49 CFR §390.40
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An intermodal equipment provider must—
- (a)Identify its operations to the FMCSA by filing the Form MCSA-1 required by § 390.201.
- (b)Mark its intermodal equipment with the USDOT number as required by § 390.21 before tendering the equipment to a motor carrier.
- (c)Systematically inspect, repair, and maintain, or cause to be systematically inspected, repaired, and maintained, in a manner consistent with § 396.3(a)(1), as applicable, all intermodal equipment intended for interchange with a motor carrier.
- (d)Provide intermodal equipment intended for interchange that is in safe and proper operating condition.
- (e)Maintain a system of driver vehicle inspection reports submitted to the intermodal equipment provider as required by § 396.11 of this chapter.
- (f)Maintain a system of inspection, repair, and maintenance records as required by § 396.3(b)(3) of this chapter for equipment intended for interchange with a motor carrier.
- (g)Periodically inspect equipment intended for interchange, as required under § 396.17 of this chapter.
- (h)At facilities at which the intermodal equipment provider makes intermodal equipment available for interchange, have procedures in place, and provide sufficient space, for drivers to perform a pre-trip inspection of tendered intermodal equipment.
- (i)At facilities at which the intermodal equipment provider makes intermodal equipment available for interchange, develop and implement procedures to repair any equipment damage, defects, or deficiencies identified as part of a pre-trip inspection, or replace the equipment, prior to the driver's departure. The repairs or replacement must be made after being notified by a driver of such damage, defects, or deficiencies.
- (j)Refrain from placing intermodal equipment in service on the public highways if that equipment has been found to pose an imminent hazard, as defined in § 386.72(b)(3) of this chapter.