FMCSA Corrects Technical Error in Rule Removing Obsolete Water Carrier References
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This rule fixes a drafting error in FMCSA’s earlier cleanup of its motor carrier safety rules. The agency had already removed outdated references to “water carriers,” and this correction simply supplies the missing text for one example in Appendix A to Part 390 and removes that old term from that section as well. For businesses, this is a technical update, not a new compliance burden. Motor carriers and hotel shuttle operators should see no new obligations from this notice; FMCSA says it does not add material requirements or change existing safety, registration, or financial responsibility rules.
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Key Changes
- Fixes the amendatory language error in the earlier final rule
- Adds the full text for the Hotel Related Passenger Transportation example in Appendix A to Part 390
- Removes the obsolete term “water carrier” from that subsection without changing substantive obligations
Obligations
What this law requires
Hotel shuttle operators using a vehicle that qualifies as a CMV under 49 CFR part 390 and that provide indirectly compensated, for-hire passenger transportation in interstate commerce must register under USDOT registration procedures in 49 CFR part 390 subpart E.
Hotels operating courtesy shuttle vans in the described Part 390 example must follow the corrected Hotel Related Passenger Transportation guidance in Appendix A to Part 390, which now restates the hotel shuttle scenario without the obsolete 'water carrier' reference.
Hotels using a 15-passenger courtesy van in interstate passenger transportation must register under 49 CFR part 390, subpart E, if the vehicle qualifies as a CMV and the limited safety-regulation exception does not remove the registration requirement.
Hotel shuttle operators providing interstate for-hire transportation in a vehicle with a seating capacity of 15 passengers must maintain $1.5 million of financial responsibility under 49 CFR 387.33T and 387.33.
Hotels providing indirectly compensated, for-hire interstate passenger transportation in a vehicle with a seating capacity of 15 must maintain $1.5 million in financial responsibility under 49 CFR 387.33T and 387.33.