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Title: State alternative route designations

Abstract

Pursuant to the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), the Department of Transportation (DOT) has promulgated a comprehensive set of regulations regarding the highway transportation of high-level radioactive materials. These regulations, under HM-164 and HM-164A, establish interstate highways as the preferred routes for the transportation of radioactive materials within and through the states. The regulations also provide a methodology by which a state may select alternative routes. First,the state must establish a ``state routing agency,`` defined as an entity authorized to use the state legal process to impose routing requirements on carriers of radioactive material (49 CFR 171.8). Once identified, the state routing agency must select routes in accordance with Large Quantity Shipments of Radioactive Materials or an equivalent routing analysis. Adjoining states and localities should be consulted on the impact of proposed alternative routes as a prerequisite of final route selection. Lastly, the states must provide written notice of DOT of any alternative route designation before the routes are deemed effective.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Southern States Energy Board, Norcross, GA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10162391
Report Number(s):
DOE/CH/10324-T4
ON: DE93016300
DOE Contract Number:  
FC01-87CH10324
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jul 1989
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TRANSPORT REGULATIONS; WASTE TRANSPORTATION; COMPLIANCE; ROUTING; US DOT; 056000; 050900; LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS; TRANSPORT, HANDLING, AND STORAGE

Citation Formats

. State alternative route designations. United States: N. p., 1989. Web. doi:10.2172/10162391.
. State alternative route designations. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10162391
. 1989. "State alternative route designations". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10162391. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10162391.
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abstractNote = {Pursuant to the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), the Department of Transportation (DOT) has promulgated a comprehensive set of regulations regarding the highway transportation of high-level radioactive materials. These regulations, under HM-164 and HM-164A, establish interstate highways as the preferred routes for the transportation of radioactive materials within and through the states. The regulations also provide a methodology by which a state may select alternative routes. First,the state must establish a ``state routing agency,`` defined as an entity authorized to use the state legal process to impose routing requirements on carriers of radioactive material (49 CFR 171.8). Once identified, the state routing agency must select routes in accordance with Large Quantity Shipments of Radioactive Materials or an equivalent routing analysis. Adjoining states and localities should be consulted on the impact of proposed alternative routes as a prerequisite of final route selection. Lastly, the states must provide written notice of DOT of any alternative route designation before the routes are deemed effective.},
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year = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989},
month = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989}
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