FMCSA says the exemption applies only to “operations providing direct assistance to the emergency relief effort,” citing a rule that says the direct assistance means providing state and localities the “capabilities to save lives or property or to protect public health and safety.”
The exemption ends when a driver begins to transport cargo not destined for the emergency relief effort or when a carrier dispatches a driver to a different location “to begin operations in furtherance of commerce.”
Drivers operating under the declaration must have a copy of it in their possession — Click here to see a printable PDF of the document.
The exemption is set to end at 10 a.m. EDT June 5.