109 STAT. 958 PUBLIC LAW 104-88—DEC. 29, 1995 Regulations. 49 USC 31136 note. liquid hazardous materials than would be provided if such performance-oriented packaging standards were in effect. (2) COMPLETION. — The study shall be completed before March 1, 1997 and shall be transmitted to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the House of Representatives. (d) SECRETARIAL ACTION.—By September 30, 1997, the Secretary shall issue final regulations to determine what standards should apply to fiber drum packaging with a removable head for transportation of liquid hazardous materials (with respect to those liquid hazardous materials transported by such drums pursuant to regulations in effect on September 30, 1991) after September 30, 1997. In issuing such regulations, the Secretary shall give full and substantial consideration to the results of the study conducted in subsection (c). SEC, 407. NONCONTIGUOUS DOMESTIC TRADE STUDY. Within 6 months after the effective date of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a study that analyzes each of the noncontiguous domestic trades, including analyzing— (1) carrier competition in both regulated and unregulated portions of those trades; (2) rate structures in those trades; (3) the impact of tariff filing on carrier pricing; (4) the problems of parallel pricing and its impact on competition in the domestic trades; (5) the impact on domestic cargo pricing of foreign cargo services; (6) whether additional protections are needed to protect shippers from the abuse of market power; and (7) the extent to which statutory or regulatory changes should be made to further the transportation policy of section 13101 of title 49, United States Code. SEC. 408. FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION RULEMAKING. (a) ADVANCE NOTICE. — The Federal Highway Administration shall issue an advance notice of proposed rulemaking dealing with a variety of fatigue-related issues pertaining to commercial motor vehicle motor vehicle safety (including 8 hours of continuous sleep after 10 hours of driving, loading and unloading operations, automated and tamper-proof recording devices, rest and recovery cycles, fatigue and stress in longer combination vehicles, fitness for duty, and other appropriate regulatory and enforcement countermeasures for reducing fatigue-related incidents and increasing driver alertness) not later than March 1, 1996.
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