Removal of Obsolete References to “Water Carriers”

What it does

FMCSA amends its regulations to remove obsolete references to "water carriers" in the FMCSA regulations (FMCSR). FMCSA does not specifically regulate water carriers except to the extent that such carriers also engage in motor carrier operations. In such cases, the existing FMCSR provide appropriate coverage of the carrier's motor carrier operations.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

5 parts of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

49 CFR 365, 49 CFR 370, 49 CFR 379, 49 CFR 386, 49 CFR 390

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published 21 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 6 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2126-AC86 since Jan. 1, 2025.

• May 30, 2025 Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Removal of Obsolete References to “Water Carriers”

Since then:

• April 30, 2026 Correcting amendments. Removal of Obsolete References to “Water Carriers”; Correction

What happens next and when

Effective March 23, 2026. Petitions for reconsideration of this final rule must be submitted to the FMCSA Administrator no later than March 23, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket FMCSA-2025-0112 on Regulations.gov
• Title 49 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register