Filing Organization:  Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc. 
Regulation:  380.605 
Applies To:  Jeff McLaughlin
Exemption:  This exemption allows instructor McLaughlin to provide entry-level driver training theory instruction for the H endorsement curriculum in Appendix E of Part 380 and excuses him from the requirement to possess a commercial driver’s license.
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)
Regulation:  380.605
Applies To:  Rex Railsback
Exemption:  This exemption allows instructor Railsback through Railsback HMSP to provide entry-level driver training theory instruction for the H endorsement curriculum in Appendix E of Part 380 and excuses him from the requirement to possess a commercial driver's license.
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

Filing Organization: Daimler Trucks North America
Regulation:  382 subpart G and 383.23
Applies To: Drivers Sascha Kugel, Wilhelm Guggolz, Dominik Cammerer, Carsten Schewe, Steffen Keppeler, Michael Kircher, Jochen Hans Horwath, Lars Nock, and Jorg Wolfgang Spielvogel
Exemption:   This exemption allows these drivers to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. commercial driver’s license and excludes them from the Clearinghouse requirements in subpart G.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 12/9/20
Effective Date: 4/27/22
Expiration Date: 4/27/27
Docket Number: FMCSA-2012-0032
Possession Required: Yes

Filing Organization: Daimler Trucks North America
Regulation: Part 382 and 383.23
Applies To:  Driver Gesa Reimelt
Exemption: This exemption allows this driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. commercial driver’s license and excludes them from the Clearinghouse requirements in subpart G.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 8/19/21
Effective Date: 4/27/22
Expiration Date: 4/27/27
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2012-0032
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: DISA Entertainment Compliance Solutions (DECS) formerly known as Motion Pictures Compliance Solutions 
Regulation:  382.701(a)(2)
Applies To:  All DECS commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers
Exemption:  This exemption excludes DECS CMV drivers from the Clearinghouse requirement for pre-employment full queries. DECS, on behalf of its member employers, will 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:  3/25/25
Effective Date: 5/28/25
Expiration Date: 5/28/30 (Renewed)
Docket Number: FMCSA-2020-0101
Possession Required: No

Filing Organization: James D. Welch
Regulation:  383.3
Applies To: Air Reserve Technicians
Exemption:  This exemption allows Air Reserve Technicians working under the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command from the requirement to obtain a commercial driver's license (CDL) to operate a commercial motor vehicle.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  5/20/25
Effective Date:  5/20/25
Expiration Date: 5/20/30
Docket Number:   FMCSA-2024-0288
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: State of Alaska
Regulation:  383.23(e)(2) 
Applies To: Alaska commercial driver's license (CDL) holders that reside in one of the 14 defined areas
Exemption:  This 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:  6/18/24
Effective Date:  12/20/24
Expiration Date: 12/30/29 (Renewed)
Docket Number:   FMCSA-2022-0122
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: International Motors, LLC, formerly known as Navistar, Inc.
Regulation:  383.23
Applies To:  Drivers Johan Astrom, Kristoffer Lindve, and Martin Uppman
Exemption:  This exemption allows these three drivers to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. commercial driver's license.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 5/19/2025                                                                                                                                                                                        Effective Date:  5/19/25
Expiration Date:  5/20/30
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2024-0302
Possession Required:  Yes 

Filing Organization: International Motors, LLC formerly known as Navistar, Inc.
Regulation:  383.23
Applies To:  Driver Thomas Nickels
Exemption:  This exemption allows this driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. commercial driver's license.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 1/16/25                                                                                                                                                                                            Effective Date:  11/21/24
Expiration Date:  11/21/29
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2018-0347
Possession Required:  Yes 

Filing Organization: U.S. Custom Harvesters, Inc.
Regulation:  383.23(a)(2) and 383.153(a)(10)(vii)
Applies To:  U.S. Custom Harvester drivers
Exemption:   This exemption allows custom harvester drivers to operate in interstate commerce even though under 21 years of age. A “K” restriction on these drivers. Commercial driver licenses do 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
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2017-0133
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: Daimler Trucks North America, LLC.
Regulation:  383.23 
Applies To:  Drivers Andreas Munch, Christopher Kappes, Fabian Schab, Franz-Alexander Baumgartner, Lucas Jung, and Malte Kleindick
Exemption:  This exemption allows these drivers to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. commercial driver’s license.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  1/16/25
Effective Date:  1/16/25
Expiration Date:  1/16/30
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2024-0230
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: Daimler Trucks North America, LLC.
Regulation:  383.23 
Applies To:  Drivers Sascha Kugel, Wilhelm Guggolz, Dominik Cammerer, Carsten Schewe, Steffen Keppeler, Michael Kircher, Jochen Hans Horwath, Lars Nock, and Jorg Wolfgang Spielvogel 
Exemption:  This exemption allows these drivers to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. commercial driver’s license.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  12/9/20
Effective Date:  4/27/22
Expiration Date:  4/27/27
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2012-0032
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: Daimler Trucks North America
Regulation:   383.23 and 382 subpart G
Applies To:  Driver Gesa Reimelt
Exemption:   This exemption allows this driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. commercial driver’s license.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  8/19/21
Effective Date:  4/27/22
Expiration Date:  4/27/27
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2012-0032
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: Navistar, Inc.
Regulation:  383.23
Applies To:  Driver Anders Bjorkman
Exemption:  This exemption allows this driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the U.S. without a U.S. commercial driver’s license.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  4/7/22
Effective Date:  9/23/22
Expiration Date:  9/23/27
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2018-0347
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: Wilson Logistics
Regulation:  383.25(a)(1)
Applies To:  Wilson Logistics drivers 
Exemption:  This exemption allows commercial learner’s permit holders who have passed the commercial driver’s license (CDL) skills test but have not obtained the CDL document from their State of domicile to drive a commercial motor vehicle without having a CDL holder seated 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

Filing Organization: Werner Enterprises
Regulation:  383.25(a)(1)
Applies To:  Werner Enterprises drivers
Exemption:  This exemption allows commercial learner’s permit holders who have passed the commercial driver’s license (CDL) skills test but have not obtained the CDL document from their State of domicile to drive a commercial motor vehicle without having a CDL holder seated 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: Covenant Transport Inc. and Landair Transport Inc. Jointly D/B/A Covenant Logistics
Regulation:  383.25(a)(1)
Applies To:  All Covenant Logistics' commercial learner’s permit holders
Exemption:  This exemption allows commercial learner’s permit holders who have passed the commercial driver’s license (CDL) skills test but have not obtained the CDL document from their State of domicile to drive a commercial motor vehicle without having a CDL holder seated in the passenger seat.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  7/30/24
Effective Date:  7/30/24
Expiration Date:  7/30/26
Docket Number:  FMCSA- 2024-0063
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: CR England
Regulation:  383.25(a)(1)
Applies To:  C.R. England drivers
Exemption:  This exemption allows commercial learner’s permit holders who have passed the commercial driver’s license (CDL) skills test but have not obtained the CDL document from their State of domicile to drive a commercial motor vehicle without having a CDL holder seated in the passenger seat.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  6/16/22
Effective Date:  6/13/22
Expiration Date:  6/12/27
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2014-0406
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: New PRIME
Regulation:  383.25(a)(1)
Applies To:  New PRIME drivers
Exemption:  This exemption allows commercial learner’s permit holders who have passed the commercial driver’s license (CDL) skills test but have not obtained the CDL document from their State of domicile to drive a commercial motor vehicle without having a CDL holder seated in the passenger seat.
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: CRST The Transportation Solution (CRST)
Regulation:  383.25(a)(1)
Applies To:  CRST The Transportation Solution drivers
Exemption:  This exemption allows commercial learner’s permit holders who have passed the commercial driver’s license (CDL) skills test but have not obtained the CDL document from their State of domicile to drive a commercial motor vehicle without having a CDL holder seated in the passenger seat.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  8/7/23
Effective Date:  9/24/23
Expiration Date:  9/24/28
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2015-0480
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: Steven's Transport Inc.
Regulation:  383.25(a)(1)
Applies To:  Steven's Transport drivers
Exemption:   This exemption allows commercial learner’s permit holders who have passed the commercial driver’s license (CDL) skills test but have not obtained the CDL document from their State of domicile to drive a commercial motor vehicle without having a CDL holder seated in the passenger seat.
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: Oregon Department of Transportation (DOT)
Regulation:  383.71(b)(9)
Applies To:  Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Exemption:  The exemption allows Oregon DOT to accept from citizens of the freely associated states a valid, unexpired passport issued by the freely associated states and an Arrival/Departure Record, meaning an I-94 or I-94A form, as proof of lawful entry into the United States, and issue standard commercial learner's permits (CLPs) and commercial driver's licenses (CDLs), rather than non-domiciled CLPs and CDLs, to these individuals.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 9/25/24
Effective Date:  9/25/24
Expiration Date:  9/25/29
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2023-0266
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: RV Industry Association
Regulation:  383.91(a)(1) and 383.91(a)(2)
Applies To:  Drive-away RV Industry drivers
Exemption:  This exemption allows drivers engaged in drive-away deliveries of recreational vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings of 26,001 pounds or more to not be required to have a commercial driver’s license as long as the empty recreational vehicles have gross vehicle weights or gross combination weights that do not meet or exceed 26,001 pounds, and any recreational vehicles 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-2014-0352
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: Hawaii Department of Transportation 
Regulation:  383.93(b)(5) and 383.153(b)(2)(vii)(B)
Applies To:  Hawaii commercial driver's license (CDL) holders with a P endorsement operating a school bus.
Exemption:  This exemption allows CDL holders with a passenger (P) endorsement to operate a school bus without holding a school bus (S) endorsement, provided an adult chaperone is present on the bus who is responsible for ensuring the safe loading and unloading of children.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  9/10/24
Effective Date:  9/10/24
Expiration Date:  9/10/29
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2023-0272
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: United Parcel Service (UPS)
Regulation:  383.37(a) and 383.93(b)
Applies To:  UPS drivers only
Exemption:  This exemption allows UPS driver-trainees to operate twin 28-foot trailers (i.e., doubles) while in possession of a commercial learner’s permit.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  2/25/22
Effective Date:  9/28/22
Expiration Date:  9/28/27
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2020-0069
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: American Public Transportation Association
Regulation:  383.113(a) and 383.113(a)(1)(i)
Applies To: Commercial driver's license (CDL) applicants seeking the P endorsements.
Exemption:  This exemption permits State Driver Licensing Agencies to waive the "under-the-hood" portion of the pre-trip vehicle inspection skills test requirement for CDL applicants seeking to operate vehicles in public transportation. This exemption also excludes States from the requirement to administer this portion of the pre-trip vehicle inspection test in accordance with a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration pre-approved examiner information manual. Under this exemption CDLs are subject to the K restriction, limiting their operation to a transit bus only restriction.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  7/16/25
Effective Date:  7/16/25
Expiration Date:  7/16/27
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2024-0293
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: National School Transportation Association
Regulation:  383.113(a)(1)(i)
Applies To:   Commercial driver's license (CDL) applicants seeking the S and P endorsements, subject to the (K) restriction limiting their operation to intrastate commerce.
Exemption:  This exemption excludes CDL applicants seeking the S and P endorsements from the Pre-trip vehicle skills testing component, also known as the "Under the Hood" testing requirement. This exemption also excludes States from the requirement to administer this portion of the pre-trip vehicle inspection test in accordance with a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration pre-approved examiner information manual.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  12/02/24
Effective Date:  11/28/24
Expiration Date:  11/28/26
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2022-0148
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT)
Regulation:  383.113 
Applies To:  Commercial driver's license (CDL) applicants who take the skills test on the islands of Lanai and Molokai. 
Exemption:  This exemption allows Hawaii DOT to waive specific portions of the CDL skills test for applicants who take the skills test on the islands of Lanai and Molokai and issue these drivers a restricted CDL.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  8/25/23
Effective Date:  2/20/24
Expiration Date:  2/20/26
Docket Number: FMCSA-2023-0185
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Regulation:  383.133(c)(1)(2)
Applies To:  New Hampshire, Maryland, and Virginia drivers
Exemption:  This exemption allows these 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
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2021-0172
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Adirondak Trailways, Pine Hill Trailways, and New York Trailways
Regulation:  390.21(b)(3)
Applies To:  Adirondak Trailways, Pine Hill Trailways, and New York Trailways Motor Carrier of Passengers
Exemption:  This exemption provides relief from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulation's commercial motor vehicle marking rules under certain circumstances involving the exchange of equipment and/or drivers.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  1/14/20
Effective Date:  5/28/25
Expiration Date:  11/28/25
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2020-0062
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization:  Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMVs)
Regulation:  391.49
Applies To:  Commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers licensed in Virginia subject to the Federal Skill Performance Evaluation (SPE) Certificate Program requirements
Exemption:  This exemption allows the Virginia DMVs to conduct an SPE Certificate Program identical to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration'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:  7/8/25
Expiration Date:  1/8/26 (Renewed)
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2013-0147
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization:  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.
Regulation:  391.51(b)(7)(ii)
Applies To:  Knight-Swift drivers (newly hired)
Exemption:  This exemption allows Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc 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: Cleveland-Cliffs, Steel LLC
Regulation:   393.5, 393.11, 393.75, 393.120, and 395
Applies To:  Cleveland Cliffs commercial driver’s license holders that transport coils.
Exemption:  This exemption allows applicable drivers to use coil carriers that do not meet the “heavy hauler trailer” definition, restrictions on the height of rear side marker lights, tire loading restrictions, and the coil securement requirements in part 393 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  8/26/21
Effective Date:  5/11/22
Expiration Date:  5/11/27
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2016-0050
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Towmate, LLC.
Regulation:  393.23
Applies To:  All motor carriers
Exemption:  This exemption allows motor carriers to operate rechargeable wireless temporary stop, turn and tail lighting systems during temporary towing operations that do not meet the vehicle power supply requirements for all required lamps in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  4/19/2023
Effective Date:  2/9/23
Expiration Date:  2/9/28
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2015-0238
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: Brent Higgins Trucking, Inc.
Regulation:  393.25(e)
Applies To:   Brent Higgins Trucking, Inc. commercial motor vehicles (CMVs)
Exemption:  This exemption allows the company to operate CMVs equipped with a module manufactured by Intellistop, Inc. 
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  6/28/24
Effective Date:  6/28/24
Expiration Date:  6/28/29
Docket Number: FMCSA-2022-0240
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Casey's Services Company
Regulation:  393.25(e)
Applies To:   Casey's Services Company commercial motor vehicles (CMVs)
Exemption:  This exemption allows the company to operate CMVs equipped with a module manufactured by Intellistop, Inc. 
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  4/16/25
Effective Date:  4/16/25
Expiration Date:  4/16/30
Docket Number: FMCSA-2024-0237
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Coffeyville Resources Crude Transportation
Regulation:  393.25(e)
Applies To:   Coffeyville Resources Crude Transportation commercial motor vehicles (CMVs)
Exemption:  This exemption allows the company to operate CMVs equipped with a module manufactured by Intellistop, Inc. 
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  4/16/25
Effective Date:  4/16/25
Expiration Date:  4/16/30
Docket Number: FMCSA-2024-0238
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: DJS Fundraising Inc.
Regulation:  393.25(e)
Applies To:   DJS Fundraising commercial motor vehicles (CMVs)
Exemption:  This exemption allows the company to operate CMVs equipped with a module manufactured by Intellistop, Inc. 
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  6/28/24
Effective Date:  6/28/24
Expiration Date:  6/28/29
Docket Number: FMCSA-2022-0241
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Encore Flooring and Building Products
Regulation:  393.25 (e)
Applies To:  Encore Flooring and Building Products commercial motor vehicles (CMVs)
Exemption:   The exemption allows the company to operate CMVs equipped with a module manufactured by Intellistop, Inc.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  9/23/24
Effective Date:  9/23/24
Expiration Date:  9/24/29
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2022-0242
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Gemini Motor Transport
Regulation:  393.25(e)
Applies To:   Gemini Motor Transport commercial motor vehicles (CMVs)
Exemption:  This exemption allows the company to operate CMVs equipped with a module manufactured by Intellistop, Inc. 
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  5/10/24
Effective Date:  5/10/24
Expiration Date:  5/12/29
Docket Number: FMCSA- 2022-0243
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Groendyke Transport, Inc.
Regulation:  393.25(e)
Applies To:   Groendyke Transport Inc. commercial motor vehicles
Exemption:  This exemption allows the use of an amber brake-activated pulsating lamp on the rear of its trailers in addition to the steady-burning brake lamps required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. 
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  11/20/24
Effective Date:  4/26/24
Expiration Date:  4/26/29
Docket Number: FMCSA-2018-0223
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. 
Regulation:  393.25
Applies To:  Motor carriers operating tank trailers
Exemption:   This 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: Grote Industries, LLC
Regulation:  393.25(e)
Applies To:  All motor carriers
Exemption:  This 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: Meiborg Bros
Regulation:  393.25(e)
Applies To:   Meiborg Bros commercial motor vehicles (CMVs)
Exemption:  This exemption allows Meiborg Bros to operate CMVs equipped with a module manufactured by Intellistop, Inc. 
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  6/28/24
Effective Date:  6/28/24
Expiration Date:  6/28/29
Docket Number: FMCSA-2022-0245
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: JM Bozeman Enterprise Inc.
Regulation:  393.25(e)
Applies To:   JM Bozeman Enterprises Inc. commercial motor vehicles (CMVs)
Exemption:  This exemption allows the company to operate CMVs equipped with a module manufactured by Intellistop, Inc.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  6/28/24
Effective Date:  6/28/24
Expiration Date:  6/28/29
Docket Number: FMCSA-2022-0244
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Waste Management Inc. (WM) 
Regulation:  393.25(e)
Applies To:  All WM drivers and commercial motor vehicles
Exemption:  This exemption allows all of WM drivers to replace the high-mounted brake lights on their owned and operated fleets of heavy-duty refuse and support trucks with red or amber brake-activated pulsating lamps positioned in the upper center position, or in an upper dual outboard position, in addition to the steady burning brake lamps required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  6/3/21
Effective Date:  1/20/22
Expiration Date:  1/20/27
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2021-0059
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Nauto, Inc.
Regulation:  393.60(e)(1)
Applies To:  Commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) equipped with Nauto’s multi-sensor device  
Exemption:  This exemption allows CMVs equipped with Nauto's multi-sensor device to install the device in the approximate center of the top of the windshield and such that the bottom edge of the multi-sensor device 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:  4/2/20
Effective Date:  10/9/20
Expiration Date:  10/9/25
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2020-0106
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Samsara Networks, Inc.
Regulation:  393.60(e)(1)
Applies To:  AI dash cam
Exemption:  This exemption allows an AI dash cam to be mounted lower in the windshield than is currently permitted by the Agency's regulations.
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: J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
Regulation:  393.60(e)(1)
Applies To:  Commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) equipped with Advanced Driveri®Dash Cams
Exemption:  This exemption allows CMVs equipped with Advanced Driveri®Dash Cams 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: Netradyne, Inc.
Regulation:  393.60(e)(1)
Applies To:  Commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) equipped with Driveri® Dash Cams
Exemption:  This exemption allows CMVs equipped with Driveri® Dash Cams to be mounted lower in the windshield than is currently permitted by the Agency's regulations.
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: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
Regulation: 393.60(e)(1)
Applies To: All commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) equipped with Bendix advanced driver assistance system technology
Exemption: This exemption allows Bendix advanced driver assistance system technology to be mounted lower in the windshield on CMVs than is currently permitted by the Agency's regulations.
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: EROADS Inc.
Regulation:  393.60(e)(1)
Applies To:  Commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) equipped with EROAD's dashcam device
Exemption:  This exemption allows EROAD's Dashcam device to be mounted lower in the windshield on CMVs than is currently permitted by the Agency's regulations.
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

Filing Organization: Forward Thinking Systems, LLC (FTS)
Regulation:  393.60(e)(1)
Applies To:  Commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) equipped with an FTS FleetCam device
Exemption:  This exemption allows motor carriers to operate CMVs equipped with an FTS 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: ZF CV Systems North America (ZF CV Systems)
Regulation:  393.60(e)
Applies To:  ZF CV Systems commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) equipped with advanced driver-systems cameras
Exemption:  This exemption allows the company's advanced driver-assistance systems cameras to be mounted lower in the windshield on a CMV than is currently permitted by the Agency's regulations.
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

Filing Organization: Complete Innovations Inc.
Regulation:  393.60 (e)(1)
Applies To:  Commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) equipped with a Complete Innovation’s Vision 2.0 device
Exemption:  This exemption allows the company's Vision 2.0 device to be mounted lower in the windshield on CMVs than is currently permitted by the Agency's regulations.
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 (Daimler Coaches)
Regulation:  393.60(e)(1)
Applies To:  Daimler Tourrider commercial motorcoaches equipped with Daimler Coaches' driver assistance camera technology
Exemption:  This exemption allows Daimler Coaches' driver assistance camera technology 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:  8/5/22
Effective Date:  6/27/23
Expiration Date:  6/22/28
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2022-0075
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Charles Machines Works, Inc.
Regulation: 393.65(d)
Applies To: All commercial motor vehicles (CMVs)
Exemption: This 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 CMVs are not operating on the highway.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 3/28/19
Effective Date: 9/16/20
Expiration Date: 9/16/25
Docket Number: FMCSA-2019-0069
Possession Required: No

Filing Organization: Convoy Technologies
Regulation:  393.80(a)
Applies To: All Convoy's electronic rear view system camera monitor system installed on commercial motor vehicles (CMVs).
Exemption: This exemption allows motor carriers to operate CMVs with the company’s electronic rear view system camera monitor system installed as an alternative to the two rear-vision mirrors required by the regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 7/24/24
Effective Date: 7/24/24
Expiration Date: 7/24/29
Docket Number:  FMCSA- 2024-0076
Possession Required: Yes

Filing Organization: Vision Systems North America, Inc.
Regulation:  393.80(a)
Applies To:  All motor carriers
Exemption:  This exemption allows motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles with the company’s smart-vision high-definition camera monitoring system installed as an alternative to the two rear-vision mirrors required by the regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  1/16/25 
Effective Date:  1/15/25 (Renewed)
Expiration Date:  1/15/30
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2019-0159
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Robert Bosch, LLC and Mekra Lang North America, LLC
Regulation:  393.80(a)
Applies To:  All motor carriers
Exemption:  This exemption allows motor carriers operating commercial motor vehicles to utilize the Bosch and Mekra Lang commercial vehicle digital monitor system installed in lieu of the two rear-vision mirrors required by the regulations.
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

Filing Organization: Stoneridge
Regulation:  393.80(a)
Applies To:  All motor carriers
Exemption:  This exemption allows motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles with the company's Mirror Eye TM camera monitor system installed as an alternative to the two rear-vision mirrors required by the regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  2/24/24
Effective Date:  2/13/24
Expiration Date:  2/12/29
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2018-0141
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Rosco Vision Inc. 
Regulation:  393.80
Applies To:  Motor carriers using the commercial vehicle digital camera monitor system 
Exemption:  This exemption allows motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles with Rosco’s commercial vehicle digital camera monitor system installed as an alternative to the two    rear-vision 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-2021-0186
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Safe Fleet Bus & Rail (Safe Fleet)
Regulation:  393.80
Applies To:  Motor carriers using Safe Fleet's MirrorLESS camera monitor system
Exemption:  This exemption allows motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles with Safe Fleet's MirrorLESS" camera system installed as an alternative to the two rear-vision mirrors required by the regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  7/25/24
Effective Date:  7/30/24
Expiration Date:  7/25/29
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2023-0201
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: Ford Motor Company
Regulation:  393.83
Applies To:  Commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) based on the Ford Transit model
Exemption:  This 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

Filing Organization: Automobile Carriers Conference of the American Trucking Associations and the Auto Haulers Association of America
Regulation: 393.87
Applies To: Motor carriers operating stinger-steered automobile transporter equipment.
Exemption: This exemption relieves motor carriers operating stinger-steered automobile transporter equipment from the requirement to place warning flags on projecting loads of new and used motor vehicles.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 10/22/24
Effective Date: 8/9/24
Expiration Date: 2/15/29
Docket Number:  FMCSA- 2018-0090
Possession Required: Yes

Filing Organization: Pi Variables, Inc.
Regulation:  393.95(f)
Applies To:  All motor carriers operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) with Pi-Lit LED flares.
Exemption: This exemption allows the company’s 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, fuses or liquid-burning flares required by the regulations.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  2/18/22
Effective Date:  6/27/23
Expiration Date:  6/27/28
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2021-0187
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization:  Agricultural & Food Transporters Conference of the American Trucking Associations
Regulation:  393.102, 393.106, 393.110 and 393.114
Applies To:  Agricultural haulers nationwide
Exemption:  This exemption allows certain alternative methods for the securement of agricultural commodities transported in wood and plastic boxes, bins and large fiberglass tubs, as well as hay, straw, and cotton bales that are grouped together into large singular units.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 6/18/24
Effective Date:  4/15/24
Expiration Date: 4/15/29
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2017-0319
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: International Institute of Towing and Recovery
Regulation:  393.112 and 393.128
Applies To:  All motor carriers
Exemption: This exemption allows motor carriers to use a 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
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2016-0111
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association
Regulation:  393.116
Applies To:  Motor carriers in Wisconsin
Exemption: This exemption allows motor carriers in Wisconsin to use cargo securement methods that do not comply with the regulations for securing shortwood logs transported lengthwise in crib-type vehicles that have been modified or manufactured without front structures, rear structures, or which have a center-mounted crane for loading and unloading adjustable tiedowns to secure light vehicles.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  9/10/24
Effective Date:  9/10/24
Expiration Date:  9/10/29
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2023-0113
Possession Required:  No 

Filing Organization: Flatbed Carrier Safety Group
Regulation:  393.120
Applies To:  Motor carriers that haul metal coils with eyes crosswise in rows in which the coils are loaded to contact each other in the longitudinal direction.
Exemption:  This exemption allows motor carriers to continue to use the pre-January 1, 2004, cargo securement regulations for the transportation of groups of metal coils with eyes crosswise, as this loading configuration is not currently covered under the Agency's commodity-specific rules for securing metal coils in the Code of Federal regulations. 
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: K & L Trucking, LLC.
Regulation:  393.120(c)
Applies To:  K & L Trucking, Inc.
Exemption:  This exemption allows the company to secure large metal coils to its trailers using a cargo securement system that differs from that required by the regulation. 
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  4/15/24
Effective Date:  4/21/25
Expiration Date:  4/21/30 (Renewed)
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2024-0101
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: Loomis Armored US, LLC.
Regulation:  393.203(a)
Applies To:  Loomis armored vehicles
Exemption:  This 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

Filing Organization: R.J. Corman Railroad Services, Cranemasters, Inc. and The National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association, Inc.
Regulation:  395
Applies To:  All R.J. Corman Railroad Services and Cranemasters drivers and members of The National Railroad Construction & Maintenance drivers
Exemption:  This exemption excludes drivers employed by these companies from the prohibition against driving a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle 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 hours-of-service rules to respond to unplanned events that occur outside of or extend beyond the employee's normal work hours.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  2/3/25
Effective Date:  3/4/25
Expiration Date:  9/4/25
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2019-0056
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC
Regulation:  395
Applies To:  Cleveland Cliffs commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders
Exemption: This exemption allows employee-drivers with a CDL who transport steel coils 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. The exemption also allows employee-drivers 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: Motion Picture Association
Regulation:  395
Applies To:  Commercial motor vehicle drivers providing transportation to or from a theatrical or television motion picture production site.
Exemption:  This exemption allows these drivers to complete paper records of duty status instead of using an electronic logging device.
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: McKee Foods Transportation, LLC
Regulation:  395.1(g)(1)(ii)(A) (1–2)
Applies To: Team drivers using sleeper berth
Exemption:  This exemption allows McKee Foods Transportation team drivers to take the equivalent of 10 consecutive hours off duty by splitting sleeper-berth time into two periods totaling 10 hours, provided neither of the two periods is less than 2 hours.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  1/30/20
Effective Date:  4/20/25
Expiration Date:  4/20/30 (Renewed)
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2014-0071
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: WestRock
Regulation:  395.3(a)(2)
Applies To:  WestRock drivers
Exemption:  This exemption is 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. Westrock 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:  10/22/24
Effective Date:  4/17/24
Expiration Date:  4/16/29
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2010-0027
Possession Required:  No 

Filing Organization: American Pyrotechnics Association  
Regulation: 395.3(a)(2) and 49 CFR 395.8(a)(1)(i)  
Applies To: 44 APA member-company drivers 
Exemption: This exemption allows drivers of these companies to exclude off-duty and sleeper berth time of any length from the calculation of the 14-hour limit and to use paper records of duty status in lieu of electronic logging devices.  
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 6/26/25 
Effective Date: 6/28/25 
Expiration Date: 7/8/29 
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2021-0052 
Possession Required: No 

Filing Organization: Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association
Regulation:  395.3(a)(3)(ii)
Applies To:  Oversize/Overweight commercial motor vehicles
Exemption:  This exemption allows specialized carriers and drivers responsible for the transportation of loads that exceed maximum legal weight and dimensional limits – oversize/overweight loads – that require a permit issued by a government authority to be exempt from the 30-minute break provision.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  5/14/25
Effective Date:  6/17/25
Expiration Date:  12/17/25
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2014-0420
Possession Required:  Yes

Filing Organization: Association of American Railroads & American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association
Regulation:  395.3(a)-(b)
Applies To:  Driver-employees
Exemption:  This exemption excludes drivers employed by these companies from the prohibition against driving a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle 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 hours-of-service rules to respond to unplanned events that occur outside of or extend beyond the employee's normal work hours.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg:  12/23/20
Effective Date:  12/23/20
Expiration Date:  12/18/25
Docket Number:  FMCSA- 2020-0171
Possession Required:  No 

Filing Organization: Truck Renting and Leasing Association
Regulation:  395.8
Applies To:  Commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) leased for 8 days or fewer
Exemption:  This exemption allows drivers of CMVs rented for 8 days or less, regardless of reason, to not be required to use an electronic logging device in the vehicle.
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 
Regulation:  395.8
Applies To:  All drivers and carriers using electronic logging devices 
Exemption: This exemption allows the driver to: (1) Enter data in a portable electronic logging device without vehicle powered on; and (2) Not be 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
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2017-0054
Possession Required:  No

Filing Organization: Intermodal Association of North America (IANA)
Regulation:  396.17 and 396.25
Applies To:  Individuals who complete a training program consistent with a set of Intermodal Recommended Practices (IRPs) and associated requirements developed by IANA
Exemption: This exemption allows individuals who successfully complete a training program consistent with (1) a set of 53 IRPs that have been developed by IANA and (2) the Competency Documents, Task Lists, and Question Matrices that have been developed by IANA for each of the 53 IRPs, and that have completed a minimum of 480 hours of training on those materials to be considered as a qualified inspector for the purpose of conducting periodic (annual) inspections of intermodal equipment (IME) under 49 CFR 396.17, and (2) a qualified brake inspector under 49 CFR 396.25 for the purpose of conducting brake system, maintenance, service, or repair of IME.
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

Filing Organization: American Trucking Associations
Regulation:  396.19(a)(3)(ii) and 396.25(d)(3)(ii)
Applies To: Trucking industry technicians, who have matriculated from a training program that follows American Trucking Associations Technology & Maintenance council
Exemption: This exemption allows and requires individuals to complete 1 year of training, experience, or a combination thereof prior to being qualified to conduct annual commercial motor vehicle (CMV) inspections and to conduct brake-related inspection, repair and maintenance tasks on CMVs.
Date Appl. Published Fed Reg: 1/16/25
Effective Date: 1/16/25
Expiration Date: 1/16/30
Docket Number:  FMCSA-2021–0070
Possession Required: No