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COSTERA WASTE & ENVIRONMENTAL INC

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Company CheckCOSTERA WASTE & ENVIRONMENTAL INC · DOT 3690306

14 EL VAQUERO, RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA, 92688

DOT# 3690306 MC# 1526659 Rancho Santa Margarita, California 3 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Sep 18, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jul 30, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 18, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jun 17, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Apr 29, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address14 EL VAQUERO, RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA, 92688

Mailing Address14 EL VAQUERO, RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA, 92688-1962

Other Companies at This Address

Address14 EL VAQUERO, RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA 92688

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
COSTERA WASTE & ENVIRONMENTAL INC this company	3690306	Sign in	Active
COSTERA WASTE & ENVIRONMENTAL INC	4036943	Sign in	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1526659

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating3 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire Hazardous Materials

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure .83 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .12 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .06 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 2.27 · 7 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage66,216 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS3.8% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS18.2% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review08/03/2022

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 08/24/2026

CompanyKEY RISK INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #BAP2045066-10

Last checked09/18/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet6 units

Drivers4

Mileage66,216 mi

Operating3 years

MCS-15002/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total26

Out of Service1

OOS Rate3.8%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total22

Out of Service4

OOS Rate18.2%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total7

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 08/03/2022

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

4 · 2 OOS -

2024

12 · 1 OOS ▼

2025

15 · 4 OOS ▲

2026

8 · 2 OOS ▼

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Jul 2026, 27 inspections, 6 resulted in out-of-service (22.2% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 6 OOS

HazMat Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

30 roadside violations across 27 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 11 violations · 5 OOS

Unsafe Driving 9 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 8 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 OOS

Hazardous Materials 1 violation · 1 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (39)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/30/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/18/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CA	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	▲Detail
06/17/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/28/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CA	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
03/26/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	NIMITZ IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/03/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CORDELIA IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/20/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/12/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	MISSION GRADE IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/17/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CARSON	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/06/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CORDELIA IF	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
09/23/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/22/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/16/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	RAINBOW IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/25/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DESERT HILLS IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/15/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
07/30/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CORDELIA IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/21/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	OX YOKE RD	9	2	7	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
06/12/2025	NV	Driver-Only (Level III)	IR15/MM25	5	1	4	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/24/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CORDELIA IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/27/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CARSON PLATFORM SCALES	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/07/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	SAN ONOFRE IF	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
12/18/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	EB ANTELOPE SCALE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/20/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CORDELIA IF	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
11/01/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/31/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CONEJO CVEF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/22/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CORDELIA IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/01/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	CORDELIA IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/16/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	CORDELIA IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/16/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GRAPEVINE IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/07/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/29/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	2	2	0	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
01/29/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/17/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CORDELIA IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/19/2023	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CORDELIA IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/07/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
11/29/2023	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	EB ANTELOPE SCALE	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
09/22/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	CORDELIA IF	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections28

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 7 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVEREST DENALI INSURANCE COMPANY	EF4CA00537-231	$1,000,000	10/28/2023	10/28/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	793-01-15-33	$1,000,000	10/28/2022	10/28/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	793-01-15-33	$1,000,000	10/28/2022	01/04/2024	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1526659	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/08/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/28/2023
MC1526659	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/31/2023	-	-

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97/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 97

Starts at 100−3 totalFinal 97

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−3

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 8/24/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 3 years ago.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

COSTERA WASTE & ENVIRONMENTAL INC

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (39)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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