49 U.S.C. § 5110 : US Code - Section 5110: Shipping papers and disclosure

Search 49 U.S.C. § 5110 : US Code - Section 5110: Shipping papers and disclosure

(a) Providing Shipping Papers. - Each person offering for
transportation in commerce hazardous material to which the shipping
paper requirements of the Secretary apply shall provide to the
carrier providing the transportation a shipping paper that makes
the disclosures the Secretary prescribes in regulations.
(b) Keeping Shipping Papers on the Vehicle. - (1) A motor
carrier, and the person offering the hazardous material for
transportation if a private motor carrier, shall keep the shipping
paper on the vehicle transporting the material.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the
shipping paper shall be kept in a location the Secretary specifies
in a motor vehicle, train, vessel, aircraft, or facility until -
(A) the hazardous material no longer is in transportation; or
(B) the documents are made available to a representative of a
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States
Government or a State or local authority responding to an
accident or incident involving the motor vehicle, train, vessel,
aircraft, or facility.
(c) Disclosure to Emergency Response Authorities. - When an
incident involving hazardous material being transported in commerce
occurs, the person transporting the material, immediately on
request of appropriate emergency response authorities, shall
disclose to the authorities information about the material.
(d) Retention of Papers. -
(1) Shippers. - The person who provides the shipping paper
under this section shall retain the paper, or an electronic
format of it, for a period of 2 years after the date that the
shipping paper is provided to the carrier, with the paper or
electronic format to be accessible through the shipper's
principal place of business.
(2) Carriers. - The carrier required to keep the shipping paper
under this section,(!1) shall retain the paper, or an electronic
format of it, for a period of 1 year after the date that the
shipping paper is provided to the carrier, with the paper or
electronic format to be accessible through the carrier's
principal place of business.
(3) Availability to government agencies. - Any person required
to keep a shipping paper under this subsection shall, upon
request, make it available to a Federal, State, or local
government agency at reasonable times and locations.