# Hours of Service of Drivers: Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA); Application for Exemption; Final Disposition
> **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration** · Notice of final disposition; partial grant and partial denial of application for exemption. · Published 2016-11-01 · Effective 2016-11-01 · 81 FR 75727
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-26333
- **Category:** motor-carrier
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 75727
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 395
- **Publication date:** 2016-11-01
- **Effective date:** 2016-11-01
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0096
## Abstract

FMCSA announces its decision to grant the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) an exemption from the 30-minute rest break rule of the Agency's hours-of-service (HOS) regulations for certain commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers. The Agency denies SC&RA's further request for exemption from the 14-hour driving window of the HOS rules. All qualifying motor carriers and drivers operating mobile cranes with a rated lifting capacity of greater than 30 tons are exempt from the 30-minute break provision. FMCSA has analyzed the exemption application and public comments and has determined that the exemption, subject to the terms and conditions imposed, will achieve a level of safety that is equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be achieved absent such exemption.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/01/2016-26333/hours-of-service-of-drivers-specialized-carriers-and-rigging-association-scandra-application-for)
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