[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 49CFR397.7]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 397_TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; DRIVING AND PARKING 

RULES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 397.7  Parking.



    (a) A motor vehicle which contains Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 

materials must not be parked under any of the following circumstances--

    (1) On or within 5 feet of the traveled portion of a public street 

or highway;

    (2) On private property (including premises of fueling or eating 

facility)



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without the knowledge and consent of the person who is in charge of the 

property and who is aware of the nature of the hazardous materials the 

vehicle contains; or

    (3) Within 300 feet of a bridge, tunnel, dwelling, or place where 

people work, congregate, or assemble, except for brief periods when the 

necessities of operation require the vehicle to be parked and make it 

impracticable to park the vehicle in any other place.

    (b) A motor vehicle which contains hazardous materials other than 

Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 materials must not be parked on or within five 

feet of the traveled portion of public street or highway except for 

brief periods when the necessities of operation require the vehicle to 

be parked and make it impracticable to park the vehicle in any other 

place.



[59 FR 63925, Dec. 12, 1994]