Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 2.djvu/49

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PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 765 §5108. Registration (a) PERSONS REQUIRED TO FILE. — (1) A person shall file a registration statement with the Secretary of Transportation under this subsection if the person is transporting or causing to be transported in commerce any of the following: (A) a highway-route-controlled quantity of radioactive material. (B) more than 25 kilograms of a class A or B explosive in a motor vehicle, rail car, or transport container. (C) more than one liter in each package of a hazardous material the Secretary designates as extremely toxic by inhalation. (D) hazardous material in a bulk package, container, or tank, as defined by the Secretary, if the package, container, or tank has a capacity of at least 3,500 gallons or more than 468 cubic feet. (E) a shipment of at least 5,000 pounds (except in a bulk packaging) of a class of hazardous material for which placarding of a vehicle, rail car, or freight container is required under regulations prescribed under this chapter. (2) The Secretary of Transportation may require any of the following persons to file a registration statement with the Secretary under this subsection: (A) a person transporting or causing to be transported hazardous material in commerce and not required to file a registration statement under paragraph (1) of this subsection. (B) a person manufacturing, fabricating, marking, maintaining, reconditioning, repairing, or testing a package or container the person represents, marks, certifies, or sells for use in transporting in commerce hazardous material the Secretary designates. (3) A person required to file a registration statement under this subsection may transport or cause to be transported, or manufacture, fabricate, mark, maintain, recondition, repair, or test a package or container for use in transporting, hazardous material, only if the person has a statement on file as required by this subsection. (b) FORM, CONTENTS, AND LIMITATION ON FILINGS.— (1) A reg- Regulations, istration statement under subsection (a) of this section shall be in the form and contain information the Secretary of Transportation requires by regulation. The Secretary may use existing forms of the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out this subsection. The statement shall include— (A) the name and principal place of business of the registrant; (B) a description of each activity the registrant carries out for which filing a statement under subsection (a) of this section is required; and (C) each State in which the person carries out the activity. (2) A person carrying out more than one activity, or an activity at more than one location, for which filing is required only has to file one registration statement to comply with subsection (a) of this section. (c) FILING DEADLINES AND AMENDMENTS.— (1) Each person required to file a registration statement under subsection (a) of this section must file the first statement not later than March