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Comments on Section 171.16(d)

By Andy Altemos, Senior Technical Advisor    September, 2007

Exception from Requirements to Submit Hazardous Materials Incident Reports

 


 

 

Section 171.16(d);
letter dated July 24, 2007,
to Mr. Thomas P. Lynch,
National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc.
See p. 43 of this issue for the
DOT Letter.

Those who have tackled a reading of the exceptions from the requirements to submit hazardous materials incident reports, as prescribed in § 171.16(d) of the HMR, will probably in most cases acknowledge that these are not the easiest regulatory provisions to read and comprehend.

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