Transportation of Hazardous Materials

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Transportation of Hazardous Materials
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Applicability

• Each officer or employee of the motor carrier who
  performs duties related to the transportation of
  hazardous materials.
• Each person who operates or is in charge of a
  motor vehicle containing hazardous materials.

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 State and Local Laws

• Every Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) containing
  hazardous materials must be driven and parked in
  compliance with the laws, ordinances and
  regulations of the jurisdiction in which it is
  being operated.

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Attendance of Motor Vehicles

• A motor vehicle carrying 50 Lbs. or more, must be
  attended at all times unless all of the following
  conditions apply
• Vehicle is located
• on the property of a motor carrier
• the property of a shipper or consignee of the
  
  
  
  
  
  
• explosives or hazardous materials
• in a safe haven
• on a construction or survey site

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Attendance of Motor Vehicles

• The driver or bailee of the vehicle is aware of
  the nature of the explosives and has been
  instructed in emergency procedures
• The vehicle is within the driver or bailees
  unobstructed field of view or is located in a
  safe haven

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Vehicle Surveillance

• A motor vehicle containing hazardous materials
  and located on a public street, highway or the
  shoulder of a public highway, must be attended by
  its driver.

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Attendance

• A motor vehicle is attended when the person in
  charge of the vehicle is on the vehicle, awake
  and not in a sleeper berth, or is within 100 feet
  of the vehicle and has it within his/her
  unobstructed field of view.

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Parking

• A motor vehicle containing hazardous
• materials must not be parked
• On or within 5 feet of the traveled portion of a
  public street or highway
• On private property without the consent of the
  person who is in charge of the property and who
  is aware of the hazardous materials

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Parking

• Within 300 feet of a bridge, tunnel, dwelling or
  place where people work, congregate or assemble,
  except when the necessities of operation make it
  impracticable to park in any other place

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Fires

• A motor vehicle containing hazardous materials
  must not be operated near an open fire unless the
  driver has taken precautions to ensure that the
  vehicle can safely pass
• A motor vehicle containing hazardous materials
  must not be parked within 300 feet of an open
  fire

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Smoking

• No person may smoke or carry a lighted
  cigarette, cigar or pipe on or within 25 feet of
• A motor vehicle which contains hazardous or
  flammable materials
• An empty tank motor vehicle which has been
  used to transport flammable materials or gases
  

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Fueling

• When a motor vehicle which contains hazardous
  materials is being fueled
• Its engine must not be operating
• A person must be in control of the fueling
  process at the point where the fuel tank is
  filled

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Tires

• If a tire is flat, leaking or improperly
  inflated, the driver must have the tire repaired,
  replaced or properly inflated before the vehicle
  is driven (the vehicle may be driven to the
  nearest safe place to perform the required
  action)

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Tires

• If a tire is overheated, the driver shall
  immediately remove it and place it at a safe
  distance from the vehicle
• The driver shall not operate the vehicle until
  the cause of the overheating is corrected

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Instructions and Documents

• A motor carrier that transports Division
• 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 materials must furnish the
• driver of each motor vehicle in which the
• explosives are transported with the
• following documents
• A copy of the rules
• A document containing instructions on procedures
  to be followed in the event of accident or delay

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Instructions and Documents

• A driver who receives documents must sign a
  receipt for them. The motor carrier shall
  maintain the receipt for one year from the date
  of signature.

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Responsibility for Routing

• A vehicle carrying hazardous materials shall
  operate over routes which do not go through or
  near heavily populated areas, places where
  crowds are assembled, tunnels, narrow streets
  or alleys, except where the motor carrier
  determines that

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Responsibility for Routing

• There is no practicable alternative
• A reasonable deviation is necessary to reach
  terminals, points of loading and unloading,
  facilities for food, fuel, repairs, rest or a
  safe haven
• A reasonable deviation is required by emergency
  conditions

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Requirements for Transporting Radioactive
Materials

• A carrier or any person operating a motor vehicle
  that contains a radioactive material shall
  ensure that the vehicle is operated on routes
  that minimize radiological risk.

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Requirements for Transporting Radioactive
Materials

• A carrier or any person operating a motor
• vehicle containing radioactive materials
• shall operate the vehicle only over
• preferred routes
• Interstate System highway
• A State-designated route selected by a State
  routing agency
• Both of the above

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Routing Requirements

• A motor vehicle may be operated over
• a route other than a preferred route only
• under the following conditions
• Deviation from the preferred route is necessary
  to pick up or deliver radioactive materials
• To make necessary rest, fuel or motor vehicle
  repair stops

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Routing Requirements

• Emergency conditions make use of the preferred
  route unsafe or impossible
• The route selected must be the shortest-distance
  route from the pickup location to the nearest
  preferred route entry location, and the
  shortest-distance route to the delivery location
  from the nearest preferred route exit location.

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Routing Requirements

• A carrier who operates a motor vehicle containing
  radioactive materials shall prepare a written
  route plan and supply a copy before departure to
  the driver and the shipper
• Any change between the route plan and routes
  used, and the reason for it, shall be reported in
  an amendment to the route plan delivered to the
  shipper within 30 days following the deviation

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Route Plan

• The route plan shall contain
• A statement of the origin and destination points,
  a route selected in compliance with this section,
  all planned stops and estimated departure and
  arrival times
• Telephone numbers which will access emergency
  assistance in each State to be entered

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Requirements

• No person may transport radioactive
• materials on a public highway unless the
• driver has received within the two
• preceding years, written training on
• Requirements pertaining to Class 7 (radioactive)
  materials transported
• The properties and hazards of the materials being
  transported
• Procedures to be followed in case of an accident
  or other emergency.

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Certificate of Training

• The driver must have a certificate of
• training and a copy must be placed in
• his or her qualification file showing
• The driver's name and operator's license number
• The dates training was provided
• The name and address of the person providing the
  training

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Certificate of Training

• That the driver has been trained in the hazards
  and characteristics of radioactive materials
• A statement by the person providing the training
  that information on the certificate is accurate

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In Conclusion

• Remember that the transportation of hazardous
  materials is dangerous and thorough training is
  crucial for everyones safety.
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• Thank you for your time and attention.