Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-14 - Motor carriers, excluding household goods carriers and common carrier brokers › Section 480-14-250 - Insurance requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
Required
			 insurance coverage.
Each applicant for common carrier authority and each
			 common carrier must file with the commission evidence of currently effective
			 liability and property damage insurance written by a company authorized to
			 write such insurance in the state of Washington or by an unauthorized insurer
			 providing surplus lines coverage subject to the provisions of
			 RCW
			 48.15.040, covering each motor vehicle as
			 defined in
			 RCW
			 81.80.010 used or to be used under the
			 permit.
(a) For vehicles with gross vehicle
			 weight ratings of) 10,000 pounds or more, filings must be for the amount shown
			 on the following table:
Category of Carrier Operation
Filing Required
1. Property (nonhazardous)
						  ......................
$750,000
2. Hazardous substances, as defined in
						  49 Code of Federal
						  Regulations (C.F.R.) 171.8 transported in
						  cargo tanks, portable tanks, or hopper-type vehicles with capacities in excess
						  of 3,500 water gallons; or in bulk Division 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 materials,
						  Division 2.3, Hazard Zone A, or Division 6.1, Packing Group I, Hazard Zone A
						  material, in bulk Division 2.1 or 2.2; or highway route controlled quantities
						  of a Class 7 material, as defined in
						  49 C.F.R.
						  173.403..........................................
$5,000,000
3. Oil listed in
						  49 C.F.R.
						  172.101; hazardous waste, hazardous materials
						  and hazardous substances defined in
						  49 C.F.R.
						  171.8 and listed in
						  49 C.F.R.
						  172.101, but not mentioned in 2. above or in
						  4. below .....................................
$1,000,000
4. Any quantity of Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 material;
						  any quantity of a Division 2.3, Hazard Zone A, or Division 6.1, Packing Group
						  I, Hazard Zone A material; or highway route controlled quantities of a Class 7
						  material, as defined in 49
						  C.F.R.
						  173.403..........................................
$5,000,000
(b) For
			 vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings less than 10,000 pounds, filings
			 shall be for the amounts shown on the following table:
Category of Carrier Operation
Filing Required
1. Property (nonhazardous)
						  ......................
$300,000
2. Property (hazardous); any quantity of Division 1.1,
						  1.2, or 1.3 material; any quantity of a Division 2.3, Hazard Zone A, or
						  Division 6.1, Packing Group I, Hazard Zone A material; or highway route
						  controlled quantities of a Class 7 material, as defined in
						  49 C.F.R.
						  173.403..............................
$5,000,000
(c)
			 Insurance requirements do not apply to taxicabs whose only operation subject to
			 commission jurisdiction is the operation of small parcel general freight
			 service under a permit issued pursuant to chapter 81.80 RCW. Those taxicabs
			 must comply with the provisions of
			 RCW
			 46.72.040 and
			 46.72.050 in lieu of the above.
			 However, all carriers must comply with the reporting requirements of this
			 section.
(d) The commission may
			 dismiss an application or suspend or cancel a permit if a carrier does not file
			 proof that such insurance is in full force and effect.
(e) Carriers must submit evidence of
			 insurance by a Uniform Motor Carrier Bodily Injury and Property Damage
			 Liability Certificate of Insurance (Form E), Uniform Motor Carrier Bodily
			 Injury and Property Damage Liability Surety Bond (Form G), or a written binder
			 evidencing the required coverage. A binder may not be effective for longer than
			 60 days, during which time the carrier must file the Form E or Form
			 G.