{"abstract":"The FMCSA suspends its regulations requiring existing interstate motor carriers, freight forwarders, brokers, intermodal equipment providers (IEPs), hazardous materials safety permit (HMSP) applicants, and cargo tank facilities under FMCSA jurisdiction to submit required registration and biennial update information to the Agency via a new electronic on-line Unified Registration System (URS). During this suspension, entities needing to file will follow the same procedures and forms used to submit information to FMCSA as they do today.","action":"Final rule; suspension of effective date and temporary final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2017/01/17/2016-31706.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":360,"title":49},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":365,"title":49},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":366,"title":49},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":368,"title":49},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":385,"title":49},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":387,"title":49},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":390,"title":49}],"citation":"82 FR 5292","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective Dates: This rule is effective January 14, 2017.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FMCSA-1997-2349"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2016-31706","effective_on":"2017-01-14","end_page":5318,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2017/01/17/2016-31706.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/17/2016-31706/unified-registration-system-suspension-of-effectiveness","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-31706?publication_date=2017-01-17","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2017-01-17/2016-31706/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":27,"page_views":{"count":2538,"last_updated":"2026-04-05 00:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-01-17/pdf/2016-31706.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-31706.pdf?1484315125","publication_date":"2017-01-17","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2017/01/17/2016-31706.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"2126-AC00":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["2126-AC00"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"URS Categorical Exclusion Determination","document_id":"FMCSA-1997-2349-0199"},{"title":"URS Privacy Impact Assessment","document_id":"FMCSA-1997-2349-0198"},{"title":"URS Regulatory Evaluation","document_id":"FMCSA-1997-2349-0197"},{"title":"Form MCSA-1","document_id":"FMCSA-1997-2349-0196"},{"title":"Instructions to Form MCSA-1","document_id":"FMCSA-1997-2349-0195"},{"title":"Unified Registration System, SNPRM Categorical Exclusion Determination","document_id":"FMCSA-1997-2349-0180"},{"title":"Unified Registration System, SNPRM Regulatory Evaluation and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, October 2011","document_id":"FMCSA-1997-2349-0179"},{"title":"Regulatory Impact Analysis, Unified Registration System (URS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking","document_id":"FMCSA-1997-2349-0113"},{"title":"U.S. DOT/FHWA HQ - Supplement","document_id":"FMCSA-1997-2349-0108"},{"title":"U.S. DOT/FHWA HQ - Supplement","document_id":"FMCSA-1997-2349-0107"}],"regulatory_plan":{"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2126-AA22/unified-registration-system","title":"Unified Registration System"},"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FMCSA-1997-2349","supporting_documents_count":12,"docket_id":"FMCSA-1997-2349","regulation_id_number":"2126-AA22","title":"Unified Registration System","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2017-02-17T05:01:11Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":5292,"subtype":null,"title":"Unified Registration System; Suspension of Effectiveness","toc_doc":"Unified Registration System; Suspension of Effectiveness","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Brokers","Buses","Freight","Freight forwarders","Hazardous materials transportation","Highway safety","Insurance","Intergovernmental relations","Intermodal transportation","Motor carriers","Motor vehicle safety","Moving of household goods","Penalties","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Surety bonds"],"type":"Rule","volume":82}