Action
Final rule.
Summary
FMCSA amends the regulations pertaining to financial responsibility requirements for brokers of property and freight forwarders in five separate areas: assets "readily available"; immediate suspension of broker/freight forwarder operating authority; surety or trust responsibilities in cases of broker/freight forwarder financial failure or insolvency; enforcement authority; and entities eligible to provide trust funds for brokers and freight forwarders, which are filed using Form BMC-85, Broker's or Freight Forwarder's Trust Fund Agreement under 49 U.S.C. 13906 or Notice of Cancellation of the Agreement.