Demonstration Project on NAFTA Trucking Provisions

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-2007-28055] AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of extension of demonstration project. SUMMARY: FMCSA announces the extension of the demonstration project allowing up to 100 Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the U.S. border commercial zones, and the same number of U.S. carriers to operate in Mexico, from one year to the full three years allowed by statute, 49 U.S.C. 31315 . Reciprocally, Mexico has agreed to allow U.S.-domiciled motor carriers in the demonstration project to continue to operate in Mexico for up to three years. DATES: This notice is effective upon publication. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Milt Schmidt, Division Chief, North American Borders Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Telephone (202) 366-4049; e-mail milt.schmidt@dot.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters and Mexico's Secretary of Communications and Transportation Luis Tollez Kuenzler announced a demonstration project to implement certain trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in February 2007. The project was expected to last one year. FMCSA's notice inaugurating the project stated that “[t]he demonstration project has a one-year limit” ( 72 FR 23883 , 23884 , May 1, 2007). Shortly thereafter Congress required the Department of Transportation (DO…