# Assessment of the Continued Need for COVID-19 Emergency Declaration, Regulatory Relief for Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations
> **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration** · Request for comments. · Published 2022-09-07 · 87 FR 54630
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-19304
- **Category:** motor-carrier
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 54630
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 395
- **Publication date:** 2022-09-07
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0189
## Abstract

On August 31, 2022, FMCSA announced the extension of its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Emergency Declaration which provides regulatory relief for motor carriers and drivers engaged in providing direct assistance in continued support of the Nation's COVID- 19 national emergency. The extension of the emergency declaration expires on October 15, 2022. FMCSA (the "Agency") seeks public comment concerning the extent to which motor carriers currently rely on the emergency declaration to deliver certain commodities and whether there has been any impact on safety.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/07/2022-19304/assessment-of-the-continued-need-for-covid-19-emergency-declaration-regulatory-relief-for-commercial)
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