# Incorporation by Reference; North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria; Hazardous Materials Safety Permits
> **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2020-02-24 · Effective 2020-03-25 · 85 FR 10307
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-03129
- **Category:** motor-carrier
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 10307
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 385
- **Publication date:** 2020-02-24
- **Effective date:** 2020-03-25
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. FMCSA-2019-0068
## Abstract

FMCSA amends its Hazardous Materials Safety Permit regulations to incorporate by reference the April 1, 2019, edition of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA) "North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria and Level VI Inspection Procedures and Out-of- Service Criteria for Commercial Highway Vehicles Transporting Transuranics and Highway Route Controlled Quantities of Radioactive Materials as defined in 49 CFR part 173.403." The Out-of-Service Criteria provide uniform enforcement tolerances for roadside inspections to enforcement personnel nationwide, including FMCSA's State partners.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/24/2020-03129/incorporation-by-reference-north-american-standard-out-of-service-criteria-hazardous-materials)
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