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UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION 

PLAN 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: February 20, 2025, 12 

p.m. to 3 p.m., Eastern time. 

PLACE: This meeting will be accessible 

via conference call and via Zoom 

Meeting and Screenshare. Any 

interested person may call (i) 1–929– 

205–6099 (US Toll) or 1–669–900–6833 

(US Toll), Meeting ID: 986 9281 6669, to 

listen and participate in this meeting. 

The website to participate via Zoom 

Meeting and Screenshare is https://

kellen.zoom.us/meeting/register/ 

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STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Audit 

Subcommittee (the ‘‘Subcommittee’’) 

will continue its work in developing 

and implementing the Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan and Agreement. The 

subject matter of this meeting will 

include: 

Proposed Agenda 

I. Call to Order—UCR Audit 

Subcommittee Chair 

The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair 

will welcome attendees, call the 

meeting to order, call roll for the Audit 

Subcommittee, confirm whether a 

quorum is present, and facilitate selfintroductions. 

II. Verification of Publication of 

Meeting Notice—UCR Executive 

Director 

The UCR Executive Director will 

verify the publication of the meeting 

notice on the UCR website and 

distribution to the UCR contact list via 

email followed by the subsequent 

publication of the notice in the Federal 

Register. 

III. Review and Approval of 

Subcommittee Agenda and Setting of 

Ground Rules—UCR Audit 

Subcommittee Chair 

For Discussion and Possible 

Subcommittee Action 

The agenda will be reviewed, and the 

Subcommittee will consider adoption. 

Ground Rules 

Subcommittee action only to be taken 

in designated areas on the agenda. 

IV. Review and Approval of 

Subcommittee Minutes From the July 

25, 2024, Meeting—UCR Audit 

Subcommittee Chair 

For Discussion and Possible 

Subcommittee Action 

Draft minutes from the July 25, 2024, 

Subcommittee meeting via 

teleconference will be reviewed. The 

Subcommittee will consider action to 

approve. 

V. Discuss the Current Evaluation 

Process for the Upcoming 2024 & 2025 

State Annual Audit Report—UCR Audit 

Subcommittee Chair, UCR Audit 

Subcommittee Vice-Chair, DSL 

Transportation, and UCR Executive 

Director 

The Audit Subcommittee Chair, Audit 

Subcommittee Vice Chair, DSL 

Transportation, and the UCR Executive 

Director will lead a discussion on 

changes made to the 2024 and 2025 

evaluation process for the State Annual 

Audit Report. 

For the 2024 audit year, States must 

comply with three of the five 

compliance initiatives: 

a. FARs closed percentage 80% in 

Tiers 5 & 6, for Reporting Year. 

b. FARs closed percentage 100% in 

Tiers 4, 5, & 6, 2025, (October–June) 

current year. 

c. Retreat Audits closed 60% in Tiers 

5 & 6, for Reporting Year. (The Board 

had placed a hold on Retreats while the 

NRS program was being developed.) 

d. Registration percentage for Motor 

Carriers 85% for Reporting Year. 

e. Registration percentage for Brokers 

60%, for Reporting Year. 

f. Unregistered Motor Carriers 

registration percentage 100% in Tiers 5 

& 6, for Reporting Year. 

For the 2025 audit year, States must 

comply with three of the four 

compliance initiatives: 

a. Unregistered Motor Carrier Audits, 

Tiers 4, 5, and 6, requiring 100% 

closure for the previous or Reporting 

Year. 

b. Retreat Audits, Tiers 4, 5, and 6, 

requiring 100% closure for the previous 

or Reporting Year. 

c. FARs Audits, Tiers 4, 5, and 6, 

requiring 100% closure for (October– 

June) current year. 

d. UCR Violation Audits, requiring 

100% closure for the previous or 

Reporting Year. 

* If a State does not receive a FARs 

Audit, Retreat Audit, or Violation Audit 

for a specific registration year, the State 

is considered to have complied with the 

specific compliance initiative. 

VI. Update on the Retreat Audit 

Program and Consider Options for the 

Program During the Renewal—The 

Audit Subcommittee Chair, Audit 

Subcommittee Vice Chair, DSL 

Transportation, and Seikosoft 

Representative 

The Audit Subcommittee Chair, Audit 

Subcommittee Vice Chair, DSL 

Transportation, and Seikosoft will lead 

a discussion on the status of the new 

Retreat Audit Program that utilizes 

roadside inspection data for an 

automation driven audit for non-IRP 

and IRP plated commercial motor 

vehicles (CMVs). 

Specifically, three options the system 

could consider during renewal are: 

• Stop renewal transaction if the 

motor carrier does not agree. 

• Interrupt transaction by showing 

inspections and send to support for 

assistance. 

• Allow for normal renewal and the 

creation of a Retreat Audit. 

VII. Update the Subcommittee on the 

FARs Audits for the States That Have 

Signed Up for the Audit Assistance 

Program (AAP) and Discuss the 

Program’s Success in General—The 

Audit Subcommittee Chair, Audit 

Subcommittee Vice Chair, DSL 

Transportation 

For Discussion and Possible 

Subcommittee Action 

The Audit Subcommittee Chair, Audit 

Subcommittee Vice Chair, and DSL 

Transportation will lead a discussion on 

the status of the AAP, topics will 

include: 

• An updated list of participating 

States. 

• Discuss Missouri FARs success 

scenario. 

• Importance of States to have 

authority to suspend a non-compliant 

motor carrier. 

• Outreach to delinquent States. 

• At what point should the Board 

assume the duties of a delinquent State, 

(FARs, Retreat, Unregistered Tiers 4, 5, 

& 6 and Violation Audits). 

• Additional auditor duties include: 

Æ New Entrant List 

Æ Intrastate Motor Carriers with an 

active MC Number 

Æ Should have been (SHB) Live 

Æ Intrastate Motor Carriers with 

interstate trips 

Æ IRP Monitor 

Æ Unregistered with Federal Authority 

Æ Unregistered Brokers 

Æ Unregistered Motor Carriers 

Æ Kentucky Activity Tracking System 

(KATS) List 

The Audit Subcommittee may vote to 

recommend that the UCR Plan Board 


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take action to assume some or all of a 

delinquent State’s required audit 

compliance initiatives under certain 

circumstances. 

VIII. Update the Subcommittee on the 

Recent Monthly Question and Answer 

Session for State Auditors—UCR Audit 

Subcommittee Chair, UCR Audit 

Subcommittee Vice-Chair, and UCR 

Executive Director 

The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair, 

UCR Audit Subcommittee Vice-Chair 

and UCR Executive Director will lead a 

discussion on the value of and topics for 

the next scheduled 60-minute virtual 

question and answer session for UCR 

state auditors on March 13, 2025. 

IX. Other Business—UCR Audit 

Subcommittee Chair 

The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair 

will call for any other items 

Subcommittee members would like to 

discuss. 

X. Adjournment—UCR Audit 

Subcommittee Chair 

The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair 

will adjourn the meeting. 

The agenda will be available no later 

than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, February 6, 

2025 at: https://plan.ucr.gov. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Elizabeth Leaman, Chair, Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors, (617) 305–3783, eleaman@

board.ucr.gov. 

Alex B. Leath, 

Chief Legal Officer, Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan. 

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UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION 

PLAN 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: February 19, 2025, 12 

p.m. to 3 p.m., Eastern Time. 

PLACE: This meeting will be accessible 

via conference call and via Zoom 

Meeting and Screenshare. Any 

interested person may call (i) 1–929– 

205–6099 (US Toll) or 1–669–900–6833 

(US Toll), Meeting ID: 914 7249 6496, to 

listen and participate in this meeting. 

The website to participate via Zoom 

Meeting and Screenshare is https://

kellen.zoom.us/meeting/register/ 

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STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Finance 

Subcommittee (the ‘‘Subcommittee’’) 

will continue its work in developing 

and implementing the Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan and Agreement. The 

subject matter of this meeting will 

include: 

Proposed Agenda 

I. Call to Order—UCR Finance 

Subcommittee Chair 

The UCR Finance Subcommittee 

Chair will welcome attendees, call the 

meeting to order, call roll for the 

Subcommittee, confirm whether a 

quorum is present, and facilitate selfintroductions. 

II. Verification of Publication of 

Meeting Notice—UCR Executive 

Director 

The UCR Executive Director will 

verify the publication of the meeting 

notice on the UCR website and 

distribution to the UCR contact list via 

email followed by the subsequent 

publication of the notice in the Federal 

Register. 

III. Review and Approval of 

Subcommittee Agenda and Setting of 

Ground Rules—UCR Finance 

Subcommittee Chair 

For Discussion and Possible 

Subcommittee Action 

The agenda will be reviewed, and the 

Subcommittee will consider adoption of 

the agenda. 

Ground Rules 

Subcommittee action only to be taken 

in designated areas on agenda. 

IV. Review and Approval of 

Subcommittee Minutes From the 

October 3, 2024, Meeting—UCR 

Finance Subcommittee Chair 

For Discussion and Possible 

Subcommittee Action 

Draft minutes from the October 3, 

2024, Subcommittee meeting will be 

reviewed. The Subcommittee will 

consider action to approve. 

V. Revenues From 2024 and 2025 

Registration Fees—UCR Depository 

Manager 

The UCR Depository Manager will 

review the revenues received from the 

2024 and 2025 plan year registration 

fees. 

VI. 2023 Financial Audit Update—UCR 

Finance Subcommittee Chair 

The UCR Finance Subcommittee 

Chair will provide an update on UCR’s 

2023 Financial Audit. 

VII. Refund Policy—UCR Finance 

Subcommittee Chair 

For Discussion and Possible 

Subcommittee Action 

The UCR Finance Subcommittee 

Chair will provide an update on 

proposed changes to the UCR Refund 

Policy. The Subcommittee may vote to 

recommend that the UCR Plan Board 

adopt changes to the UCR Refund 

Policy. 

VIII. Other Business—UCR Finance 

Subcommittee Chair 

The UCR Finance Subcommittee 

Chair will call for any other items 

Subcommittee members would like to 

discuss. 

IX. Adjourn—UCR Finance 

Subcommittee Chair 

The UCR Finance Subcommittee 

Chair will adjourn the meeting. 

The agenda will be available no later 

than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, February 6, 

2025 at: https://plan.ucr.gov. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Elizabeth Leaman, Chair, Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors, (617) 305–3783, eleaman@

board.ucr.gov. 

Alex B. Leath, 

Chief Legal Officer, Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan. 

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(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Ch. 

10, that the National Research Advisory 

Council (NRAC) will hold a meeting on 

Wednesday, March 5, 2025, via Teams. 

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701–0185, Phone Conference ID: 569 

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