Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Highway Routing
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This law pertains to the collection and management of data related to the transportation of hazardous materials on highways in the United States. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is seeking to renew its Information Collection Request (ICR) for the information required from states and Indian Tribes to identify and manage designated and restricted routes for hazardous materials. This includes reporting on the establishment of new routes and changes to existing routes, and it aims to ensure safe transportation of hazardous materials.
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Key Changes
- Renewal of the Information Collection Request (ICR)
- Requirement for states to report new or changed routing designations
- Annual publication of hazardous materials route information
Obligations
What this law requires
States and Indian Tribes must provide information identifying new hazardous materials routing designations within their jurisdiction within 60 days of establishment
States and Indian Tribes must provide information identifying changes to existing hazardous materials routing designations within their jurisdiction within 60 days of the change
Each State and Indian Tribe must designate a routing agency responsible for providing hazardous materials routing information to FMCSA
Routing agencies must include the dates that hazardous materials routes were established when reporting to FMCSA
FMCSA must collect, consolidate, and publish hazardous materials highway route designations annually in the Federal Register and on its website