of a passed inspection. 

T. Number U.S. Vehicles Issued CVSA 

Decal: The total number of inspected 

vehicles (power units) the motor carrier 

is approved to operate in the United 

States beyond the border commercial 

zones that received a CVSA inspection 

decal as a result of an inspection during 

the PASA. 

U. Controlled Substances Collection: 

Refers to the applicability and/or 

country of origin of the controlled 

substance and alcohol collection facility 

that will be used by a motor carrier that 

has successfully completed the PASA. 

a. ‘‘US’’ means the controlled 

substance and alcohol collection facility 

is based in the United States. 

b. ‘‘MX’’ means the controlled 

substance and alcohol collection facility 

is based in Mexico. 

c. ‘‘Non-CDL’’ means that during the 

PASA, FMCSA verified that the motor 

carrier is not utilizing commercial motor 

vehicles subject to the commercial 

driver’s license requirements as defined 

in 49 CFR 383.5 (Definition of 

Commercial Motor Vehicle). Any motor 

carrier that does not operate commercial 

motor vehicles as defined in § 383.5 is 

not subject to DOT controlled substance 

and alcohol testing requirements. 

V. Name of Controlled Substances 

and Alcohol Collection Facility: Shows 

the name and location of the controlled 

substances and alcohol collection 

facility that will be used by a Mexicodomiciled motor carrier who has 

successfully completed the PASA. 


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TABLE 1 

Row number in Tables 2, 3 and 4 of the 

Appendix to today’s notice Name of carrier USDOT No. 

1 ................................................................ Baja Express Transportes SA de CV .......................................................................... 2194257 

TABLE 2—SUCCESSFUL PRE-AUTHORIZATION SAFETY AUDIT (PASA) INFORMATION

[See also Tables 3 and 4] 

Column A—Row 

No. 

Column B— 

name of carrier 

Column C— 

US DOT 

No. 

Column D— 

FMCSA Register 

No. 

Column E— 

PASA initiated 

Column F— 

PASA completed 

Column G— 

PASA results 

Column H— 

FMCSA 

Register 

Column I— 

US drivers 

Column J— 

US vehicles 

1 ......................... Baja Express 

Transportes 

SA de CV.

2194257 Pending ............. 11/8/11 11/15/11 Pass .................. 02/27/12 1 1 

TABLE 3—SUCCESSFUL PRE-AUTHORIZATION SAFETY AUDIT (PASA) INFORMATION

[See also Tables 2 and 4] 

Column A— 

Row No. 

Column B— 

name of carrier 

Column C— 

US DOT 

No. 

Column D— 

FMCSA Register No. 

Column K— 

passed 

verification of 5 

elements 

(yes/no) 

Column L— 

if no, which 

element 

failed 

Column M— 

passed phase 

1 factor 1 

Column N— 

passed phase 

1 factor 2 

Column O— 

passed phase 

1 factor 3 

Column P— 

passed phase 

1 factor 4 

1 ...................... Baja Express 

Transportes 

SA de CV.

2194257 Pending ........ Yes .................... .................... Pass .............. Pass .............. Pass .............. Pass 

TABLE 4—SUCCESSFUL PRE-AUTHORIZATION SAFETY AUDIT (PASA) INFORMATION AS OF SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 

[See also Tables 2 and 3] 

Column A—Row 

No. 

Column B— 

name of carrier 

Column C— 

US DOT 

No. 

Column D— 

FMCSA Register No. 

Column Q— 

passed 

phase 1 factor 5 

Column R— 

passed phase 1 

factor 6 

Column S— 

number US 

vehicles inspected 

Column T— 

number US 

vehicles 

issued 

CVSA decal 

Column U— 

controlled 

substance 

collection 

Column V— 

name of controlled substances and alcohol collection 

facility 

1 ....................... Baja Express 

Transportes 

SA de CV.

2194257 Pending ........... N/A ............. Pass ................. 1 1 U.S. ............ Fernando Ruiz, 

Inc 

In an effort to provide as much 

information as possible for review, the 

application and PASA results for this 

carrier are posted at the Agency’s Web 

site for the pilot program at http://www.

fmcsa.dot.gov/intl-programs/trucking/

Trucking-Program.aspx. For carriers 

that participated in the Agency’s 

demonstration project that ended in 

2009, copies of the previous PASA and 

compliance review, if conducted, are 

also posted. All documents were 

redacted so that personal information 

regarding the drivers is not released. 

Sensitive business information, such as 

the carrier’s tax identification number, 

is also redacted. In response to previous 

comments received regarding the PASA 

notice process, FMCSA also posted 

copies of the vehicle inspections 

conducted during the PASA in the 

PASA document. 

A list of the carrier’s vehicles 

approved by FMCSA for use in the pilot 

program is also available at the above 

referenced Web site. 

To date, no carriers have failed the 

PASA. The Act only requires 

publication of data for carriers receiving 

operating authority, as failure to 

successfully complete the PASA 

precludes the carrier from being granted 

authority to participate in the long-haul 

pilot program. FMCSA will publish this 

information to show motor carriers that 

failed to meet U.S. safety standards. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Act, FMCSA 

requests public comment from all 

interested persons on the PASA 

information presented in this notice. All 

comments received before the close of 

business on the comment closing date 

indicated at the beginning of this notice 

will be considered and will be available 

for examination in the docket at the 

location listed under the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. Comments 

received after the comment closing date 

will be filed in the public docket and 

will be considered to the extent 

practicable. In addition to late 

comments, the FMCSA will also 

continue to file, in the public docket, 

relevant information that becomes 

available after the comment closing 

date. Interested persons should continue 

to examine the public docket for new 

material. 

FMCSA notes that under its 

regulations, preliminary grants of 

authority, pending the carrier’s showing 

of compliance with insurance and 

process agent requirements and the 

resolution of any protests, are publically 

noticed through publication in the 

FMCSA Register. Any protests of such 

grants must be filed within 10 days of 

publication of notice in the FMCSA 

Register. 

Issued on: February 24, 2012. 

William A. Bronrott, 

Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4873 Filed 2–28–12; 8:45 am] 

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