ACHIEVING COMPATIBILITY OF STATE AND FEDERAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. A REPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Regulatory Review Panel (Safety Panel) has prepared this report in response to Sections 207, 208, and 209 of the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-554). This report provides the Secretary of Transportation with the results of the Safety Panel's review of safety requirements affecting interstate motor carrier operations. It includes information on the Safety Panel's approach for reviewing State requirements affecting interstate motor carrier operations and the status of the State requirements. It also describes the Safety Panel's recommendation for relying on existing State activities for adopting and enforcing compatible requirements under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) and achieving compliance by the few States not participating in MCSAP. The procedures and guidelines to be used to implement the recommendation are also described.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16738
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Regulatory Review Panel, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1990-8

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 59 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Federal government; Guidelines; Implementation; Interstate transportation; Recommendations; Regulations; Standardization; States
• Identifier Terms: Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984
• Old TRIS Terms: Motor carrier safety assistance program
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00601475
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1990 12:00AM