PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 763 of Transportation shall require by regulation that before each use of a motor vehicle to transport a highway-route-controlled quantity of radioactive material in commerce, the vehicle shall be inspected and certified as complying with this chapter and applicable United States motor carrier safety laws and regulations. The Secretary may require that the inspection be carried out by an authorized United States Government inspector or according to appropriate State procedures. (2) The Secretary' of Transportation may allow a person, transporting or causing to be transported a highway-route-controlled quantity of radioactive material, to inspect the motor vehicle used to transport the material and to certify that the vehicle complies with this chapter. The inspector qualification requirements the Secretary prescribes for an individual inspecting a motor vehicle apply to an individual conducting an inspection under this paragraph. §5106. Handling criteria The Secretary of Transportation may prescribe criteria for handling hazardous material, including— (1) a minimum, number of personnel; (2) minimum levels of training and qualifications for personnel; (3) the kind and frequency of inspections; (4) equipment for detecting, warning of, and controlling risks posed by the hazardous material; (5) specifications for the use of equipment and facilities used in handling and transporting the hazardous material; and (6) a system of monitoring safety procedures for transporting the hazardous material. §5107. Hazmat employee training requirements and grants Regulations. (a) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.— The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe by regulation requirements for training that a hazmat employer must give hazmat employees of the employer on the safe loading, unloading, handling, storing, and transporting of hazardous material and emergency preparedness for responding to an accident or incident involving the trsinsportation of hazardous material. The regulations— (1) shall establish the date, as provided by subsection (b) of this section, by which the training shall be completed; and (2) may provide for different training for different classes or categories of hazardous material and hazmat employees. (b) BEGINNING AND COMPLETING TRAINING.—A hazmat employer shall begin the training of hazmat employees of the employer not later than 6 months after the Secretary of Transportation prescribes the regulations under subsection (a) of this section. The training shall be completed within a reasonable period of time after— (1) 6 months after the regulations are prescribed; or (2) the date on which an individual is to begin carrying out a duty or power of a hazmat employee if the individual is employed as a hazmat employee after the 6-month period. (c) CERTIFICATION OF TRAiNiNG.After completing the training, each hazmat employer shall certify, with documentation the Secretary of Transportation may require by regulation, that the hazmat
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