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Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Fuel Tank Overfill Restriction

4 candidate passages from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
instruction

Given a question about a regulation, retrieve the document that announces a requirement the agency has adopted and that is now in effect.

rank 1 Rule

FMCSA removes the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) that a liquid fuel tank manufactured on or after January 1, 1973, be designed and constructed so that it cannot be filled, in a normal filling operation, with a quantity of fuel that exceeds 95 percent of the tank's liquid capacity. This final rule responds to a petition for rulemaking from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). The revision removes an unnecessary and outdated requirement from the FMCSRs.

instruction

Given a question about a regulation, retrieve the document that announces a change the agency is proposing and inviting public comment on.

rank 1 Proposed Rule

FMCSA proposes to remove the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that a liquid fuel tank manufactured on or after January 1, 1973, be designed and constructed so that it cannot be filled, in a normal filling operation, with a quantity of fuel that exceeds 95 percent of the tank's liquid capacity. This proposal is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). The proposed change would remove an unnecessary and outdated requirement from the FMCSRs.

A pending proposal reaches first place only when the call asks for one

Every question names a rulemaking and never says whether its rule is in force. With no rule in the call, rank 1 was a regulation already adopted in 24 of the 24 questions, and a pending proposal in 0 of them. One sentence in the call put a proposal first in 17, over the same candidates and the same query.

Spearmint oil quota

Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quantity and Allotment Percentage for Class 3 (Native) Spearmint Oil for the 2024-2025 Marketing Year

Agricultural Marketing Service
rule adopted and now in effect Rule

This final rule implements a recommendation from the Far West Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee (Committee) to revise the quantity of Class 3 (Native) spearmint oil that handlers may purchase from, or handle on behalf of, producers in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon and parts of Nevada and Utah (Far West) for the 2024-2025 marketing year, which began on June 1, 2024. This action increases the 2024-2025 marketing year Native spearmint oil salable quantity from 678,980 pounds to 731,220 pounds, and the allotment percentage from 26 percent to 28 percent.

Returned at rank 1
rule proposed and open for comment Proposed Rule

This proposed rule would implement a recommendation from the Far West Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee (Committee) to revise the quantity of Class 3 (Native) spearmint oil that handlers may purchase from, or handle on behalf of, producers in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon and parts of Nevada and Utah (Far West) for the 2024-2025 marketing year, which began on June 1, 2024. This action would increase the 2024-2025 marketing year Native spearmint oil salable quantity from 678,980 pounds to 731,220 pounds, and the allotment percentage from 26 percent to 28 percent.

Returned at rank 1

The two passages differ in three places: final against proposed, and two verbs put into the conditional. Every pound and percentage in them is identical. Each rule put its own document first.

Federal Register
Gas pipeline standards

Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
rule adopted and now in effect Rule

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission amends its regulations to incorporate by reference, as mandatory enforceable requirements, revisions to three of the Version 4.0 Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines adopted by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ) of the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB). These revisions are designed to streamline the process for accessing publicly available gas-electric coordination data during extreme cold weather or emergency events.

Returned at rank 1
rule proposed and open for comment Proposed Rule

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to amend its regulations to incorporate by reference certain modifications to the latest version (Version 4.0) of Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines adopted by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ) of the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB). NAESB's revisions in Version 4.0 of the standards streamline the process for accessing publicly available gas-electric coordination data during extreme cold weather or emergency events.

Returned at rank 1

All four candidates announce NAESB standards, two for gas pipelines and two for public utilities. With no rule in the call the adopted rule and the proposal came back on the same score, 1.00 each. Each rule then put its own document first.

Federal Register
Special permit 21478

Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permit 21478

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
rule adopted and now in effect Rule

This final rule removes undue regulatory burdens by adopting the provisions of U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) special permit (SP) 21478 to allow empty intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) that only contain the residue of a hazardous material to be transported without shipping papers, placards, and United Nations (UN) identification (ID) numbers.

Returned at rank 1
rule proposed and open for comment Proposed Rule

PHMSA proposes to adopt the provisions of DOT special permit (SP) 21478 into the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR). Adoption of this special permit would authorize intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) containing a residue of a certain hazardous materials to be transported without shipping papers, placards, and motor vehicle marking of the UN identification (ID) number subject to additional operational controls. The proposed revisions provide relief from undue burdens of hazard communication requirements for low-risk transportation of empty packaging and eliminate the need for special permit renewal requests.

Returned at rank 1

Two special permits, two dockets, four passages about relieving the same kind of burden. Each rule put the right document from the right docket first.

Federal Register

24 questions across 24 federal agencies, four Federal Register abstracts each, 120 calls to Qwen/Qwen3-Reranker-4B recorded on 2026-09-21. This page shows 4: 3 here and one in the hero.

Send the rule with the query in one score call

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from sie_sdk import SIEClient

client = SIEClient(
    api_key="sk-sie-…",
    base_url="https://api.superlinked.com",
)

query = "Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Fuel Tank Overfill Restriction"
documents = [
    "FMCSA removes the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) that a liquid fuel tank manufactured on or after January 1, 1973, be designed and constructed so that it cannot be filled, in a normal filling operation, with a quantity of fuel that exceeds 95 percent of the tank's liquid capacity. This final rule responds to a petition for rulemaking from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). The revision removes an unnecessary and outdated requirement from the FMCSRs.",
    "FMCSA proposes to remove the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that a liquid fuel tank manufactured on or after January 1, 1973, be designed and constructed so that it cannot be filled, in a normal filling operation, with a quantity of fuel that exceeds 95 percent of the tank's liquid capacity. This proposal is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). The proposed change would remove an unnecessary and outdated requirement from the FMCSRs.",
    "FMCSA amends its fuel tank requirements to add an exception to the prohibition on gravity and syphon feeds for auxiliary pumps with a nominal fuel tank capacity of not more than five gallons mounted on the trailer chassis frame or trailer bed, for purposes other than operation of the motor vehicle, that are operated only when the motor vehicle is not in motion. This revision responds to a petition for rulemaking from the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA). The revision provides relief from a regulatory requirement without impacting safety.",
    "FMCSA proposes to add an exception to the prohibition on gravity and syphon feeds for auxiliary pumps with a fuel tank capacity of less than 5 gallons mounted on the trailer chassis frame or trailer bed, for purposes other than operation of the motor vehicle, that are operational only when the motor vehicle is not in motion. This proposal is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA). The proposed change would provide relief from a regulatory requirement without impacting safety.",
]
items = [{"id": str(i), "text": d} for i, d in enumerate(documents)]
ranked = client.score("Qwen/Qwen3-Reranker-4B", {"text": query}, items,
    instruction="Given a question about a regulation, retrieve the document that announces a change the agency is proposing and inviting public comment on.")
for r in ranked["scores"]:
    print(r["score"], documents[int(r["item_id"])])
import { SIEClient } from '@superlinked/sie-sdk';

const client = new SIEClient('https://api.superlinked.com', {
  apiKey: 'sk-sie-…',
});

const query = "Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Fuel Tank Overfill Restriction";
const documents = [
  "FMCSA removes the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) that a liquid fuel tank manufactured on or after January 1, 1973, be designed and constructed so that it cannot be filled, in a normal filling operation, with a quantity of fuel that exceeds 95 percent of the tank's liquid capacity. This final rule responds to a petition for rulemaking from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). The revision removes an unnecessary and outdated requirement from the FMCSRs.",
  "FMCSA proposes to remove the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that a liquid fuel tank manufactured on or after January 1, 1973, be designed and constructed so that it cannot be filled, in a normal filling operation, with a quantity of fuel that exceeds 95 percent of the tank's liquid capacity. This proposal is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). The proposed change would remove an unnecessary and outdated requirement from the FMCSRs.",
  "FMCSA amends its fuel tank requirements to add an exception to the prohibition on gravity and syphon feeds for auxiliary pumps with a nominal fuel tank capacity of not more than five gallons mounted on the trailer chassis frame or trailer bed, for purposes other than operation of the motor vehicle, that are operated only when the motor vehicle is not in motion. This revision responds to a petition for rulemaking from the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA). The revision provides relief from a regulatory requirement without impacting safety.",
  "FMCSA proposes to add an exception to the prohibition on gravity and syphon feeds for auxiliary pumps with a fuel tank capacity of less than 5 gallons mounted on the trailer chassis frame or trailer bed, for purposes other than operation of the motor vehicle, that are operational only when the motor vehicle is not in motion. This proposal is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA). The proposed change would provide relief from a regulatory requirement without impacting safety.",
];
const items = documents.map((text, i) => ({ id: String(i), text }));
const ranked = await client.score('Qwen/Qwen3-Reranker-4B', { text: query }, items,
  { instruction: "Given a question about a regulation, retrieve the document that announces a change the agency is proposing and inviting public comment on." } as never);
console.log(ranked.scores.map(({ itemId, score }) => ({ document: documents[Number(itemId)], score })));
curl https://api.superlinked.com/v1/score/Qwen%2FQwen3-Reranker-4B \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-sie-…" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{\"query\":{\"text\":\"Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Fuel Tank Overfill Restriction\"},\"items\":[{\"id\":\"0\",\"text\":\"FMCSA removes the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) that a liquid fuel tank manufactured on or after January 1, 1973, be designed and constructed so that it cannot be filled, in a normal filling operation, with a quantity of fuel that exceeds 95 percent of the tank's liquid capacity. This final rule responds to a petition for rulemaking from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). The revision removes an unnecessary and outdated requirement from the FMCSRs.\"},{\"id\":\"1\",\"text\":\"FMCSA proposes to remove the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that a liquid fuel tank manufactured on or after January 1, 1973, be designed and constructed so that it cannot be filled, in a normal filling operation, with a quantity of fuel that exceeds 95 percent of the tank's liquid capacity. This proposal is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). The proposed change would remove an unnecessary and outdated requirement from the FMCSRs.\"},{\"id\":\"2\",\"text\":\"FMCSA amends its fuel tank requirements to add an exception to the prohibition on gravity and syphon feeds for auxiliary pumps with a nominal fuel tank capacity of not more than five gallons mounted on the trailer chassis frame or trailer bed, for purposes other than operation of the motor vehicle, that are operated only when the motor vehicle is not in motion. This revision responds to a petition for rulemaking from the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA). The revision provides relief from a regulatory requirement without impacting safety.\"},{\"id\":\"3\",\"text\":\"FMCSA proposes to add an exception to the prohibition on gravity and syphon feeds for auxiliary pumps with a fuel tank capacity of less than 5 gallons mounted on the trailer chassis frame or trailer bed, for purposes other than operation of the motor vehicle, that are operational only when the motor vehicle is not in motion. This proposal is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA). The proposed change would provide relief from a regulatory requirement without impacting safety.\"}],\"instruction\":\"Given a question about a regulation, retrieve the document that announces a change the agency is proposing and inviting public comment on.\"}"
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Context
- SIE is an OpenAI-style inference API. Python SDK: `from sie_sdk import SIEClient`; TypeScript: `@superlinked/sie-sdk`.
- Base URL: https://api.superlinked.com (or my regional endpoint). Auth: Bearer key from env `SIE_API_KEY` (never hard-code it).
- Model: Qwen/Qwen3-Reranker-4B (SIE primitive: /score). Keep the model id configurable.

Task
- Input: a query string plus a list of candidate documents.
- Behaviour: reorder the candidates by true relevance to the query using the cross-encoder
- Call the selected SIE primitive once per request and map the response into your domain type.

Deliverables
- A typed client wrapper, an application-level function for this task, error handling for timeouts/empty input, and unit tests with a stubbed client.
- Wire it into my existing stack (ask me which framework if unclear) and add a short usage example.
Output
FMCSA proposes to remove the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that a liquid fuel tank manufactured on or after January 1, 1973, be designed and constructed so that it cannot be filled, in a normal filling operation, with a quantity of fuel that exceeds 95 percent of the tank's liquid capacity. This proposal is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). The proposed change would remove an unnecessary and outdated requirement from the FMCSRs.
↑ up 11.00
FMCSA removes the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) that a liquid fuel tank manufactured on or after January 1, 1973, be designed and constructed so that it cannot be filled, in a normal filling operation, with a quantity of fuel that exceeds 95 percent of the tank's liquid capacity. This final rule responds to a petition for rulemaking from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). The revision removes an unnecessary and outdated requirement from the FMCSRs.
↓ down 10.80
FMCSA amends its fuel tank requirements to add an exception to the prohibition on gravity and syphon feeds for auxiliary pumps with a nominal fuel tank capacity of not more than five gallons mounted on the trailer chassis frame or trailer bed, for purposes other than operation of the motor vehicle, that are operated only when the motor vehicle is not in motion. This revision responds to a petition for rulemaking from the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA). The revision provides relief from a regulatory requirement without impacting safety.
– held0.80
FMCSA proposes to add an exception to the prohibition on gravity and syphon feeds for auxiliary pumps with a fuel tank capacity of less than 5 gallons mounted on the trailer chassis frame or trailer bed, for purposes other than operation of the motor vehicle, that are operational only when the motor vehicle is not in motion. This proposal is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA). The proposed change would provide relief from a regulatory requirement without impacting safety.
– held0.80
  • Reorders by true relevance
  • Scored by meaning, keyword-free

Task-level rerank quality and latency

PRICE
$ / 1M input tokens $ / 1M pairs ↓
$0.02 Voyage rerank-2.5-lite
$0.025 ZeroEntropy zerank-2
Voyage rerank-2.5 $0.05
Jina Reranker v3 $0.05
$6.63 SIE Qwen3 Reranker 0.6B
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QUALITY
nDCG@10 · AskUbuntu ↑
SIE Qwen3 Reranker 4B 0.70
0.68
0.67
SIE Qwen3 Reranker 0.6B 0.65
0.64
0.63
LATENCY
p50 ms ↓
75ms
150ms
211ms SIE Qwen3 Reranker 0.6B
SIE Qwen3 Reranker 4B 490ms
640ms
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