Clarification to the Applicability of Emergency Exemptions; Response to Petitions for Reconsideration
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register Oct. 5, 2026. Document 2026-20325. Updated Nov. 5, 2026.
- What it does
FMCSA amends its emergency declaration regulations to revise from 14 days to 30 days the length of the relief automatically triggered subsequent to a regional declaration of emergency by a Governor of a State, the Governor's authorized representative, or FMCSA. This action is in response to several petitions for reconsideration received after publication of a final rule in October 2023.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
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-AC77 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
Effective October 5, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-20325 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Transportation Department; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
| Published | Oct. 5, 2026 |
| Effective date | Oct. 5, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 2126-AC77 |
| Docket | FMCSA-2025-0124 |
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