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.
(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.
(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).