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As an intermodal equipment provider, 49 CFR 390.40T requires you to:
* Identify your operations to the FMCSA by filing Form MCS-150C.
* Mark your intermodal equipment with your USDOT number before handing it over (tendering it) to a motor carrier.
* Systematically inspect, repair, and maintain all intermodal equipment meant for interchange (or have it done), following applicable standards.
* Ensure any intermodal equipment you provide for interchange is in safe and proper operating condition.
* Keep a system for driver vehicle inspection reports submitted to you.
* Keep a system of inspection, repair, and maintenance records for the equipment.
* Periodically inspect the equipment intended for interchange.
* At your interchange facilities, provide procedures and enough space for drivers to perform pre-trip inspections of the equipment.
* At your interchange facilities, develop and put into action procedures to repair or replace any equipment damage, defects, or deficiencies found during a pre-trip inspection before the driver departs, once a driver notifies you of the issue.
* Do not place intermodal equipment on public highways if it has been found to pose an imminent hazard.