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FAQ 20: Is the motor carrier’s HMSP suspended or revoked immediately upon being identified for enhanced oversight?
Answer: No. If a carrier is identified for enhanced oversight, the Agency will monitor the carrier’s safety and compliance behaviors, and conduct an investigation...
FAQ : What if the carrier gets a satisfactory rating from the investigation, but continues to have high SMS scores?
Answer: If the safety fitness of a carrier subject to a comprehensive investigation based on SMS scoring is determined to be satisfactory, but the carrier’s...
FAQ 18: What about carriers seeking an HMSP with insufficient SMS data to calculate a percentile in SMS?
Answer: For HMSP carriers with insufficient data to calculate a percentile in SMS - those who rarely undergo roadside inspections and...
FAQ 17: How will FMCSA use SMS data as part of the HMSP review process?
Answer: FMCSA will review the permit holder’s SMS scores monthly to determine if the carrier has exceeded intervention thresholds for either the HM BASIC or any two BASICs besides the HM BASIC for the preceding two...
FAQ 16: How are the recommendations from FMCSA’s study of the HMSP program being implemented?
Answer: FMCSA has separated the initial application requirements from those for maintenance and renewal of a HMSP. Therefore, the conditions set...
FAQ 15: What two recommendations in the report to Congress are being implemented with this HMSP Program Improvement Implementation policy?
Answer:
a. Fully utilize the SMS as part of the HMSP...
FAQ 14: Why did the HMSP Program Improvement Policy change take place?
Answer: Section 33014 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) required the Secretary of DOT to conduct a study of the HMSP...
FAQ 13: What is the focus of the HMSP Program Improvement Policy change?
Answer: The policy focuses specifically on the use of Safety Measurement System (SMS) data to continually monitor HMSP carrier performance and to determine when an HMSP...
FAQ: 11 How is the "Top 30%" OOS, Hazmat violations, and crash ratings calculated for an HMSP?
Answer: The "top 30%" is a factor defined by examining ALL motor carriers registered for a USDOT Number. The factor establishes a threshold where in the total population of motor carriers, 30...
FAQ 10: Do the permitting requirements apply to materials that have subsidiary hazards that come under the materials list, even if their primary hazard does not? Example: A Flammable Liquid, Class 3, is a subsidiary poison inhalation hazard.
Ansewr: Materials poisonous by inhalation...