[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR355.5]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
        CHAPTER III--FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION,
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 355--COMPATIBILITY OF STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING INTERSTATE MOTOR CARRIER OPERATIONS
 
            Subpart A--General Applicability and Definitions
 
Sec. 355.5  Definitions.

    Unless specifically defined in this section, terms used in this part 
are subject to the definitions in 49 CFR 390.5.
    Compatible or Compatibility means that State laws and regulations 
applicable to interstate commerce and to intrastate movement of 
hazardous materials are identical to the FMCSRs and the HMRs or have the 
same effect as the FMCSRs; and that State laws applicable to intrastate 
commerce are either identical to, or have the same effect as, the FMCSRs 
or fall within the established limited variances under Secs. 350.341, 
350.343, and 350.345 of this subchapter.
    Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (FMHRs) means those safety 
regulations which are contained in parts 107, 171-173, 177, 178 and 180, 
except part 107 and Secs. 171.15 and 171.16.
    Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) means those safety 
regulations which are contained in parts

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390, 391, 392, 393, 395, 396, and 397 of this subchapter.
    State means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Virgin Islands.

[57 FR 40962, Sept. 8, 1992, as amended at 65 FR 15109, Mar. 21, 2000]