[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR177.800]

[Page 742]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 177_CARRIAGE BY PUBLIC HIGHWAY--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart A_General Information and Regulations
 
Sec.  177.800  Purpose and scope of this part and responsibility for 
compliance and training.


    (a) Purpose and scope. This part prescribes requirements, in 
addition to those contained in parts 171, 172, 173, 178 and 180 of this 
subchapter, that are applicable to the acceptance and transportation of 
hazardous materials by private, common, or contract carriers by motor 
vehicle.
    (b) Responsibility for compliance. Unless this subchapter 
specifically provides that another person shall perform a particular 
duty, each carrier, including a connecting carrier, shall perform the 
duties specified and comply with all applicable requirements in this 
part and shall ensure its hazmat employees receive training in relation 
thereto.
    (c) Responsibility for training. A carrier may not transport a 
hazardous material by motor vehicle unless each of its hazmat employees 
involved in that transportation is trained as required by this part and 
subpart H of part 172 of this subchapter.
    (d) No unnecessary delay in movement of shipments. All shipments of 
hazardous materials must be transported without unnecessary delay, from 
and including the time of commencement of the loading of the hazardous 
material until its final unloading at destination.

[Amdt. 177-79, 57 FR 20954, May 15, 1992, as amended by Amdt.177-86, 61 
FR 18933, Apr. 29, 1996]