# 49 C.F.R. § 372.231 (2026): Tacoma, WA

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## Section

- **Citation:** 49 C.F.R. § 372.231 (2026)
- **Heading:** Tacoma, WA
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Title 49 CFR: Transportation / Chapter III: FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION / Part 372: EXEMPTIONS, COMMERCIAL ZONES, AND TERMINAL AREAS / Subpart B: Commercial Zones / § 372.231: § 372.231   Tacoma, WA.

## Text

The zone adjacent to, and commercially a part of Tacoma, WA, within which transportation by motor vehicle, in interstate or foreign commerce, not under common control, management, or arrangement for shipment to or from points beyond such zone, is partially exempt from regulation under 49 U.S.C. 13506(b)(1), includes and is comprised of all points as follows:
(a) The municipality of Tacoma, WA, itself;
(b) All points within a line drawn 8 miles beyond the municipal limits of Tacoma;
(c) Those points in Pierce County, WA, which are not within the area described in paragraph (b) of this section, but which are on Washington Highway 162 beginning at its intersection with the line described in paragraph (b) of this section, extending to and including Orting, WA, and all points within the Orting commercial zone.
(d) All of any municipality any part of which is within the limits of the combined area defined in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, and
(e) All of any municipality wholly surrounded, or so surrounded except for a water boundary, by the municipality of Tacoma or any other municipality included under the terms of paragraph (d) of this section.
[45 FR 66460, Oct. 7, 1980. Redesignated at 55 FR 42198, Oct. 18, 1990, as amended at 62 FR 15422, Apr. 1, 1997; 66 FR 49870, Oct. 1, 2001; 78 FR 58478, Sept. 24, 2013]

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