1 irp registration maintenance assignment of motor carrier responsible for safety version 1.2

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IRP Registration Maintenance

Assignment of Motor Carrier Responsible for Safety

Version 1.2

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Provides mechanism for tying vehicle information to the motor carrier responsible for safety. This linkage between the carrier and vehicle enables State and Federal Governments to:

1) Identify the motor carriers responsible for the safety of the vehicles

2) Monitor the safety performance at both the carrier and vehicle level.

IRP Registration Process

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ABC Motor Carrier registersits three trucks and does notlease any of its trucks.

Entity DOT #

ABC Motor Carrier 222222

222222

222222

222222

222222

Registrant DOT #

Vehicle: DOT # ofCarrier Responsible for Safety

N

“N” in column 22 indicates thatCarrier Responsible for Safety is not expected to change during registration year.

N

N

Example 1

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Big Truck Lease registers itsthree trucks and long-termleases them to XYZ Motor Carrier.

Entity DOT #

Big Truck Lease 666666

XYZ Motor Carrier 333333

666666

333333

333333

333333

Registrant DOT #


N

N

N

Example 2

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Big Truck Lease is renewing its registration.The motor carrier responsible for safety, XYZ Motor Carrier, is expected to change in 4 months.

Entity DOT #



666666

333333

333333

333333

Registrant DOT #


The DOT # of the motor carrier responsible

for safety at the time of registration should be recorded. The Y indicator is recorded to indicate the carrier is expected to change. Carrier information should not be bar-coded. on the registration cab card if the carrier responsible for safety is expected to change during the registration year.

Y

Y

Y

Example 3

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Default Motor Carrier

Vehicle registrant becomes a “default motor carrier” responsible for safety when:- Responsible carrier is expected to change in 29 days or less

- Responsible carrier not known at time of registration

Note: The USDOT number at the vehicle level (motor carrier responsible for safety) must be a “motor carrier” number and cannot be a “registrant only” number.

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Big Truck Lease registers itsthree trucks. Truck 1 is long-termleased to ABC Motor Carrier.Truck 2 is long-term leased toXYZ Motor Carrier. Truck 3 iscontinually trip leased tovarious customers.

Entity DOT #




666666

333333

222222

666666

Registrant DOT #


N

N

Y

Example 4

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ABC Motor Carrier has a fleet of 3Owner operators on its IRP account.The owner operators all have their ownauthority and their own DOT numbers.However they are all long-term leasedto ABC Motor Carrier for the entireregistration year.

222222

222222

222222

222222

Registrant DOT #


Entity DOT #


Owner Operator 1 111111



N

N

N

Example 5

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Owner Operator X registers hisown truck. He trip leases todifferent motor carriers throughoutthe year.

Entity DOT #

Owner Operator X 888888

888888

888888

Registrant DOT #


Owner Operator X is the defaultmotor carrier.

Y

Example 6

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Owner Operator Y registers 3 trucksthat he leases from Big Truck Lease.He in turn is long-term leased toXYZ Motor Carrier.

Entity DOT #


Owner Operator Y 444444


444444

333333

333333

333333

Registrant DOT #


N

N

N

Example 7

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