[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: 49CFR177.800]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 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.









              Subpart A_General Information and Regulations



Sec.

177.800 Purpose and scope of this part and responsibility for compliance 

          and training.

177.801 Unacceptable hazardous materials shipments.

177.802 Inspection.



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177.804 Compliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.

177.810 Vehicular tunnels.

177.816 Driver training.

177.817 Shipping papers.

177.823 Movement of motor vehicles in emergency situations.



                     Subpart B_Loading and Unloading



177.834 General requirements.

177.835 Class 1 materials.

177.837 Class 3 materials.

177.838 Class 4 (flammable solid) materials, Class 5 (oxidizing) 

          materials, and Division 4.2 (pyroforic liquid) materials.

177.839 Class 8 (corrosive) materials.

177.840 Class 2 (gases) materials.

177.841 Division 6.1 and Division 2.3 materials.

177.842 Class 7 (radioactive) material.

177.843 Contamination of vehicles.



    Subpart C_Segregation and Separation Chart of Hazardous Materials



177.848 Segregation of hazardous materials.



         Subpart D_Vehicles and Shipments in Transit; Accidents



177.854 Disabled vehicles and broken or leaking packages; repairs.



 Subpart E_Regulations Applying to Hazardous Material on Motor Vehicles 

                      Carrying Passengers for Hire



177.870 Regulations for passenger carrying vehicles.



    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5127; 49 CFR 1.53.







    (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]