# Requirements for Intermodal Equipment Providers and for Motor Carriers and Drivers Operating Intermodal Equipment
> **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration** · Final rule; technical amendments, response to petitions for reconsideration, and; partial extension of deadline. · Published 2009-12-29 · Effective 2009-12-29 · 74 FR 68703
## Document
- **Document number:** E9-30654
- **Category:** motor-carrier
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 74 FR 68703
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 386
- **Publication date:** 2009-12-29
- **Effective date:** 2009-12-29
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. FMCSA-2005-23315
## Abstract

FMCSA amends its December 17, 2008, final rule implementing section 4118 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The 2008 final rule makes intermodal equipment providers (IEPs) subject to certain Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs), and establishes shared safety responsibility among IEPs, motor carriers, and drivers. These amendments create a fifth marking option for identifying the IEP responsible for the inspection, repair, and maintenance of items of intermodal equipment (IME) in response to a petition for reconsideration from the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA); clarify regulatory text and correct an inadvertent error in response to a petition for reconsideration from the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association (OCEMA); and extend the deadline for IEPs, motor carriers, and drivers operating IME to comply with certain provisions pertaining to driver-vehicle inspections in response to a petition filed by OCEMA.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/12/29/E9-30654/requirements-for-intermodal-equipment-providers-and-for-motor-carriers-and-drivers-operating)
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