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For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.21
Kevin M. O’Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8449; No. 2013–5]
Determination Pursuant to the Foreign
Missions Act
Pursuant to the authority vested in me
under the Foreign Missions Act, 22
U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), and
Department of State Delegation of
Authority No. 198 of September 16,
1992, I hereby determine that the plans
submitted by the Embassy of the
Republic of South Africa to the Public
Space Committee of the District of
Columbia’s Department of Consumer
and Regulatory Affairs concerning the
location of a flagpole in public space at
its chancery located at 3051
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
demonstrate substantial compliance
with District of Columbia building and
related codes in a manner determined
by the Secretary to be inconsistent with
the international obligations of the
United States, in accordance with
section 206(g) of the Act.
Dated: August 20, 2013.
Patrick F. Kennedy,
Under Secretary for Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
Registration and Financial Security
Requirements for Brokers of Property
and Freight Forwarders
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
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for Progress in the 21st Century Act
(MAP–21) concerning persons acting as
a broker or a freight forwarder. Section
32915 of MAP–21 requires anyone
acting as a broker or a freight forwarder
and subject to FMCSA jurisdiction,
including motor carriers, to register and
obtain broker or freight forwarder
authority from FMCSA. Section 32918
amended the financial security
requirements applicable to property
brokers and created new requirements
for freight forwarders. FMCSA provides
guidance for brokers and freight
forwarders on how to comply with the
new requirements and information
regarding FMCSA’s enforcement of
these provisions.
DATES: This guidance is effective
October 1, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey Secrist or Gerald Folsom, Office
of Registration and Safety Information,
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202)
385–2367/2405 regarding financial
security requirements or Kenneth
Rodgers, Office of Enforcement and
Compliance, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001,
(202) 385–2400 regarding enforcement.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 6,
2012, the President signed MAP–21
(Pub. L. 112–141, 126 Stat. 405 (2012))
into law, which included a number of
mandatory, non-discretionary changes
to FMCSA programs. Some of these
changes amended the financial security
requirements applicable to property
brokers and freight forwarders operating
under FMCSA’s jurisdiction. Others
required motor carriers to register as
brokers if they were also performing
brokerage functions. The FMCSA
provides guidance to ensure that all
interested parties are aware of the selfexecuting statutory provisions that take
effect on October 1, 2013, and how
those subject to the requirements can
achieve compliance with the law.
A. General Broker/Freight Forwarder
Information
FMCSA has received a number of
requests from motor carriers and other
transportation companies requesting
additional information about when
registration as a broker or freight
forwarder is required. The Agency has
compiled a list of the most common
questions and our responses and
presents the information below in
question-and-answer format.
Question 1: What is a broker?
Answer: A broker is a person or an
entity that, for compensation, arranges,
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or offers to arrange, for the
transportation of property by a motor
carrier. A broker does not transport the
property and does not assume
responsibility for the property.
Although MAP–21 left in place the
previous statutory definition of
‘‘broker,’’ which expressly excludes
motor carriers and their agents and
employees (49 U.S.C. 13102(2)), the new
law separately prohibits motor carriers
from brokering transportation services
unless they are registered as a broker (49
U.S.C. 13902(a)(6)).
Question 2: What is a freight
forwarder?
Answer: A freight forwarder is a
person or entity that holds itself out to
the general public as providing
transportation of property for
compensation, and in the ordinary
course of its business:
• Assembles and consolidates, or
provides for assembling and
consolidating, shipments and performs
or provides for break-bulk and
distribution operations of the
shipments;
• Assumes responsibility for the
transportation from the place of receipt
to the place of destination; and
• Uses for any part of the
transportation a rail, motor or water
carrier subject to the jurisdiction of
either FMCSA or the Surface
Transportation Board.
Question 3: Are freight forwarders
and brokers required to register with
FMCSA?
Answer: Yes. Freight forwarders and
brokers that are involved in interstate
commerce and subject to FMCSA
jurisdiction are required to register with
FMCSA. Freight forwarders that perform
both freight forwarder services and
motor carrier services (beyond the scope
of their freight forwarding operations)
must register both as freight forwarders
and as motor carriers. Additionally, as
noted in Q1 above, MAP–21 requires
motor carriers that broker loads, even
occasionally, to register both as motor
carriers and as brokers.
Question 4: How would a motor
carrier that also brokers loads apply for
broker authority?
Answer: Anyone seeking broker
authority must file a Form OP–1 and
submit it to FMCSA. Companies with
existing motor carrier authority should
include their current USDOT Number
on the OP–1 form but leave the MC
Number field blank. FMCSA will issue
a separate MC Number for the broker
authority. While MAP–21 requires
FMCSA to establish an indicator of the
type of transportation or service for
which the USDOT registration number
is issued, including whether the
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8449; No. 2013-5]
Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act
Pursuant to the authority vested in me under the Foreign Missions
Act, 22 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), and Department of State
Delegation of Authority No. 198 of September 16, 1992, I hereby
determine that the plans submitted by the Embassy of the Republic of
South Africa to the Public Space Committee of the District of
Columbia's Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs concerning the
location of a flagpole in public space at its chancery located at 3051
Massachusetts Avenue NW., demonstrate substantial compliance with
District of Columbia building and related codes in a manner determined
by the Secretary to be inconsistent with the international obligations
of the United States, in accordance with section 206(g) of the Act.
Dated: August 20, 2013.
Patrick F. Kennedy,
Under Secretary for Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-21600 Filed 9-4-13; 8:45 am]
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