Transportation Safety Act

Transportation Safety Act, Title 49 U.S. Coast Guard, Title 46... 

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act The Solid Waste Disposal Act The Toxic Substances Control Act, and The Transportation Safety Act... 

The Transportation Safety Act defines several classes of hazardous materials. Classes include explosives, radioactive material, flammable liquids or solids, combustible liquids or solids, oxidizing or corrosive materials, compressed gases, poisons, etiologic agents (hazardous biological materials), irritating materials, and other regulated materials (ORM). The act excludes firearms and ammunition. Other chapters in this book discuss hazards associated with some of these materials. 

Eacilities regulated pursuant to the Maritime Transportation Safety Act (MTS A)... 

CFR 209 Railroad Safety Enforcement Procedures FRSA 1970, HMTA 1975, Transportation Safety Act 1974, RSIA 1988)... 

Local partial confinement or obstruction in a vapor cloud may easily act as an initiator for detonation, which may propagate into the cloud as well. So far, however, only one possible unconfined vapor cloud detonation has been reported in the literature it occurred at Port Hudson, Missouri (National Transportation Safety Board Report 1972 Burgess and Zabetakis 1973). In most cases the nonhomogeneous structure of a cloud freely dispersing in the atmosphere probably prevents a detonation from propagating. 

In the United States, pipeline transport is regulated by the Department of TransporUition (DOT) through the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and... 

Uniform Safety Act (HMTUSA), 25 338 Hazardous organic materials, transport of, 24 263... 

The PSA of 1987 is currently promulgated by the DOT Office of Pipeline Safety under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act as summarized in Table 2.3. Petroleum releases are addressed under 40 CFR Part 195 which is subdivided into six subparts (Subparts A through F). Although these regulations apply to pipeline facilities and the transportation of hazardous liquids associated with those facilities in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, they do not apply to transportation of hazardous liquids via the following ... 

National Transport Safety Board (NTSB). (2006). NTSB marks 10th anniversary of crash of TWA 800. June 29, 2006 press release from NTSB News. Retrieved March 15, 2007 from http //www.ntsb.gOV/pressrel/2006/060629.htm National Transport Safety Board (NTSB). (2007). Office of Transportation Disaster Assistance. Retrieved March 15, 2007 from http //WWW. ntsb.gov/Family/family. htm U.S. Congress. (1905). An Act to Incorporate the American National Red Cross. 59th Congress, Act 33 Stat. 599. 

The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of 1975 (HMTA) and the 1990 Hazardous Materials Uniform Safety Act were promulgated to protect the public from risks associated with the movement of potentially dangerous materials on roads, in the air, and on waterways. They do not pertain to the movement of materials within a facility. Anyone who transports or causes to be transported a hazardous material is subject to these regulations, as is anyone associated with the production or modification of containers for hazardous materials. Enforcement of the HMTA is delegated to the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Railway Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, and Research and Special Programs Administration (for enforcement of packaging rules). 

National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB Acting chairman says passenger ferries need an aggressive safety management system. NTSB Press Release. Office of Public Affairs. 2005 Nov. 

Section 405 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act was enacted on January 6, 1983, and provides protection from reprisal by employers for truckers and certain other employees in the trucking industry involved in activity related to commercial motor vehicle safety and health. Secretary of Labor s Order No. 9-83 (48 Federal Register 35736, August 5, 1983) delegated to the Assistant Secretary of OSHA the authority to investigate and to issue findings and preliminary orders under Section 405. 

EXCEPTION—To the extent that compliance with subsection (b)(2)(C) or (b)(7) would significantly alter the historic or antiquated character of a historical or antiquated rail passenger car, or a rail station served exclusively by such cars, or would result in violation of any rule, regulation, standard, or order issued by the Secretary of Transportation under the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, such compliance shall not be required. 

Guidance Section 405 of the STAA — Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. 31105) states, in part, that no person shall discharge, discipline, or in any manner discriminate against an employee with respect to the employee s compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment for refusing to operate a vehicle when such operation constitutes a violation of any Federal rule, regulation, standard, or order applicable to CMV safety. In such a case, a driver may submit a signed complaint to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 

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