Applications governed by these rules.

These rules govern the handling of applications for operating authority of the following type: (a) Applications for certificates and permits to operate as a motor common or contract carrier of property or passengers. (b) Applications for permits to operate as a freight forwarder. (c) [Reserved] (d) Applications for licenses to operate as a broker of motor vehicle transportation. (e) Applications for certificates under 49 U.S.C. 13902(b)(3) to operate as a motor carrier of passengers in intrastate commerce over regular routes if such intrastate transportation is to be provided on a route over which the carrier provides interstate transportation of passengers. (f) [Reserved] (g) Applications for temporary motor carrier authority. (h) Applications for Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate in foreign commerce as for-hire or private motor carriers of property (including exempt items) between Mexico and all points in the United States. A Mexico-domiciled motor carrier may not provide point-to-point transportation services, including express delivery services, within the United States for goods other than international cargo. (i) Applications for non-North America-domiciled motor carriers to operate in foreign commerce as for-hire motor carriers of property and passengers within the United States. (j) The rules in this part do not apply to “pipeline welding trucks” as defined in 49 CFR 390.38(b). [82 FR 5299, Jan. 17, 2017, as amended at 86 FR 57068, Oct. 14, 2021]