(1) The commission will investigate safety complaints related to contract crew transportation. Information included in safety complaints that identifies the employee who submitted the complaint is exempt from public inspection and copying pursuant to RCW 42.56.330.

(2) The commission may, in enforcing rules and orders, inspect any contract crew transportation vehicle.

Contract crew transportation companies are required to inspect, or have inspected, every vehicle as required in WAC 480-62-278 through adoption of 49 C.F.R., Part 396.

(3) The commission may take enforcement action, based on a complaint or on its own motion, as follows:

(a) Assess penalties as warranted.

(b) Suspend or revoke a permit after notice and opportunity for hearing.