Exemptions
FMCSA Part 381 Exemptions in Effect
Cargo Securement
Filing Organization: ATA- Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference
Category: Cargo Securement
Regulation: 393.102, 393.106, 393.110, and 393.114
Applies To: Motor carriers transporting boxes, bins, or tubs of agricultural commodities, or hay, straw, and cotton bales. Allows alternative means of securement see Docket Number: FMCSA-2017-0319-0004 for securements methods.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 1/15/18
Effective Date: 4/23/19
Expiration Date: 4/23/24
FRN Number: FMCSA- 2017-0319
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Flatbed Carrier Safety Group
Category: Cargo Securement
Regulation: 393.120
Applies To: All motor carriers
Exemption: Securement of metal coils loaded with eyes crosswise grouped in rows
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 4/26/22
Effective Date: 4/13/22
Expiration Date: 4/13/27
Docket Number: FMCSA-2010-0177
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: International Institute of Towing and Recovery
Category: Cargo Securement
Regulation: 393.112 and 393.128
Applies To: All motor carriers
Use combination of fixed and adjustable tiedowns to secure light vehicles
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 6/14/22
Effective Date: 5/17/22
Expiration Date: 5/15/27
FRN Number: FMCSA-2017-09738
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: K&L Trucking, Inc.
Category: Cargo Securement
Regulation: 393.120(c)
Applies To: All motor carriers
Exemption: The Exemption allows the company to secure large metal coils to its trailers using a cargo securement system that differs from that required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 5/14/20
Effective Date: 12/4/20
Expiration Date: 12/4/25
FRN Number: FMCSA-2020-26669
*Possession Required: No
CDL
Filing Organization: American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.133(c)(1)(2)
Applies To: New Hampshire, Maryland, and Virginia drivers
Exemption: Exemption to enable the 3 states to participate in robust field testing of the new commercial driver's license skills test procedures.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 12/9/21
Effective Date: 2/22/22
Expiration Date: 2/22/27
FRN Number: FMCSA-2022-04255
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: CR England
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.25(a)(1)
Applies To: CLP holders, as team driver
Exemption: CLP holder may operate a CMV without a CDL holder being present in the front seat of the vehicle.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 6/16/22
Effective Date: 6/13/22
Expiration Date: 6/12/27
FRN Number: FMCSA-2014-0406
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: CRST The Transportation Solution Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.25(a)(1)
Applies To: CLP holders, as team driver
Exemption: CLP holder may operate a CMV without a CDL holder being present in the front seat of the vehicle.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 8/7/23
Effective Date: 9/24/23
Expiration Date: 9/24/28
FRN Number: FMCSA-2015-0480
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: Daimler Trucks North America
Category: CDL
Regulation: 382(g) and 383.23
Applies To: Nine foreign drivers
Exemption: Kugel, Guggolz, Cammerer, Carsten, Keppeler, Kircher, Horwath, Nock, and Spielvogel: Exemption allows drivers to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 12/9/20
Effective Date: 4/27/22
Expiration Date: 4/27/27
FRN Number: FMCSA-2022-08935
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: Daimler Trucks North America
Category: CDL
Regulation: 382(g) and 383.23
Applies To: One foreign driver
Exemption: Reimelt: Exemption allows driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 8/19/21
Effective Date: 4/27/22
Expiration Date: 4/27/27
FRN Number: FMCSA-2022-08932
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: Isuzu North America Corporation
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.23
Applies To: 12 foreign drivers
Exemption: Exemption allows drivers to operate commercial motor vehicles in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 2/21/19
Expiration Date: 2/21/24
FRN Number: FMCSA-2006-25290
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: Motion Pictures Compliance Solutions
Category: CDL
Regulation: 382.701(a)(2)
Applies To: All MPCS CMV drivers
Exemption: Clearinghouse requirement for pre-employment full queries. MPCS, on behalf of its member employers, would conduct the full query only in those instances in which the limited query indicates information about the driver exists in the Clearinghouse.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 3/6/20
Effective Date: 6/1/20
Expiration Date: 5/28/25
FRN Number: FMCSA-2020-11742
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: National School Transportation Association
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.113(a)(1)(i)
Applies To: ALL CDL test candidates Intrastate operation of school buses
Exemption: Exemption from the Pre-trip Vehicle Skills Testing component, also known as the "Under the Hood" testing requirement.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 8/11/22
Effective Date: 11/27/22
Expiration Date: 11/27/24
FRN Number: FMCSA-2022-23346
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Navistar, Inc.
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.23
Applies To: One foreign driver
Exemption: Bjorkman: Exemption allows driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 4/7/2022
Effective Date: 9/23/22
Expiration Date: 9/23/27
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0347
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: Navistar, Inc.
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.23
Applies To: One foreign driver
Exemption: Douay: Exemption allows driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 12/18/18
Effective Date: 4/15/19
Expiration Date: 4/15/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0347
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: Navistar, Inc.
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.23
Applies To: Five foreign drivers
Exemption: Hellstrom, Udd, Oun, Holma, and Svanstrom: Exemption allows drivers to operate commercial motor vehicles in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 9/19/19
Effective Date: 12/27/19
Expiration Date: 12/27/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0347
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: Navistar, Inc.
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.23
Applies To: Two foreign drivers
Exemption: Nickles and Walters: Exemption allows drivers to operate commercial motor vehicles in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 6/19/19
Effective Date: 11/21/19
Expiration Date: 11/21/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0347
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: New PRIME
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.25(a)(1)
Applies To: CLP holders, as team driver
Exemption: CLP holder may operate a CMV without a CDL holder being present in the front seat of the vehicle.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 6/28/22
Effective Date: 6/28/22
Expiration Date: 6/27/27
Docket Number: FMCSA-2016-0420
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: RV Industry Association
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.91(a)(1) and 383.91(a)(2)
Applies To: Drive-away Recreational vehicle drivers
Exemption: Drivers engaged in drive-away deliveries of RVs with gross vehicle weight ratings of 26,001 pounds or more are not required to have a CDL as long as the empty RVs have gross vehicle weights or gross combination weights that do not meet or exceed 26,001 pounds, and any RV trailers towed by other vehicles weigh 10,000 pounds or less.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 5/19/22
Effective Date: 4/6/22
Expiration Date: 4/6/27
Docket Number: FMCSA-2023-19531
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: State of Alaska
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.3(e)(2)
Applies To: Alaska CDL Drivers
Exemption: Allows the State to waive specified portions of the CDL skills test for drivers in 14 defined geographical areas that lack the infrastructure to allow completion of the full skills test.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 7/6/22
Effective Date: 12/28/22
Expiration Date: 12/30/24
FRN#: FMCSA-2022-28242
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: Steven's Transport Inc.
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.25(a)(1)
Applies To: Steven's Transport Drivers
Exemption: CLP holder may operate a CMV without a CDL holder be present in the front seat of the vehicle
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 6/14/22
Effective Date: 12/28/22
Expiration Date: 12/28/27
Docket Number: FMCSA-2022-0103
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: Teupen North America
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.23
Applies To: One foreign driver
Exemption: Borutta: Exemption allows driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. CDL.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 10/24/19
Effective Date: 3/11/20
Expiration Date: 3/11/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0131
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: United Parcel Service (UPS)
Category: CDL
Regulation: 395.37(a) and 383.93(b)
Applies To: UPS drivers only
Exemption: Permit UPS drivers trainees to operate twin 28-foot trailers (i.e., doubles) while in possession of a CLP
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 2/25/22
Effective Date: 9/28/22
Expiration Date: 9/28/27
FRN Number: FMCSA-2022-20968
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: U.S. Custom Harvesters, Inc.
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.23(a)(2) and 383.153(a)(10)(vii)
Applies To: U.S. Custom Harvester drivers
Exemption: Allows custom harvester drivers to operate in interstate commerce even though under 21 years of age. A “K” restriction on these drivers' CDLs does not limit them from driving outside the license-issuing State when they are operating as custom harvesters in accordance with 49 CFR 391.2(a).
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 10/11/23
Effective Date: 10/3/23
Expiration Date: 10/3/25
FRN Number: FMCSA-2023-22442
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: Werner Enterprises
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.25(a)(1)
Applies To: Werner Enterprises Drivers
Exemption: Exemption allows CLP holders who have passed the CDL skills test but have not yet obtained the CDL document from their State of domicile to drive a CMV without having a CDL holder in the passenger seat.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 8/18/21
Effective Date: 3/31/22
Expiration Date: 3/31/27
Docket Number: FMCSA-2021-0118
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Wilson Logistics
Category: CDL
Regulation: 383.25(a)(1)
Applies To: Wilson Logistics Drivers
Exemption: Exemption allows CLP holders who have passed the CDL skills test but have not yet obtained the CDL document from their State of domicile to drive a CMV without having a CDL holder in the passenger seat.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 11/6/19
Effective Date: 2/23/21
Expiration Date: 2/23/26
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0174
*Possession Required: Yes
Driver Qualification
Filing Organization: Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.
Category: Driver Qualification Files
Regulation: 391.51(b)(7)(ii)
Applies To: Knight-Swift drivers (newly hired)
Exemption: The exemption from the medical certification requirements in 49 CFR 391.51(b)(7)(ii) allows the company to use newly hired drivers without having to obtain a motor vehicle record that reflects the latest medical certification status during the first year of employment.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 12/23/19
Effective Date: 11/4/20
Expiration Date: 11/4/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0287
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
Category: Skill Performance Evaluation (SPE) Certificate Program
Regulation: 391.49
Applies To: CMV drivers licensed in Virginia subject to Federal SPE requirements
Exemption: The exemption allows the Virginia DMV to conduct an SPE Certificate program identical to FMCSA's SPE Certificate program. The exemption allows CMV drivers who are licensed in Virginia and are subject to the Federal SPE requirements, to fulfill the Federal requirements with a Virginia State-issued SPE Certificate and to operate CMVs in interstate commerce anywhere in the United States.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 7/6/23
Effective Date: 7/8/23
Expiration Date: 7/7/28
FRN Number: FMCSA-2013-0147
*Possession Required: No
Doors
Filing Organization: Loomis Armored US, LLC.
Category: Doors
Regulation: 393.203(a)
Applies To: Loomis armored vehicles
Exemption: The Exemption allows the driver and passenger doors of the cab of its specialized armored vehicles to be welded shut, given the addition of two new doors behind the cab.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 4/7/21
Effective Date: 10/18/21
Expiration Date: 10/13/26
Docket Number: FMCSA-2021-0191
*Possession Required: No
ELD
Filing Organization: Truck Renting and Leasing Association
Category: ELD
Regulation: 395.8
Applies To: CMV leased for 8 days or fewer
Exemption: No ELD required
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 9/12/22
Effective Date: 10/12/22
Expiration Date: 10/12/27
Docket Number: FMCSA-2016-0428
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: United Parcel Service (UPS)
Category: ELD
Regulation: 395.8
Applies To: All drivers and carriers using ELDs
Exemption: (1) Can enter data in portable ELD without vehicle power on (2) Not required to re-enter yard move each power cycle
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 10/26/22
Effective Date: 10/21/22
Expiration Date: 10/21/27
FRN Number: FMCSA-2022-20968
*Possession Required: No
ELDT
Filing Organization: Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc.
Category: ELDT
Regulation: 380.605
Applies To: One Individual
Exemption: The Exemption allows Mr. Jeff McLaughlin to provide Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) theory instruction for the H endorsement curriculum in Appendix E of Part 380. The Exemption excuses Mr. McLaughlin from the requirement to possess a CDL.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 9/8/21
Effective Date: 5/19/22
Expiration Date: 5/19/27
Docket Number: FMCSA-2021-0140
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Railsback HazMat Safety Professionals, LLC (Railsback HMSP)
Category: ELDT
Regulation: 380.605
Applies To: One Individual
Exemption: The Exemption allows Mr. Rex Railsback through Railsback HMSP to provide ELDT theory instruction for the H endorsement curriculum in Appendix E of Part 380. The Exemption excuses Mr. Railsback from the requirement to possess a CDL.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 7/8/22
Effective Date: 1/12/23
Expiration Date: 1/12/28
Docket Number: FMCSA-2022-0135
*Possession Required: No
Exhaust Systems
Filing Organization: Ford Motor Company
Category: Exhaust Systems
Regulation: 393.83
Applies To: All motor carriers
Exemption: Exemption allows motor carriers to operate Ford-manufactured Transit-based CMVs that do not comply with the regulation's exhaust system location requirements
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 8/18/22
Effective Date: 8/16/22
Expiration Date: 8/16/27
Docket Number: FMCSA-2015-0111
*Possession Required: No
Fuel Systems
Filing Organization: Charles Machines Works, Inc.
Category: Fuel Systems
Regulation: 393.65(d)
Applies To: All commercial motor vehicles
Exemption: Exemption allows the use of gravity or syphon-fed fuel systems for auxiliary equipment on or used in connection with CMVs that operate only when the CMV is not operating on the highway.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 3/28/2019
Effective Date: 9/16/20
Expiration Date: 9/16/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0069
*Possession Required: No
Hours of Service (HOS)
Filing Organization: **Ace Pyro, LLC/ Illumination Fireworks Partners, LP
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.3(a)(2)
Applies To: Drivers of Illumination Fireworks, LP and ACE Pyro, LLC only
Exemption: Allows drivers to exclude off-duty and sleeper-berth time of any length from the calculation of the 14-hour limit. Effective for the periods of June 28-July 8, 2024.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 10/23/20
Effective Date: 6/18/20
Expiration Date: 6/18/25
Docket Number: Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0180
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: **American Concrete Pavement Association
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.3(a)(3)(ii) and Regulation: 395.3(a)(2)
Applies To: Drivers transporting ready-mixed concrete
Exemption: The first Exemption from the HOS 30-minute break provision will allow drivers transporting ready-mixed concrete and related materials to use 30 minutes or more of on-duty “waiting time” to satisfy the requirement for the 30-minute rest break, provided they do not perform any other work during the break. The second Exemption: Exemption will allow drivers to use the short-haul RODS exception but with a 14-hour duty period instead of the usual 12 hours.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 9/6/18
Effective Date: 2/6/19
Expiration Date: 2/6/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0237
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: **American Concrete Pumping Association
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.1(e)(1)(ii)(A)
Applies To: All concrete pumping drivers
Exemption: Exemption allows concrete pump drivers to use the short-haul exception, but return to their work reporting location within 14 hours instead of 12 hours.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 6/21/18
Effective Date: 11/1/18
Expiration Date: 10/31/23
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0175
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: **American Concrete Pumping Association
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.3(a)(3)(ii)
Applies To: All concrete pumping drivers
Exemption: Drivers may use 30 minutes or more of on-duty “attendance time” to satisfy the requirement for the 30-minute rest break, provided they do not perform any other work during the break.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 10/25/16
Effective Date: 10/9/19
Expiration Date: 10/9/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2016-0342
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: American Pyrotechnics Association (APA)
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.3(a)(2) and Regulation: 395.8(a)(1)(i)
Applies To: APA drivers
Exemption: Exemptions will allow driver-employees of APA member-companies to exclude off-duty and sleeper berth time of any length from the calculation of the 14-hour time limit and to use paper RODS in lieu of ELDs during designated Independence Day periods.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 7/8/22
Effective Date: 6/28/23
Expiration Date: 7/8/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2021-0052
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Association of American Railroads & American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.3(a)-(b)
Applies To: Driver- employees
Exemption: Enable railroad employees subject to the hours of-service (HOS) rules to respond to unplanned events that occur outside of or extend beyond an employee’s normal work hours.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 8/20/20
Effective Date: 9/21/20
Expiration Date: 12/18/25
Docket Number: FMCSA- 2020-0171
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395
Applies To: Cleveland Cliffs CDL drivers
Exemption: Exemption from the HOS regulations allows employee-drivers with CDLs who transport scrap metal on two trucks between their production and shipping locations on public roads to work up to 16 hours per day and return to work with less than the mandatory 10 consecutive hours off duty.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 8/16/21
Effective Date: 5/11/22
Expiration Date: 5/11/27
Docket Number: FMCSA-2016-0050
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Extreme Logistics, LLC
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.3(a)(2)
Applies To: Driver-employees
Exemption: Allows drivers to exclude off-duty and sleeper-berth time of any length from the calculation of the 14-hour limit during Independence Day Celebrations June 28 – July 8 through 2025.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 4/18/19
Effective Date: 5/18/20
Expiration Date: 5/19/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0086
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: **Kimble Recycling & Disposal Inc. (KRD)
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.1(e)(1)(ii)(A)
Applies To: All KRD CMV drivers
Exemption: The Exemption allows drivers to use the short-haul RODS exception, but with a 14-hour duty period instead of 12 hours.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 5/28/19
Effective Date: 11/21/19
Expiration Date: 11/21/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0106
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: McKee Foods
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.1(g)(1)(ii)(A) (1–2)
Applies To: Team drivers using sleeper
Exemption: Sleeper berth modified rule, Exemption renewal
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 1/30/20
Effective Date: 4/20/20
Expiration Date: 4/20/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2014-0071
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: Motion Picture Association
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395
Applies To: CMV drivers
Exemption: Drivers may use paper to complete record of duty status instead of using an ELD device when transporting to or from a theatrical or television motion picture production site.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 11/3/22
Effective Date: 1/19/23
Expiration Date: 1/19/28
Docket Number: FMCSA-2017-0298
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: **National Mobile Shower & Catering Association (NMSCA)
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395
Applies To: All NMSCA’s CMV drivers
Exemption: The Exemption allows CMV drivers employed by NMSCA members transporting equipment to provide food and water services to contracted firefighters at designated base camps.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 11/27/18
Effective Date: 10/1/19
Expiration Date: 10/1/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0331
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: **National Waste & Recycling Assoc. (NWRA)
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.1(e)(1)(ii)(A)
Applies To: All NWRA CMV drivers
Exemption: The Exemption allows drivers to use the short-haul RODS exception, but with a 14-hour duty period instead of 12 hours.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 3/29/19
Effective Date: 11/21/19
Expiration Date: 11/21/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0085
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: **RJR Transportation, Inc. (RJR)
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.1(e)(1)
Applies To: All RJR drivers
Exemption: Permits RJR drivers that do not exceed the 150 air-mile radius to utilize time records instead of a record of duty status for that day.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 10/18/18
Effective Date: 6/7/19
Expiration Date: 6/7/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0271
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: R.J. Corman Railroad Services, Cranemasters, Inc,.and The National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association, Inc.
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395
Applies To: All R.J. Corman Railroad Services and Cranemasters drivers and members of The National Railroad Construction & Maintenance drivers
Exemption: Exempt from the prohibition against driving a property-carrying CMV after the 14th hour after coming on duty and driving after accumulating 60 hours of on-duty time in 7 consecutive days (60-hour rule), or 70 hours of on-duty time in 8 consecutive days (70-hour rule). The Exemption enables railroad employees subject to the HOS rules to respond to unplanned events that occur outside of or extend beyond the employee's normal work hours.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 3/8/19
Effective Date: 3/4/20
Expiration Date: 3/4/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0056
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA)
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.3(a)(3)(ii)
Applies To: Oversize/Over-weight CMVs
Exemption: All qualifying motor carriers and drivers operating mobile cranes with a rated lifting capacity of greater than 30 tons are exempt from the 30-minute break provision.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 3/16/16
Effective Date: 11/27/18
Expiration Date: 11/1/23
Docket Number: FMCSA-2016-0096
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA)
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.3(a)(3)(ii)
Applies To: Oversize/Over -weight CMVs
Exemption: All specialized carriers and drivers responsible for the transportation of loads that exceed maximum legal weight and dimensional limits – oversize/overweight (OS/OW) loads – that require a permit issued by a government authority are exempt from the 30-minute break provision.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 4/30/20
Effective Date: 6/18/20
Expiration Date: 6/17/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2014-0420
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: **U.S. Department of Defense Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC)
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.3(a)(3)(ii)
Applies To: SDDC’s contracted drivers providing dual driver-protective services
Exemption: Drivers may use 30 minutes or more of on-duty “attendance time” to satisfy the requirement for the 30-minute rest break, provided they do not perform any other work during the break.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 4/16/15
Effective Date: 10/22/18
Expiration Date: 10/21/23
Docket Number: FAST Act; FMCSA-2013-0275
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: **Transco Inc.
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.3(a)(3)(ii)
Applies To: Transco drivers
Exemption: Enables Transco drivers to comply with the 30-minute break requirement while performing on-duty-not- driving tasks
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 10/18/18
Effective Date: 8/28/19
Expiration Date: 8/28/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0302
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: **Waste Management Holdings
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.1(e)(1)(ii)(A)
Applies To: WMH’s member drivers
Exemption: The Exemption allows drivers to use the short-haul RODS exception, but with a 14-hour duty period instead of 12 hours.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 7/17/18
Effective Date: 10/22/18
Expiration Date: 10/22/23
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0181
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: WestRock
Category: HOS
Regulation: 395.3(a)(2)
Applies To: WestRock drivers
Exemption: Exemption restricted to drivers exclusively assigned to a specific route. This route is entirely on one street (Compress Street), between the shipping and receiving departments – approximately 275 feet in one direction. Drivers are allowed to work up to 16 consecutive hours in a duty period and return to work with a minimum of at least 8 hours off duty when necessary.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 2/21/19
Effective Date: 4/17/19
Expiration Date: 4/16/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2010-0027
*Possession Required: No
HOS/VEH
Filing Organization: Cleveland-Cliffs, Steel LLC
Category: HOS/Veh
Regulation: 395, Regulation: 393.5, Regulation: 393.11, Regulation: 393.75 and Regulation: 393.120
Applies To: Cleveland Cliffs CDL drivers
Exemption: Work up to 16 hours per day and return to work with a minimum of 8 consecutive hours off duty, when transporting steel coils between ArcelorMittal’s production and shipping locations on public roads. May use coil carriers that do not meet the “heavy hauler trailer” definition, height of rear side marker lights restrictions, tire loading restrictions, and the coil securement requirements. ArcelorMittal’s production and shipping locations on public roads. May use coil carriers that do not meet the “heavy hauler trailer” definition, height of rear side marker lights restrictions, tire loading restrictions, and the coil securement requirements.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 8/26/21
Effective Date: 9/23/21
Expiration Date: 9/23/26
Docket Number: FMCSA-2016-0050
*Possession Required: No
Inspections
Filing Organization: Intermodal Association of North America (IANA)
Category: Inspections
Regulation: 396.17; 396.25
Applies To: All qualified inspectors
Exemption: Exemption allows an individual who successfully completes a training program consistent with a set of Intermodal Recommended Practices developed by IANA to be considered a qualified inspector for purposes of the periodic inspection rule, or a qualified brake inspector, for purposes of the brake system inspection, repair and maintenance requirements.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 4/3/20
Effective Date: 8/18/20
Expiration Date: 8/18/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2020-0081
*Possession Required: No
LED electronic flares
Filing Organization: Pi Variables, Inc.
Category: LED electronic flares
Regulation: 393.95(f)
Applies To: All motor carriers
Exemption: Exemption allows Pi Variables" Pi-Lit Smart Sequential Road Flares to be deployed when CMVs are stopped upon the traveled portion of a highway or the shoulder of a highway for any cause other than necessary traffic stops as an alternative to the bidirectional emergency reflective triangles, fusees or liquid-burning flares required by the regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 2/18/2022
Effective Date: 6/27/2023
Expiration Date: 6/27/28
FRN Number: FMCSA--2023-13205
*Possession Required: No
Lighting
Filing Organization: Groendyke Transport, Inc.
Category: Lighting
Regulation: 393.25(e)
Applies To: Groendyke trailers
Permits use of an amber brake-activated pulsating lamp in addition to the required steady-burning brake lamps
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 7/30/18
Effective Date: 4/26/19
Expiration Date: 4/26/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0223
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Grote Industries, LLC
Category: Lighting
Regulation: 393.25(e)
Applies To: All motor carriers
Exemption: Exemption allows motor carriers operating trailers and van body trucks to install brake-activated pulsating warning lamps on the rear of those vehicles in addition to the steady-burning brake lamps
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 5/12/20
Effective Date: 12/7/20
Expiration Date: 12/2/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2020-0122
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Waste Management
Category: Lighting
Regulation: 393.25(e)
Applies To: All WMH’s drivers and CMV’s
Exemption: Exemption from the requirement that all exterior lamps be steady burning.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 6/3/2021
Effective Date: 1/20/22
Expiration Date: 1/20/27
Docket Number: FMCSA-2021-0059
*Possession Required: No
Mirrors
Filing Organization: Rosco Vision Inc. (Rosco)
Category: Mirrors
Regulation: 393.80
Applies To: Motor carriers using the CV Digital CMS
Exemption: The Exemption allows motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles with Rosco's Commercial Vehicle Digital Camera Monitor System (CV Digital CMS) installed as an alternative to the two-year mirrors required by the regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 12/21/21
Effective Date: 12/4/22
Expiration Date: 12/4/27
Docket Number: FMCSA-2021-01786
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Stoneridge Inc.
Category: Mirrors
Regulation: 393.80
Applies To: Carriers using Stoneridge MirrorEye Camera Monitor System
Exemption: Allows use of camera system in lieu of rear vision mirrors
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 4/5/18
Effective Date: 2/21/19
Expiration Date: 2/13/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0141
*Possession Required: No
Rear-vision mirrors
Filing Organization: Robert Bosch, LLC and Mekra Lang North America, LLC
Category: Rear-vision mirrors
Regulation: 393.80(a)
Applies To: All motor carriers
Exemption: Exemption allows motor carriers operating CMVs to utilize the Bosch and Mekra Lang CV Digital Mirror System installed in lieu of the two rear-vision mirrors required by the regulation.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 1/30/20
Effective Date: 9/17/20
Expiration Date: 9/17/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0286
*Possession Required: No
Sleeper Berth
Filing Organization: Castignoli Enterprises
Category: Sleeper Berth
Regulation: 393.76
Applies To: Castignoli Enterprises
Exemption: Sleeper berth in Ford F350 that does not meet certain sleeper berth requirements
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 4/24/18
Effective Date: 10/19/18
Expiration Date: 10/19/23
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0142
*Possession Required: No
Vehicle (VEH)
Filing Organization: Adirondak Trailways, Pine Hill Trailways, and New York Trailways
Category: Vehicle
Regulation: 390.21(b)(3)
Applies To: All motor carrier passengers
Exemption: Exemption from FMCSA’s CMV marking rules under certain circumstances involving the exchange of equipment and/or drivers.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 1/14/20
Effective Date: 6/1/20
Expiration Date: 5/28/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2020-0062
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: EROADS Inc
Category: Vehicle
Regulation: 393.60(e)(1)
Applies To: EROADS CMV’s
Exemption: Allows the Dashcam device to be mounted lower in the windshield on commercial motor vehicles than is currently permitted.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 7/26/21
Effective Date: 10/18/21
Expiration Date: 10/13/26
Docket Number: FMCSA-2021-0098
*Possession Required: No
Vehicle Lamps
Filing Organization: Towmate, LLC.
Category: Vehicle Lamps
Regulation: 393.23
Applies To: All motor carriers
Exemption: Exemption for a 5-year renewal of the existing temporary; Exemption from 49 CFR § 393.23, Power Supply for Lamps.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 4/19/2023
Effective Date: 2/9/2023
Expiration Date: 2/9/2028
Docket Number: FMCSA-2015-0238
*Possession Required: Yes
Visibility
Filing Organization: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Bendix CVS)
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.60(e)(1)
Applies To: All motor carriers
Exemption: Allow Bendix Advance Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) technology to be mounted lower in the windshield on commercial motor vehicles
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 12/1/20
Effective Date: 4/6/21
Expiration Date: 4/6/26
Docket Number: FMCSA- 2020-0196
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Complete Innovations Inc.
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.60 (e)(1)
Applies To: All Complete Innovations CMV’s
Exemption: Requesting Exemption from prohibition on obstructions to the driver's field of view - (1) Devices mounted on the interior of the windshield.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 8/26/21
Effective Date: 1/20/22
Expiration Date: 1/20/27
Docket Number: FMCSA-2021-0119
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Daimler Coaches North America
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.60(e)(1)
Applies To: Tourrider Commercial Motorcoaches
Exemption: Exemption allows Daimler Coaches' driver assistance technology (DACT) device to extend beyond the current mounting location limits in the lower area of the windshield on Tourrider commercial motorcoaches.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 8/5/2022
Effective Date: 6/27/23
Expiration Date: 6/22/2028
Docket Number: FMCSA-2022-0075
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Forward Thinking Systems, LLC (FTS)
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.60(e)(1)
Applies To: All motor carriers
Exemption: Exemption allows motor carriers to operate CMVs equipped with FTS's FleetCam device in the approximate center of the top of the windshield and such that the bottom edge of the technology housing is approximately 8 inches below the upper edge of the area swept by the windshield wipers, outside of the driver's and passenger's normal sight lines to the road ahead, highway signs and signals, and all mirrors.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 7/14/21
Effective Date: 10/18/21
Expiration Date: 10/13/26
Docket Number: FMCSA-2021-0099
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.60(e)(1)
Applies To: All CMV drivers
Exemption: Exemption allows its Advanced Driver Assistance Systems cameras to be mounted lower in the windshield than is currently permitted by the Agency’s regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 8/13/20
Effective Date: 11/24/20
Expiration Date: 11/24/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2020-0169
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Laydon Composites Ltd.
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.11
Applies To: All CMV drivers
Exemption: The Exemption allows motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles that are equipped with Laydon's OptiTailTM aerodynamic device with rear identification lamps and rear clearance lamps that are mounted lower than currently permitted by the Agency's regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 3/28/19
Effective Date: 5/18/20
Expiration Date: 5/18/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0070
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: Lytx Inc.
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.60(e)(1)(ii) (A)
Applies To: All CMV drivers
Exemption: The Exemption allows its advanced driver-assistance systems to be mounted lower in the windshield on Lytx’s CMV’s than is currently permitted by the Agency’s regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 12/3/19
Effective Date: 5/21/20
Expiration Date: 5/18/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0244
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc.
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.25
Applies To: Tank trailer drivers
Exemption: Allows motor carriers operating tank trailers to install a red or amber brake-activated pulsating lamp positioned in the upper center position or in an upper dual outboard position on the rear of the trailers.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 4/2/20
Effective Date: 10/8/20
Expiration Date: 10/8/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0260
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Nauto, Inc.
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.60(e)(1)
Applies To: All CMV Drivers
Exemption: Allows multi-sensor device to be mounted lower in the windshield than is currently permitted.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 4/2/20
Effective Date: 10/9/20
Expiration Date: 10/9/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2020-0106
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Navistar, Inc.
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.60(e)(1)
Applies To: All CMV drivers
Exemption: Exemption allows its advanced driver-assistance systems to be mounted lower in the windshield than is currently permitted by the Agency’s regulations in order to utilize a location that allows optimal functionality of the camera system.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 4/18/19
Effective Date: 11/25/19
Expiration Date: 11/25/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0091
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Netradyne, Inc.
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.60(e)(1)
Applies To: AI dash cam
Exemption: Allows its Driveri® Dash Cam to be mounted lower in the windshield than is currently permitted.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 8/20/20
Effective Date: 12/18/20
Expiration Date: 12/15/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2020-0173
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: Samsara Networks, Inc.
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.60(e)(1)
Applies To: AI dash cam
Exemption: Allows AI Dash Cam to be mounted lower in the windshield.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 4/13/20
Effective Date: 10/28/20
Expiration Date: 10/28/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2020-0112
*Possession Required: No
Filing Organization: SmartDrive Systems Inc.
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.60(e)
Applies To: Carriers using the SmartDrive ADAS camera system
Exemption: Allows ADAS camera to be mounted lower on windshield than is currently permitted.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 11/27/18
Effective Date: 4/15/19
Expiration Date: 4/15/24
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0321
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: Vision Systems North America, Inc.
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.80(a)
Applies To: All motor carriers
Exemption: Allows motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles with the company’s Smart-Vision high-definition camera monitoring system (Smart-Vision) installed as an alternative to the two rear-vision mirrors required by the regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 9/26/19
Effective Date: 1/15/20
Expiration Date: 1/15/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0159
*Possession Required: Yes
Filing Organization: ZF CV Systems North America LLC
Category: Visibility
Regulation: 393.60(e)
Applies To: ZF CV Systems CMV’s
Exemption: Exemption allows its advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) camera to be mounted lower in the windshield on a CMV than is currently permitted.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 8/12/2021
Effective Date: 11/8/21
Expiration Date: 11/9/26
Docket Number: FMCSA-2021-0124
*Possession Required: No
Warning Flags
Filing Organization: ATA – Automobile Carriers Conference
Category: Warning Flags
Regulation: 393.87
Applies To: Motor carriers operating stinger steered automobile transporter equipment
Exemption: No warning flags necessary
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 2/27/18
Effective Date: 2/15/19
Expiration Date: 2/15/24
Docket Number: FMCSA- 2018-0090
*Possession Required: No
*Drivers must have a copy of the corresponding federal register notice or equivalent signed FMCSA exemption in their possession while operating under the terms of said exemption. The exemption document must be presented to law enforcement officials upon request.
Hours of Service Final Rule published on June 1, 2020, effective date September 29, 2020, supersedes this exemption.
Contact Info:
FMCSA
Larry Minor
Associate Administrator of Policy larry.minor@dot.gov
Last updated: Thursday, November 16, 2023