FMCSA Establishes Annual Fees for Commercial Motor Vehicles Under Unified Carrier Registration Agreement
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule, effective August 24, 2007, which adds a new Subpart B to 49 CFR Part 367 to establish initial annual fees for 2007 and a fee bracket structure for the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Agreement as required under the 2005 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).
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(The UCR Agreement is an interstate agreement governing the collection and distribution of registration and financial responsibility information provided and fees paid by motor carriers, motor private carriers, freight forwarders, brokers, and leasing companies.
The purpose of the UCR Agreement is both to replace the outdated Single State Registration System (SSRS), which expired on January 1, 2007, for registration of interstate motor carrier entities with the states and to ensure that states don't lose current revenues derived from the SSRS.)
FMCSA Fees Based on Number of Vehicles Owned or Operated, Etc.
The fees under the UCR Plan and Agreement for registration year 2007 are based on the number of commercial motor vehicles owned or operated by motor carriers, motor private carriers, and freight forwarders, as follows:
| *per company |
1FMCSA has previously stated that leasing companies that do not operate motor vehicles are assigned to the lowest bracket, and thus will pay no more than $39 per year.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 06/07/07 news, 07060710, for BP summary of the proposed rule and a FMCSA notice of correction of its proposed rule.)
FMCSA contact - David Miller (202) 366-5370
FMCSA final rule (D/N FMCSA-2007-27871, FR Pub 08/24/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-16482.pdf