PUBLIC LAW 103-311—AUG. 26, 1994 108 STAT. 1675 SEC. 109. INTELLIGENT VEHICLE-fflGHWAY SYSTEMS. (a) IN GENERAL.—In implementing the Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 307 note), the Secretary of Transportation shall ensure that the National Intelligent Vehicle- Highway Systems Program addresses, in a comprehensive and coordinated manner, the use of intelligent vehicle-highway system technologies to promote hazardous materials transportation safety. The Secretary of Transportation shall ensure that 2 or more operational tests funded under such Act shall promote such safety and advance technology for providing information to persons who provide emergency response to hazardous materials transportation incidents. (b) GRANTS FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY RESPONSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES.— (1) In carrying out one of the operational tests under subsection (a), the Secretary of Transportation may make grants to one or more persons, including a State or local government or department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, to demonstrate the feasibility of establishing and operating computerized telecommunications emergency response information technologies that are used— (A) to identify the contents of shipments of hazardous materials transported by motor carriers; (B) to permit retrieval of data on shipments of hazardous materigds transported by motor carriers; (C) to link systems that identify, store, and allow the retrieval of data for emergency response to incidents and accidents involving transportation of hazardous materials by motor carrier; and (D) to provide information to facilitate responses to accidents and incidents involving hazardous materials shipments by motor carriers either directly or through linkage with other systems. (2) Any project carried out with a grant under this subsection must involve two or more motor carriers of property. One of the motor carriers selected to participate in the project must be a carrier that transports mostly hazardous materials. The other motor carrier selected must be a regular-route common carrier that specializes in transporting less-than-truckload shipments. The motor carriers selected may be engaged in multimodal movements of hazardous materials with other motor carriers, rail carriers, or water carriers. (3) To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of Transportation shall coordinate a project under this subsection with any existing Federal, State, and local government projects and private projects which are similar to the project under this subsection. The Secretary may require that a project under this subsection be carried out in conjunction with such similar Federal, State, and local government projects and private projects. SEC. 110. RAIL TANK CAR SAFETY. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue final regulations under the following: Safety. Science and technology. 23 USC 307 note. Regulations.
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