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[CITE: 49USC5106]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
              SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
 
            CHAPTER 51--TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
 
Sec. 5106. Handling criteria

    The Secretary of Transportation may prescribe criteria for handling 
hazardous material, including--
        (1) a minimum number of personnel;
        (2) minimum levels of training and qualifications for personnel;
        (3) the kind and frequency of inspections;
        (4) equipment for detecting, warning of, and controlling risks 
    posed by the hazardous material;
        (5) specifications for the use of equipment and facilities used 
    in handling and transporting the hazardous material; and
        (6) a system of monitoring safety procedures for transporting 
    the hazardous material.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 763.)

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

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5107 of this title; title 8 
section 1288.
