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Exemption From Operating Authority Regulations for Providers of Recreational Activities
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on February 26, 2024. It took effect on April 26, 2024.
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What the agency says
FMCSA amends its regulations to implement the statutory exemption from its operating authority registration requirements for providers of recreational activities. The exemption applies to motor carriers operating a motor vehicle designed or used to transport between 9 and 15 passengers (including the driver), whether operated alone or with a trailer attached to the transport vehicle, if the motor vehicle is operated by a person that provides recreational activities within a 150 air-mile radius of the location at which passengers initially boarded the motor vehicle at the beginning of the trip. FMCSA also defines recreational activities to clarify the exemption, adopting, in response to a comment, a definition modified from that proposed in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-03782
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Published
- February 26, 2024
- Takes effect
- April 26, 2024
- Dates
- This final rule is effective April 26, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0007
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2126-AC57
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 372
- Topics
- Agricultural commodities; Buses; Cooperatives; Freight forwarders; Motor carriers; Moving of household goods; Seafood
- Pages
- 15
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|---|---|---|
| Clarification to the Applicability of Emergency Exemptions; Response to Petitions for Reconsideration 2026-20325 | Final rule | Oct 5 |
| Fees for the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement 2026-17893 | Final rule | Sep 1 |
| English Language Proficiency; Out of Service Criteria 2026-16288 | Proposed rule | Aug 10 |
| General Technical, Organizational, Conforming, and Correcting Amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 2026-14701 | Final rule | Jul 21 |
| Completed Inspection Report Disposition 2026-12450 | Final rule | Jun 22 |
| Removal of Self-Reporting Requirement 2026-12449 | Final rule | Jun 22 |
| Rescinding the Requirement for Electronic Logging Device Operator's Manual Located in Commercial Motor Vehicles 2026-12448 | Final rule | Jun 22 |
| Fees for Commercial Driver's License Information System 2026-09943 | Proposed rule | May 18 |
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