Houston, TX
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Houston freight is the Ship Channel, I-10, I-45, and I-69: plants, tanks, pipe, and boxes. A Houston cell is not the census telephone. Look up the USDOT or MC, match L&I, then read 49 CFR 387.9 against this commodity. A tank photo is not the row.
desks for this cover
- FMCSA L&I
- Authority and BMC-91/91X. Plant-approved lists are access control. They are not a substitute for Active authority.
- 49 CFR 387.9
- Oil, bulk specified HM, and ordinary property are different floors. $750,000 is the wrong row for many Channel products. Read the table.
- Port Houston / plants
- TWIC, site videos, and approved-carrier lists decide the gate. FMCSA does not issue them.
- TxDMV / TxPROS
- Texas OS/OW is TxDMV. “We called TxDOT” is the wrong desk for the permit.
first-touch in Houston
- What is the product or UN/NA number, and which 49 CFR 387.9 row applies?
- Does L&I show Active authority and the matching BI&PD amount with no pending cancellation before pickup?
- If this plant requires TWIC or a site badge, will the driver have it?
- Do legal name, MC, and DOT on the rate con match the truck that will show?
- If oversize or overweight, is a TxPROS permit in hand for this route?
stop and do not cover
- Using $750,000 on bulk or specified hazardous materials.
- HMSP required and not current.
- Census phone does not reach the legal entity on the rate con.
- Plant gate access treated as operating authority.
- Dallas paperwork reused on a Channel pickup without a new L&I pull.
do not use the property floor on gulf bulk
Gulf bulk is where desks grab the $750,000 property floor. That is often the wrong row. Read table 1 to 49 CFR 387.9 against this UN number and quantity. Confirm form type and amount on L&I the day you cover. Pending cancellation before pickup is a stop on HM the same as on dry van.
PHMSA registration and, when the material requires it, an HM Safety Permit sit on top of ordinary authority. A Texas intrastate HM credential is a different grant if the load never leaves the state. Interstate HM still needs the federal file.
channel identity
HM identity theft uses a clean new MC and a familiar plant name. Call the census telephone. Match the legal name on the rate con. Do not skip L&I because cargo-carried says Chemicals.
A dispatcher LLC on the rate con and a tank operator’s DOT on the truck is two companies. You do not have a carrier until they are the same legal person.
this is not dallas
Alliance ramps and DFW warehouses are a different city desk. If the pickup is Baytown, Pasadena, or the Turning Basin, write Houston. Do not paste a Dallas van checklist onto a Channel tank and call it done.
Pipe and machinery on open deck still need Subpart I securement and TxPROS when over legal. Interstate authority does not include a blanket Texas overweight.
direct answers
- Does a plant-approved list replace L&I?
- No. Approved-carrier lists are access control. Operating authority and BMC filings are L&I. You need the federal file even when the plant already knows the name.
- Is Houston the same as Dallas for vetting?
- Identity is the same sequence: DOT or MC, legal name, census phone, L&I. Commodity and access are not the same. Channel bulk often needs a different 387.9 row than DFW dry van.
- Does cargo-carried Chemicals replace reading 387.9?
- No. Census cargo class is a hint. The BI&PD row is table 1 to 49 CFR 387.9 against this product. Ask TWIC and TxPROS after identity, not instead of it.
as of September 2026
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