§ 5106. Handling criteria

Statutory text

The Secretary may prescribe criteria for handling hazardous material, including—

a minimum number of personnel;

minimum levels of training and qualifications for personnel;

the kind and frequency of inspections;

equipment for detecting, warning of, and controlling risks posed by the hazardous material;

specifications for the use of equipment and facilities used in handling and transporting the hazardous material; and

a system of monitoring safety procedures for transporting the hazardous material.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1994
Pub. L. 103–272 § 1(d) · 108 Stat. 745
Enacted · 49 U.S.C. § 5106
Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 763
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 763
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(d) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding the following immediately after subtitle I:
2005
Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety and Security Reauthorization Act of 2005
Pub. L. 109–59 title VII § 7126 · 119 Stat. 1144
Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 5106
Pub. L. 109–59 substituted “Secretary” for “Secretary of Transportation” in introductory provisions
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 109–59 substituted “Secretary” for “Secretary of Transportation” in introductory provisions.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 7126. REFERENCES TO THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION. Chapter 51 is amended by striking “Secretary of Transportation” each place it appears (other than the second place it appears in section 5108(g)(2)(C) and in sections 5102(11), 5103(c), 5103a(c), 5115(a), 5115(c)(3), 5116(i), and 5120(a)) and inserting “Secretary”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Notes

historicalAndRevision

Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSection	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
5106	49 App.:1805(a).	Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93–633, § 106(a), 88 Stat. 2157.

Before clause (1), the text of 49 App.:1805(a) (last sentence) is omitted as being included in “prescribe”. In clause (4), the words “to be used” are omitted as surplus. In clause (6), the word “assurance” is omitted as surplus.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2005—Pub. L. 109–59 substituted “Secretary” for “Secretary of Transportation” in introductory provisions.

Credits

1994–2005 · 2 acts

1994Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 763
2005Pub. L. 109–59, title VII, § 7126, Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1909.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 109–59, title VII, § 7126, Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1909.)