BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Once again a motorcoach operator has been given an unsatisfactory rating on a federal compliance review conducted after the company had a fatal crash.

The latest operator to repeat the cycle is C&R Tours of Birmingham.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration gave the unsatisfactory rating after completing a compliance review, following the June 25 crash of a C&R coach on Interstate 65 north of Bowling Green, Ky.

The bus driver, Abraham Parker, 63, of Birmingham, and passenger Carrie Walton, 71, were killed, and 64 others were injured. Parker apparently dozed off and ran off the road, striking an overpass support, police said. The crash occurred around 3 a.m. on a rural stretch of I-65 in southern Kentucky.

The nature of the violations uncovered by the compliance review weren't immediately available. A spokeswoman for the FMCSA said the agency normally doesn't release the violations until an enforcement case has been concluded.

Typically, carriers found in violation of federal safety rules are fined.

The spokeswoman said the compliance review consisted of looking at log books and driver records, and checking company insurance policies.

C&R received a satisfactory safety rating following a similar compliance review in March. The company had two vehicles and three drivers.

The investigation of the crash by the Kentucky State Police found that the bus was overcrowded and had improper registration. There were 66 people on a coach that had seats for 55.

The license plate on the coach belonged to a different bus and expired this year, police said. The tag that belonged on the bus expired in 2005.

'They took registration from a properly registered bus, or their other bus, and put it on this bus so it would be legal as it went down the road, or appeared to be legal,' said Kentucky State Police Trooper Todd Holder.

Neither the registration issue nor the number of people on board caused the wreck, police said.