ISS. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO Pt. 177 49 CFR Ch. I (10—1—10 Edition) WARNING—MAY CONTAIN EXPLO engine using liquid fuel that has a flash SIVE MIXTURES WITH AIR—KEEP point less than 38 °C (100 5F), the fuel IGNITION SOURCES AWAY WHEN tank is empty, and the engine is run OPENING until it stalls for lack of fuel; (2) The motor vehicle or mechanical (6) A motor vehicle or mechanical equipment has an internal combustion equipments ignition key may in not be engine using liquid fuel that has a flash the ignition while the vehicle or me point of 38 °C (100 °F) or higher, the fuel chanical equipment is stowed aboard a tank contains 418 L (110 gallons) of fuel vessel. or less, and there are no fuel leaks in (b) All equipment used for handling any portion of the fuel system; vehicles or mechanical equipment (3) The motor vehicle or mechanical must be designed so that the fuel tank equipment is stowed in a hold or com and fuel system of the vehicle or me partment designated by the adminis chanical equipment are protected from tration of the country in which the stress that might cause rupture or vessel is registered other damage incident to handling. to be specially suit (c) Two hand-held, portable, dry ed for vehicles. See 46 CFR 70.10-1 and chemical fire extinguishers of at least 90.10—38 for U.S. vessels; 4.5 kg (10 pounds) capacity each must (4) The motor vehicle or mechanical equipment be separately located in an accessible is electrically powered by location in each hold or compartment wet electric storage batteries; or in which any motor vehicle or mechan (5) The motor vehicle or mechanical ical equipment is stowed. equipment is equipped with liquefied (d) “NO SMOKING” signs must be petroleum gas or other compressed gas conspicuously posted at each access fuel tanks, the tanks are completely opening to the hold or compartment. emptied of liquid and the positive pres (e) Each portable electrical light, in sure in the tank does not exceed 2 bar cluding a flashlight, used in the stow (29 psig), the line from the fuel tank to age area must be an approved, explo the regulator and the regulator itself is sion-proof type. All electrical connec drained of all trace of (liquid) gas, and tions for any portable light must be the fuel shut-off valve is closed. made to outlets outside the space in (j) Except as provided in §173.220(d) of which any vehicle or mechanical equip this subchapter, the provisions of this ment is stowed. subchapter do not apply to items of (f) Each hold or compartment must equipment such as fire extinguishers, be ventilated and fitted with an over compressed gas accumulators, airbag head water sprinkler system or fixed inflators and the like which are in fire extinguishing system. stalled in the motor vehicle or mechan (g) Each hold or compartment must ical equipment if they are necessary be equipped with a smoke or fire detec for the operation of the vehicle or tion system capable of alerting per equipment, or for the safety of its oper sonnel on the bridge. ator or passengers. (h) All electrical equipment in the [Amdt. 176—43, 62 FR 24742, May 6, 1997, as hold or compartment other than fixed amended at 65 FR 58630, Sept. 29, 2000; 66 FR explosion-proof lighting must be dis 45384, 45385, Aug. 28, 2001; 70 FR 56099, Sept. connected from its power source at a 23, 20051 location outside the hold or compart ment during the handling and trans PART 177—CARRIAGE BY PUBLIC portation of any vehicle or mechanical HIGHWAY equipment. Where the disconnecting means is a switch or circuit breaker, it Subpart A—General Information and must be locked in the open position Regulations until all vehicles have been removed. (i) Exceptions. A motor vehicle or me Sec. chanical equipment is excepted from 177.800 Purpose and scope of this part and responsibility for compliance and train the requirements of this subchapter if ing. the following requirements are met: 177.801 Unacceptable hazardous materials (1) The motor vehicle or mechanical shipments. equipment has an internal combustion 177.802 Inspection. 796 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Admin., DOT § 177.810 177.804 Compliance with Federal Motor Car and shall ensure its hazmat employees rier Safety Regulations. receive training in relation thereto. 177.810 Vehicular tunnels. (c) Responsibility for training. A car 177.816 Driver training. may 177.817 Shipping papers. rier not transport a hazardous ma 177.823 Movement of motor vehicles in terial by motor vehicle unless each of emergency situations. its hazmat employees involved in that transportation is trained as required Subpart B—Loading and Unloading by this part and subpart H of part 172 of this subchapter. 177.834 General requirements. (d) No unnecessary delay in movement 177.835 Class 1 materials. 177.837 Class 3 materials. of shipments. All shipments of haz 177.838 Class 4 (flammable solid) materials, ardous materials must be transported Class 5 (oxidizing) materials, and Divi without unnecessary delay, from and sion 4.2 (pyroforic liquid) materials. including the time of commencement 177.839 Class 8 (corrosive) materials. of the loading of the hazardous mate 177.840 Class 2 (gases) materials. rial until its final unloading at destina 177.841 Division 6.1 and Division 2.3 mate tion. rials. 177.842 Class 7 (radioactive) material. [Amdt. 177—79, 57 FR 20954, May 15, 1992, as 177.843 Contamination of vehicles. amended by Amdt.177—86, 61 FR 18933, Apr. 29. 19961 Subpart C—Segregation and Separation Chart of Hazardous Materials § 177.801 Unacceptable hazardous ma terials shipments. 177.848 Segregation of hazardous materials. No person may accept for transpor Subpart D—Vehicles and Shipments in tation or transport by motor vehicle a Transit; Accidents forbidden material or hazardous mate rial that is not prepared in accordance 177.854 Disabled vehicles and broken or with the requirements of this sub leaking packages; repairs. chapter. Subpart E—Regulations Applying to Haz lAmdt. 177—87. 61 FR 27175, May 30. 1996] ardous Material on Motor Vehicles Carrying Passengers for Hire § 177.802 Inspection. Records, equipment, packagings and 177.870 Regulations for passenger carrying vehicles. containers under the control of a motor carrier, insofar as they affect AUTHORITY: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5127; 49 CFR 1.53. safety in transportation of hazardous materials by motor vehicle, must be Subpart A—General Information made available for examination and in and Regulations spection by a duly authorized rep resentative of the Department. § 177.800 Purpose and scope of this part and responsibility for compli lAmdt. 177—71. 54 FR 25015. June 12. 19891 ance and training. § 177.804 Compliance with Federal (a) Purpose and scope. This part pre Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. scribes requirements, in addition to Motor carriers and other persons sub those contained in parts 171, 172, 173, ject to this part must comply with 49 178 and 180 of this subchapter, that are CFR part 383 and 49 CFR parts 390 applicable to the acceptance and trans through 397 (excluding §397.3 and 397.9) portation of hazardous materials by to the extent those regulations apply. private, common, or contract carriers by motor vehicle. 168 FR 23842, May 5, 2003] (b) Responsibility for compliance. Un less this subchapter specifically pro § 177.810 Vehicular tunnels. vides that another person shall perform Except as regards Class 7 (radio a particular duty, each carrier, includ active) materials, nothing contained in ing a connecting carrier, shall perform parts 170—189 of this subchapter shall be the duties specified and comply with so construed as to nullify or supersede all applicable requirements in this part regulations established and published 797 § 177.816 49 CFR Ch. I (10—1—10 Edition) under authority of State statute or subchapter and have the appropriate municipal ordinance regarding the State-issued commercial driver’s li kind, character, or quantity of any cense required by 49 CFR part 383. Spe hazardous material permitted by such cialized training shall include the fol regulations to be transported through lowing: any urban vehicular tunnel used for (1) Operation of emergency control mass transportation. features of the cargo tank or portable [Amdt. 177—52, 46 FR 5316, Jan. 19, 1981, as tank; amended by Amdt. 177-78, 55 FR 52710, Dec. (2) Special vehicle handling charac 21, 1990; 62 FR 51561, Oct. 1, 1997] teristics, including: high center of gravity, fluid-load subject to surge, ef § 177.816 Driver training. fects of fluid-load surge on braking, (a) In addition to the training re characteristic differences in stability quirements of §177.800, no carrier may among baffled, unbaffled, and multi transport, or cause to be transported, a compartmented tanks; and effects of hazardous material unless each hazmat partial loads on vehicle stability; employee who will operate a motor ve (3) Loading and unloading proce hicle has been trained in the applicable dures; requirements of 49 CFR parts 390 (4) The properties and hazards of the through 397 and the procedures nec material transported; and essary for the safe operation of that (5) Retest and inspection require motor vehicle. Driver training shall in ments for cargo tanks. clude the following subjects: (c) The training required by para (I) Pre-trip safety inspection; graphs (a) and (b) of this section may (2) Use of vehicle controls and equip be satisfied by compliance with the ment, including operation of emer current requirements for a Commercial gency equipment; Driver’s License (CDL) with a tank ve (3) Operation of vehicle, including hicle or hazardous materials endorse turning, backing, braking, parking, ment.