Action
Notice of procedural changes to the Performance and Registration Information Systems Management Program.
Summary
FMCSA announces elimination of the "registrant-only" USDOT number as part of the Performance and Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM) program. FMCSA developed the concept of a "registrant-only" USDOT number to identify registered owners of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) that are not motor carriers, but lease their CMVs to entities that are motor carriers. FMCSA has concluded that registrant-only USDOT numbers are being used differently from what the Agency intended and thus the practice of issuing registrant-only numbers to entities that are not motor carriers is having an adverse affect on the Agency's ability to track motor carriers' safety violations. As a result, FMCSA made the decision to eliminate the PRISM procedure that requires non-motor carrier registrants to obtain USDOT numbers, and will maintain all existing numbers as dormant registrant- only USDOT numbers.