Enhanced Carrier Safety Measurement System (SMS)

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration [Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0066] ( printed page 91874) AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice; response to public comments. SUMMARY: FMCSA announces enhancements to the Safety Measurement System (SMS) used to identify motor carriers for safety interventions and addresses comments received in response to FMCSA's Federal Register notice titled, “Revised Carrier Safety Measurement System (SMS).” These enhancements build on the Agency's efforts to continually improve SMS, which it first implemented in 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wesley Russell, Compliance Division, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, (615) 620-9377, wesley.russell@dot.gov . If you have questions regarding viewing or submitting material to the docket, contact Dockets Operations, (202) 366-9826. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background In December 2010, FMCSA implemented SMS to identify high risk motor carriers for investigations ( 75 FR 18256 , Apr. 9, 2010). Section 5305(a) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act ( Pub. L. 114-94 ; 129 Stat. 1312; Dec. 4, 2015) requires FMCSA to ensure, at a minimum, that a review is conducted on motor carriers that demonstrate, through performance data, that they are among the highest risk carriers for 4 consecutive months. FMCSA and its State enforcement partners also u…