Motor Carrier

Intrastate For-Hire Carriers

Rule Reference: OAC 165:30-1 General Provisions

OAC 165:30-3 Intrastate For-Hire Motor Carriers

OAC 165:30-7 Procedural Rules

Carriers transporting passengers or property for-hire within the State of Oklahoma are required to obtain an intrastate for-hire motor carrier license. Note: Intrastate carriers of household goods are required to obtain a household goods certificate.

Intrastate licenses are issued for a period of one year and must be renewed annually.

Licenses are issued in accordance with the type of operations the motor carrier is conducting such as property, passenger, deleterious substances and/or hazardous materials, and are issued for statewide operations.

A motor carrier will, through the licensing program, file and maintain continuous proof of proper liability insurance on file to protect the public (insurance limits are based upon the type of carrier operations), purchase an annual identification device for each vehicle conducting motor carrier operations and obtain a current rule book.

Additional identification devices (stamps placed on a cab card or copy of license inside the vehicle or stickers placed on the side of the power unit) are renewed annually. Additional identification devices may be purchased throughout the year if additional vehicles or replacement vehicles are added to the carrier’s fleet.

New applicants intending to operate equipment subject to the federal motor carrier safety regulations will have their safety record reviewed to determine if the carrier should be scheduled to attend an Educational Compliance Workshop. Workshops are held once a month in Tulsa (see map) and once a month in Midwest City (see map). Failure of the applicant to attend the scheduled workshop or to show compliance with the federal motor carrier safety regulations at or immediately after the workshop will cause the application to be dismissed.

Carriers must additionally provide that its operations prevent unsafe and overloading of vehicles on roadways.

Carriers meeting all requirements for their annual license are not required to appear at a public hearing before a Commission Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), unless otherwise directed.

Forms may be downloaded MCAPPSLIST.HTM.

Intrastate Private Carriers

Rule Reference: OAC 165:30-1 General Provisions

OAC 165:30-7 Procedural Rules

OAC 165:30-15 Intrastate Private Motor Carriers

Carriers utilizing equipment with a GVWR or GCWR of more than 26,000 pounds transporting property within the State of Oklahoma are required to obtain an intrastate private motor carrier license.

Intrastate licenses are issued for a period of one year and must be renewed annually.

Licenses are issued in accordance with the type of operations the motor carrier is conducting such as property, deleterious substances and/or hazardous materials, and are issued for statewide operations.

New applicants intending to operate equipment subject to the federal motor carrier safety regulations will have their safety record reviewed to determine if the carrier should be scheduled to attend an Educational Compliance Workshop. Workshops are held once a month in Tulsa (see map) and once a month in Midwest City (see map). . Failure of the applicant to attend the scheduled workshop or to show compliance with the federal motor carrier safety regulations at or immediately after the workshop will cause the application to be dismissed

Carriers must additionally provide that its operations prevent unsafe and overloading of vehicles on roadways.

Carriers meeting all requirements for their annual license are not required to appear at a public hearing before a Commission Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), unless otherwise directed.

Forms may be downloaded MCAPPSLIST.HTM.

Intrastate Household Goods Carriers

Rule Reference: OAC 165:30-1 General Provisions

OAC 165:30-7 Procedural Rules

OAC 165:30-13 Intrastate Certificates or Permits

Intrastate motor carriers of household goods (used personal effects of a dwelling) are required to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit. Certificates of public convenience and necessity do not expire.

Intrastate motor carriers of household goods are required to file proof of proper liability insurance to protect the public, file proof of proper cargo insurance (insurance limits are based upon the type of carrier operations), file an affidavit that attests to the carrier’s compliance with the adopted tariffs and purchase an appropriate number of annual identification devices for each vehicle conducting motor carrier operations.

The carrier must additionally provide that its operations prevent unsafe and overloading of vehicles on roadways.

A notice of hearing, prepared by the Commission’s Court Clerk’s Office after the application is file, must be published.

Forms may be downloaded MCAPPSLIST.HTM.

Interstate For-Hire Carriers

Regulated by the FMCSA

Single State Registration System (SSRS)

(Base State Program - 38 States)

Rule Reference: OAC 165:30-1 General Provisions

OAC 165:30-7 Procedural Rules

OAC 165:30-11 Interstate Regulated Motor Carriers

Interstate motor carriers performing for-hire operations regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) (previously regulated by the Interstate Commerce Commission-ICC eliminated January 1, 1996 and subsequently regulated by the Federal Highway Administration-FHWA) are registered through the Single State Registration System (SSRS).

Authority must first be obtained from FMCSA ( http://diy.dot.gov/) and subsequently registered through one of the 38 participating states. The SSRS registration state must be the participating state where the carrier’s principal place of business is (as shown on the carrier’s authority issued by FMCSA) or if the carrier’s principal place of business state is a non-participating state, the carrier will choose a participating state in which it travels the most miles.

Carriers provide a copy of their FMCSA authority, a copy of the insurance filing placed on file with the FMCSA, a copy of the carrier’s process agent listing as filed with the FMCSA (BOC 3) and provide the number of vehicles intended to operate in each of the 38 participating states. Fees charged by each respective state are paid to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission via cash or certified funds (money order, cashier’s check). The Oklahoma Corporation Commission issues the SSRS receipt (RS-3) which is maintained at the carrier’s principle place of business with a copy placed in each vehicle “paid for”.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission forwards the carrier’s registration information and fees paid to each applicable state.

SSRS is an annual program and the RS-3 receipt must be renewed annually. Renewal period is August through December of each year for the following year.

A supplemental application must be made if a carrier intends to add vehicles or add states to its initial RS-3 receipt.

Forms may be downloaded MCAPPSLIST.HTM .

Please contact the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Transportation Division, Requirements Section at (405) 521-2251 if you intend to utilize Oklahoma as your SSRS registration state but your principle place of business is a non-participating state. An appropriate RS-2 (form showing participating states and the fees associated with each state) form will be mailed or faxed upon request. The RS-2 form on this website is for Oklahoma based companies only.

Interstate For-Hire Carriers

Exempt by the FMCSA

(Interstate Registration Certificate - IRC)

Rule Reference: OAC 165:30-1 General Provisions

OAC 165:30-7 Procedural Rules

OAC 165:30-9 Interstate Exempt Motor Carriers

Interstate motor carriers performing for-hire operations exempt from regulation by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) (previously regulated by the Interstate Commerce Commission-ICC eliminated January 1, 1996 and subsequently regulated by the Federal Highway Administration-FHWA) must obtain an Interstate Registration Certificate (IRC) from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

The IRC, once issued, is valid until cancelled.

The carrier must maintain proper continuous liability insurance on file with the Commission.

Carriers must renewal their identification devices annually (calendar year basis). One device per power unit is required.

Carriers that are based in the following states are not required to purchase and display identification devices for interstate only operations: Arkansas, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas.

NOTE: Carriers engaged in intercorporate hauling (subsidiary transporting for a parent or sister company, or vice versa) in interstate commerce must obtain an IRC.

Forms may be downloaded MCAPPSLIST.HTM .

Deleterious Substance Transporters

(Deleterious Substance Transport Permit - DSTP)

Rule Reference: OAC 165:30-3-13 Deleterious Substance Transport Permit

Carriers transporting deleterious substances (oilfield related waste, such as tank bottoms, drilling mud, etc.), whether in intrastate or interstate commerce, must hold a current DSTP. DSTPs are renewed annually.

The carrier must also show proof of access to a licensed disposal site for deleterious substances.

If a carrier additionally temporarily stores deleterious substances in a truck yard pit, a truck yard pit permit must be acquired.

Forms may be downloaded MCAPPSLIST.HTM .

Hazardous Waste Carriers Registrations and Permits

(Alliance Base State Program - 7 States)

Rule Reference: OAC 165:30-1 General Provisions

OAC 165:30-7 Procedural Rules

OAC 165:30-17 Hazardous Waste Transporters

The Commission administers a uniform program to register and permit carriers transporting hazardous materials. The Commission’s procedures are in accordance with those set forth by the Alliance for Uniform Hazardous Material Transportation Procedures (the Alliance).

The Alliance is a base state system for registering and permitting hazardous materials carriers through a single state and distributing fees as appropriate to participating states. The Alliance permit is honored in all participating states.

Carriers domiciled in Oklahoma or having plurality of mileage in Oklahoma will utilize the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to register their hazardous materials or hazardous waste transportation in and/or through all participating states.

For transportation of hazardous waste in and/or through Oklahoma of a type and amount that must be listed on the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (Form 8700-22), registration with an Alliance participating state is required. Payment for activity through participating states will be collected upon annual renewal of the registration.

Carriers transporting in intrastate for-hire commerce, intrastate private carriage, interstate exempt for-hire carriage or interstate regulated carriage must additionally be registered under the respective authority programs. The hazardous waste registration and permit is an additional requirements of hazardous waste transporters.

Link to AllianceContacts.pdf

Link to Haz_W_FAQs.pdf

Forms may be downloaded MCAPPSLIST.HTM .

Truck Yard Wash Pits

Rule Reference: OAC 165:30-3-92 Pollution Abatement

Carriers transporting deleterious substances, desiring to temporarily store wash-out fluids from tank trucks, must construct and maintain a wash out pit in accordance with Commission regulations. Fluids temporarily stored in a washout pit will ultimately be properly disposed of in a permitted disposal well (permitted by the Oil and Gas Division of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission).

Carriers transporting in intrastate for-hire commerce, intrastate private carriage, interstate exempt for-hire carriage or interstate regulated carriage must additionally be registered under the respective authority programs. Carriers of deleterious substances must additionally obtain a DSTP. The truck yard pit permit is an additional requirements of deleterious substance transporters that temporarily store deleterious substances in a truck yard pit.