Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 4.djvu/937

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PUBLIC LAW 101-615—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3253 "(2) any package, container, motor vehicle, rail freight car, aircraft, or vessel used for the transportation of hazardous materials. SEC. 6. DISCLOSURE. Section 105 (49 U.S.C. App. 1804), as amended by section 5, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(g) DISCLOSURE.— "(1) MAINTENANCE OF SHIPPING PAPER.— Each person who Motor carriers, offers for transportation in commerce a hazardous material that is subject to the shipping paper requirements of the Secretary shall provide the carrier who is providing such transportation any shipping paper that makes the disclosure established by the Secretary under paragraph (2) for the carrier to maintain on the vehicle to be used to provide such transportation. If the person offering such materieil for transportation is also a private motor carrier, such person shall maintain such shipping paper on the vehicle. "(2) CONSIDERATIONS AND CONTENTS.— In canning out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider and may require the following: "(A) a description of the hazardous material, including the proper shipping name of the material, "(B) the hazard class of the hazardous material, "(C) the identification number (UN/NA) of the material, "(D) immediate first action emergency response information or a means for appropriate reference to such information which must be immediately available, and "(E) a telephone number for the purpose of obtaining more specific handling and mitigation information concerning the hazardous material at any time during its transportation. "(3) SPECIFICATION OF LOCATION.— The shipping paper referred to in paragraph (1) shall be kept in a location, to be specified by the Secretary, in the motor vehicle, train, vessel, aircraft, or facility until the hazardous material is no longer in transportation or the documents have been made available to a representative of a Federal, State, or local government agency responding to an accident or incident involving the motor vehicle, train, vessel, aircraft, or facility. " (4) DISCLOSURE TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE AUTHORITIES. — Any person who transports a hazardous material in commerce shall, in the event of an incident involving such material, immediately disclose to appropriate emergency response authorities, upon their request, information on the hazardous material being transported.". SEC. 7. HANDLING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. Section 106 (49 U.S.C. App. 1805) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c), and any reference thereto, as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; (2) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by striking "(b)" and inserting "(c)"; and (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: " (b) TRAINING CRITERIA FOR SAFE HANDUNG AND TRANSPOR- TATION.—