385.801—Purpose and scope.
(a)
This subpart establishes procedures for FMCSA's issuance of notices of remedial directives and proposed determinations of unfitness.
(b)
This subpart establishes the circumstances under which FMCSA will direct motor carriers (including owner-operators leased to motor carriers, regardless of whether the owner-operator has separate operating authority under part 365 ), in accordance with § 385.1(a), to install electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) in their commercial motor vehicles as a remedy for threshold rate violations, as defined by § 385.803, of the part 395 hours-of-service regulations listed in appendix C to this part.
(c)
This subpart establishes the procedures by which motor carriers may challenge FMCSA's issuance of proposed determinations of unfitness and remedial directives.
(d)
The provisions of this subpart apply to all motor carriers subject to the requirements of part 395 of this chapter.