[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: 49CFR397.73]



[Page 477]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 397_TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; DRIVING AND PARKING 

RULES--Table of Contents

 

        Subpart C_Routing of Non-Radioactive Hazardous Materials

 

Sec. 397.73  Public information and reporting requirements.



    (a) Public information. Information on NRHM routing designations 

must be made available by the States and Indian tribes to the public in 

the form of maps, lists, road signs or some combination thereof. If road 

signs are used, those signs and their placements must comply with the 

provisions of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, \2\ 

published by the FMCSA, particularly the Hazardous Cargo signs 

identified as R14-2 and R14-3 shown in Section 2B-43 of that Manual.

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    \2\ This publication may be purchased from the Superintendent of 

Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, D.C. 20402 

and has Stock No. 050-001-81001-8. It is available for inspection and 

copying as prescribed in 49 CFR part 7, appendix D. See 23 CFR part 655, 

subpart F.

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    (b) Reporting and publishing requirements. Each State or Indian 

tribe, through its routing agency, shall provide information identifying 

all NRHM routing designations which exist within their jurisdictions on 

November 14, 1994 to the FMCSA, Office of Enforcement and Compliance 

(MC-PSDECH), 400 7th St., SW., Washington, D.C. 20590-0001 by March 13, 

1995. The State or Indian tribe shall include descriptions of these 

routing designations, along with the dates they were established. This 

information may also be published in each State's official register of 

State regulations. Information on any subsequent changes or new NRHM 

routing designations shall be furnished within 60 days after 

establishment to the FMCSA. This information will be available from the 

FMCSA, consolidated by the FMCSA, and published annually in whole or as 

updates in the Federal Register. Each State may also publish this 

information in its official register of State regulations.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

2125-0554)