[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR105.40]

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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.  105.40  Designated agents for non-residents.

    (a) General requirement. If you are not a resident of the United 
States but are required by this subchapter or subchapter C of this 
chapter to designate a permanent resident of the United States to act as 
your agent and receive documents on your behalf, you must prepare a 
designation and file it with us.
    (b) Agents. An agent:
    (1) May be an individual, a firm, or a domestic corporation.
    (2) May represent any number of principals.
    (3) May not reassign responsibilities under a designation to another 
person.
    (c) Preparing a designation. Your designation must be written and 
dated, and it must contain the following information:
    (1) The section in the HMR that requires you to file a designation.
    (2) A certification that the designation is in the correct legal 
form required to make it valid and binding on you under the laws, 
corporate bylaws, and other requirements that apply to designations at 
the time and place you are making the designation.
    (3) Your full legal name, the principal name of your business, and 
your mailing address.
    (4) A statement that your designation will remain in effect until 
you withdraw or replace it.
    (5) The legal name and mailing address of your agent.
    (6) A declaration of acceptance signed by your agent.
    (d) Address. Send your designation to: Office of Hazardous Materials 
Special Permits and Approvals, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, Attn: PHH-30, U.S. Department of Transportation, East 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (e) Designations are binding. You are bound by your designation of 
an agent,

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even if you did not follow all the requirements in this section, until 
we reject your designation.

[67 FR 42951, June 25, 2002, as amended at 70 FR 56088, Sept. 23, 2005; 
70 FR 73159, Dec. 9, 2005; 72 FR 55682, Oct. 1, 2007]

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