{"id":"DUT-FED-065","kind":"duty","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","authority":"49 C.F.R. 390.23(a)(1)(i); 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (presidential emergency declaration of Mar. 13, 2020)","instrument":"Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Mar. 13, 2020)","title":"Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"expanded Mar. 18, 2020 (Ex. DUT-FED-037); extended repeatedly through Oct. 15, 2022","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["SUPPLY","TRAV","EMP"],"addressees":["motor carriers and drivers providing direct assistance"],"clause":"an emergency exists that warrants an exemption from Parts 390 through 399 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations... for motor carriers and drivers providing direct assistance in support of emergency relief efforts related to the COVID-19 outbreaks... Direct assistance terminates when a driver or commercial motor vehicle is used in interstate commerce to transport cargo or provide services that are not in support of emergency relief efforts... [the driver] must be permitted at least 10 consecutive hours off duty before the driver is required to return... Nothing contained in this Emergency Declaration shall be construed as an exemption from the controlled substances and alcohol use and testing requirements (49 CFR Part 382), the commercial driver\u0027s license requirements (49 CFR Part 383), the financial responsibility (insurance) requirements (49 CFR Part 387), the hazardous material regulations (49 CFR Parts 100-180), applicable size and weight requirements, or any other portion of the regulations not specifically exempted under to 49 CFR § 390.23.","enforcement":"49 U.S.C. 521(b)","functions":[],"notes":"The first nationwide FMCSA emergency declaration in the agency\u0027s history: hours-of-service relief limited to direct assistance for medical supplies and equipment, masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, soap and disinfectants, food for emergency restocking, and personnel, on \u0027must\u0027 conditions; the standing FMCSRs otherwise continued to bind every motor carrier.","sourceUrl":"https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/sites/fmcsa.dot.gov/files/2020-03/FMCSA%20Emergency%20Declaration%203.13.20.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200411192310id_/https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/sites/fmcsa.dot.gov/files/2020-03/FMCSA%20Emergency%20Declaration%203.13.20.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1159682,"grade":"primary","character":"emergency_relief_with_mandatory_conditio","description":"","collection":"DUT-FED","url":"/library/DUT-FED-065","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-FED-065","citation":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-065)","stateName":"","related":["DUT-FED-037"]}