Interesting...
While it does not affect me, I thought I would check out what this new program is and who it applies to. It seems to be a replacement safety program for commercial vehicles that is not supposed to apply to any vehicles that were not already regulated under the old program. It is somewhat confusing to figure out who and what vehicles it applies to. They use the term "commercial vehicles" driven by people who must have a "commercial drivers license" and define them as follows:
From Part 383.5 Definitions -
Commercial motor vehicle (CMV) means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle—
(a) Has a gross combination weight rating of 11,794 kilograms or more (26,001 pounds or more) inclusive of a towed unit(s) with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds); or
(b) Has a gross vehicle weight rating of 11,794 or more kilograms (26,001 pounds or more); or
(c) Is designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; or
(d) Is of any size and is used in the transportation of hazardous materials as defined in this section.
Commercial driver’s license (CDL) means a license issued by a State or other jurisdiction, in accordance with the standards contained in 49 CFR Part 383 , to an individual which authorizes the individual to operate a class of a commercial motor vehicle.
Hazardous materials means any material that has been designated as hazardous under 49 U.S.C. 5103 and is required to be placarded under subpart F of 49 CFR part 172 or any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin in 42 CFR part 73.
It sounds as if you already were required to have a CDL for your vehicle, then you were supposed to have been keeping records under the old system and were already subject to safety inspections. However, I may be missing something, as the info on their website is hard to find and uses a lot of do-gooder jargon like "improvements in methodology" and "new operational model" that make sit sound like this is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Here a link to their website, see if you can understand it any better:
http://csa2010.fmcsa.dot.gov/