Transportation of Hazardous Materials; Highway Routing; Final Rule DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Résumé

The FHWA is adopting regulations to implement subsections 105 (b) and (c) of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of 1975 (HMTA) as amended by the Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990 (HMTUSA). The regulations include Federal standards and procedures which the States and Indian tribes must follow if they establish, maintain, or enforce routing designations that (1) specify highway routes over which placarded non-radioactive hazardous materials (NRHM) may and may not be transported within their jurisdictions, and/ or (2) impose limitations or requirements with respect to highway routing of such hazardous materials. Included are amendments to the procedures in 49 CFR part 397, subpart E, relating to Federal preemption and waivers of preemption, and new procedures for the resolution of disputes involving State or Indian tribe NRHM routing designations. States and Indian tribes are also required to furnish updated NRHM route information for publication by the FHWA. The existing motor carrier regulations with NRHM routing requirements have been incorporated into this regulation, along with the new requirements which require motor carriers to comply with th