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Contract carriers generally are not held to the same standard of HabiHty as common carriers because they are considered ordinary for-hire bailees and, therefore, are Hable only for their failure to exercise a reasonable degree of care for goods in their custody or possession, although such HabiHty may be varied by the contract. However, motor carriers providing service under contract are held to the same HabiHty standard appHcable to common carriers unless the statutory provisions imposing the standard are waived in the contract. 

Tolicy Statement—Motor Carrier Interstate Transportation From Out-of State Through Warehouses to Points in Same State, Ex Parte No. MC-207, 8 l.C.C. 2d 470 (1992). 

Motor Carrier Cases, Supetintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washiagton, D.C., cited (Volume) MCC (Page). 

Federal Carrier Cases, Commerce Clearing House, Inc., Chicago, HI. Continuing series of volumes selectively reporting decisions of ICC and U.S. federal and state courts pertaining to motor carrier, water carrier, and domestic freight forwarder regulation. 

Hawkins Index-Digest-Analysis of Decisions Under Part II and Part TU of the Interstate Commerce Act, Hawkias Publishing Co., Washiagton, D.C. Loose-leaf service, 4 Vols. collecting and digesting decisions under the Interstate Commerce Act to motor carriers and freight forwarders. 

C. L. Dearing and W. Owen, National Transportation Poliy, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 1949. Early postwar study of national transportation poHcy calling for reform of regulation, which ultimately led to revisions of recent years the Motor Carrier Met of 1980, PubHc Law 96-296 (94 Stat. 793), and the Staggers Rail Met of 1980, PubHc Law 96-448 (94 Stat. 1895). 

Most nonexempt nonacute hazardous waste generated on location is considered a small quantity. In this case, the waste may remain on location for 90 days. At that time, a Department of Transportation licensed motor carrier must transfer the waste to a EPA certified TSDF for disposal. Appropriate documentation and packaging must be conformed to. The operator continues to be liable for the waste as denoted by the cradle to grave concept [233],... 

The term explosives and dangerous articles comprises not only explosives but also other dangerous articles such as, inflammable liquids, inflammable solids, oxidizing materials, corrosive liquids, compressed gases, and poisons. Gasoline and certain other petroleum products are classed as inflammable liquids. Explosives and dangerous articles are synonymous for motor carriers and vessels [129]. 

Specific regulations exist for the transport of asbestos materials by highway [53]. Asbestos must be loaded, handled, and unloaded using procedures that minimize occupational exposure to airborne asbestos particles released in association with transportation. Any asbestos contamination of transport vehicles also must be removed using such procedures (49 CFR 177.844). Additional motor carrier s safely regulations apply to common, contract, and private carriers of property by motor vehicle, as defined under these regulations (49 CFR Parts 390-397). 

The transportation of explosives, including 1,3-DNB and 1,3,5-TNB, must be in accordance with the Department of Transportation hazardous material regulations (49 CFR 171-190) and the motor carrier safety regulations (49 CFR 390-398). Numerous states have established regulations on explosives for air quality control, solid waste disposal, storage, manufacture, and use. 

Transportation of explosives Is in accordance with the U.S. Department of Transportation hazardous regulations 49 CFR 171-190 and the motor carrier safety regulations 49 CFR 390-398 with some... 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, U. S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC, 1992. 

Lin T-D, Jovanis PP, Yang C-Z. Time of day models of motor carrier accident risk. Transport Res Rec 1467 1994 1-8. 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Large Truck Crash Facts. FMCSA-Ri-02-003, 2002 34, 29. 

Balkin T, Thome D, Sing H, Thomas M, Redmond D, Wesensten N, Williams J, Hall S, Belenky G. Effects of sleep schedules on commercial motor vehicle driver performance. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Washington. Technical Report DOT-MC-OO-133. 2000. 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Effects of Sleep Schedules on Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Performance. Report No. DOT-MC-00-133. 2000. 

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