[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR105.20]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 105_HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROGRAM DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROCEDURES

--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart B_General Procedures

 

Sec. 105.20  Guidance and interpretations.



    (a) Hazardous materials regulations. You can obtain information and 

answers to your questions on compliance with the hazardous materials 

regulations (49 CFR parts 171 through 180) and interpretations of those 

regulations by contacting PHMSA's Office of Hazardous Materials Safety 

as follows:

    (1) Call the Hazardous Materials Information Center at 1-800-467-

4922 (in Washington, DC, call (202) 366-4488). The Center is staffed 

from 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday except 

Federal holidays. After hours, you can leave a recorded message and your 

call will be returned by the next business day.

    (2) E-mail the Hazardous Materials Information Center at 

infocntr@dot.gov.

    (3) Obtain hazardous materials safety information via the Internet 

at http://www.phmsa.dot.gov.

    (4) Send a letter, with your return address and a daytime telephone 

number, to: Office of Hazardous Materials Standards, Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Attn: PHH-10, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

    (b) Federal hazardous materials transportation law and preemption. 

You can obtain information and answers to your questions on Federal 

hazardous materials transportation law, 49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq., and 

Federal preemption of State, local, and Indian tribe hazardous material 

transportation requirements, by contacting PHMSA's Office of the Chief 

Counsel as follows:

    (1) Call the office of the Chief Counsel at (202) 366-4400 from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday except Federal 

holidays.

    (2) Access information from the Office of the Chief Counsel via the 

Internet at http://www.phmsa.dot.gov.

    (3) Send a letter, with your return address and a daytime telephone 

number, to: Office of the Chief Counsel, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, Attn: PHC-10, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

    (4) Contact the Office of the Chief Counsel for a copy of 

applications for preemption determinations, waiver of preemption 

determinations, and inconsistency rulings received by PHMSA before 

February 1, 1997.



[70 FR 56087, Sept. 23, 2005]