National Hazardous Materials Route Registry

Published date03 June 2020
Citation85 FR 34284
Record Number2020-11912
SectionNotices
CourtFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,Transportation Department
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 107 (Wednesday, June 3, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 3, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 34284-34285]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-11912]
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                DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
                National Hazardous Materials Route Registry
                AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department
                of Transportation (DOT).
                ACTION: Notice; revisions to the listing of designated and restricted
                routes for hazardous materials.
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                SUMMARY: This notice makes revisions to the National Hazardous
                Materials Route Registry (NHMRR) reported to the FMCSA from April 1,
                2019 through March 31, 2020. The NHMRR is a listing, as reported by
                States and Tribal governments, of all designated and restricted roads
                and preferred highway routes for transportation of highway route
                controlled quantities of Class 7 (radioactive materials) (HRCQ/RAM) and
                non-radioactive hazardous materials (NRHM).
                DATES: Effective date: June 3, 2020.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Melissa Williams, Hazardous
                Materials Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance, Federal Motor
                Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC
                20590, (202) 366-4163, [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                Legal Basis and Background
                 Paragraphs (a)(2) and (b) of section 5112 of title 49, United
                States Code (U.S.C.), permit States and Tribal governments to designate
                and limit highway routes over which hazardous materials (HM) may be
                transported, provided the State or Tribal government complies with
                standards prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary)
                and meets publication requirements in section 5112(c). To establish
                standards under paragraph (b), the Secretary must consult with the
                States, and, under section 5112(c), coordinate with the States to
                ``update and publish periodically'' a list of currently effective HM
                highway routing designations and restrictions. The requirements that
                States and Tribal governments must follow to establish, maintain, or
                enforce routing designations for the transport of placardable
                quantities of NRHM are set forth in 49 CFR part 397, subpart C. Subpart
                D of part 397 sets out the requirements for designating preferred
                routes for highway route controlled quantities of HRCQ/RAM shipments as
                an alternative, or in addition, to Interstate System highways. For
                HRCQ/RAM shipments, Sec. 397.101 defines a preferred route as an
                Interstate Highway for which no alternative route is designated by the
                State; a route specifically designated by the State; or both. (See
                Sec. 397.65 for the definition of ``NRHM'' and ``routing
                designations.'')
                 Under a delegation from the Secretary,\1\ FMCSA has authority to
                implement 49 U.S.C. 5112.
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                 \1\ 49 CFR 1.87(d)(2).
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                 Currently, Sec. 397.73 establishes public information and
                reporting requirements for NRHM. States or Tribal governments are
                required to furnish information to FMCSA regarding any new or changed
                routes within 60 days after establishment. Under Sec. 397.103, a State
                routing designation for HRCQ/RAM routes (preferred routes) as an
                alternative, or in addition, to an Interstate System highway, is
                effective when the authorized routing agency provides FMCSA with
                written notification, FMCSA acknowledges receipt in writing, and the
                route is published in FMCSA's NHMRR. The Office of Management and
                Budget has approved these collections of information under control
                number 2126-0014, Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Highway
                Routing.
                 In this notice, FMCSA is merely performing the ministerial function
                of updating and publishing the NHMRR based on input from its State and
                Tribal partners under 49 U.S.C. 5112(c)(1). Accordingly, this notice
                serves only to provide the most recent revisions to the NHMRR; it does
                not establish any new public information and reporting requirements.
                Updates to the NHMRR
                 FMCSA published the full NHMRR in a Federal Register notice on
                April 29, 2015 (80 FR 23859). Since publication of the 2015 notice,
                FMCSA published three updates to the NHMRR in Federal Register notices
                on August 8, 2016 (81 FR 52518), August 9, 2018 (83 FR 39500) and
                September 24, 2019 (84 FR 50098).
                 This notice makes revisions to the NHMRR, reported to the FMCSA
                from April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020. The revisions to the NHMRR
                listings in this notice supersede and replace corresponding NHMRR
                listings published in the April 29, 2015 notice and corresponding
                revisions to the NHMRR listings published in the August 8, 2016, August
                9, 2018, and September 24, 2019 notices. Please continue to refer to
                the April 29, 2015 notice for additional background on the NHMRR and
                the August 8, 2016 notice for the procedures for State and Tribal
                government routing agencies to update their Route Registry listings and
                contact information.
                 The full current NHMRR for each State is posted on FMCSA's website
                at: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hazardous-materials/national-hazardous-materials-route-registry.
                Revisions to the NHMRR in This Notice
                 In accordance with the requirements of Sec. Sec. 397.73 and
                397.103, the NHMRR is revised as follows:
                Table 2.--California--Designated NRHM Routes
                 The existing Route Order Designator ``A1'' is revised to remove the
                ``I'' designation.
                 A new additional Route Order Designator ``A1'' is added and
                assigned an ``I'' designation.
                 Route Order Designator ``A2'' with the ``I'' designation is
                revised.
                 Route Order Designator ``A4A-3.0B'' with the ``I'' designation is
                revised to remove the QA comment.
                 Route Order Designator ``A4A-3.0-D'' is revised to remove the ``B''
                designation.
                 Route Order Designator ``A5A-3.0-C1'' is revised and the QA comment
                is removed.
                 Route Order Designator ``A5A-3.0-C2'' is revised and the QA comment
                is removed.
                 A new Route Order Designator ``A5A-3.0-C3'' is added.
                 Route Order Designator ``A5A-3.0-D'' is revised and the QA comment
                is removed.
                 Route Order Designator ``A10Q-2.0'' is revised.
                 A new Route Order Designator ``A11P-1.0-A1'' is added.
                Route Order Key
                 Each listing in the NHMRR includes codes to identify each route
                designation and each route restriction reported by the State.
                Designation codes identify the routes along which a driver may or must
                transport specified HM. Among the designation codes is one for
                preferred routes, which apply to the transportation of a highway route
                controlled quantity of Class 7 (radioactive) material. Restriction
                codes identify the routes along which a driver may not transport
                specified HM shipments.
                 Table 1--Restriction/Designation Key
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                 Restrictions Designations
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                0--ALL Hazardous Materials................ A--ALL NR Hazardous
                 Materials.
                1--Class 1--Explosives.................... B--Class 1--Explosives.
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                2--Class 2--Gas........................... I--Poisonous Inhalation
                 Hazard (PIH).
                3--Class 3--Flammable..................... P--*Preferred Route* Class
                 7--Radioactive.
                4--Class 4--Flammable Solid/Combustible...
                5--Class 5--Organic.......................
                6--Class 6--Poison........................
                7--Class 7--Radioactive...................
                8--Class 8--Corrosives....................
                9--Class 9--Dangerous (Other).............
                i--Poisonous Inhalation Hazard (PIH)......
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                Revisions to the National Hazardous Materials Route Registry (March 31,
                2020)
                 Table 2--California--Designated NRHM Routes
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                 Designation(s)
                 Designation date Route order Route description City County (A,B,I,P) FMCSA QA comment
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                12/07/17 and 01/01/20. A1................. State Route 905 .................... ................... B......................
                 from Mexican
                 Border to
                 Interstate 5.
                01/01/20.............. A1................. State Route 905 .................... ................... I......................
                 from Mexican
                 Border to
                 Interstate 805.
                04/16/92 and 01/01/20. A2................. Interstate 805 [San San Diego........... San Diego.......... I......................
                 Diego] from SR 163
                 [San Diego] to
                 State Route 905.
                04/16/92.............. A4A-3.0-B.......... Interstate 15 from .................... ................... I......................
                 State 60 [Mira
                 Loma] to State 163
                 [San Diego].
                04/16/92.............. A4A-3.0-D.......... CR S30/Forrester .................... Imperial........... I...................... This route will be
                 Rd. from State 86 considered by the
                 [Westmorland] to California
                 Interstate 8 [El Highway Patrol
                 Centro]. for updates in a
                 future
                 rulemaking.
                10/28/92.............. A5A-3.0-C1......... State 7 from Calexico............ Imperial........... B......................
                 Interstate 8 to
                 Calexico East Port
                 of Entry [at
                 Mexico].
                10/28/92.............. A5A-3.0-C2......... State 111 from .................... Imperial........... B......................
                 State 78 (Hovley)
                 to Interstate 8
                 [El Centro].
                12/26/18.............. A5A-3.0-C3......... State 78 from .................... ................... B......................
                 Forrester Road
                 (Westmorland) to
                 State 111 (Hovley).
                10/28/92 (B) 04/16/92 A5A-3.0-D.......... State 86 [Indio] to .................... ................... B,I....................
                 (I). State 78
                 [Westmorland].
                10/28/92.............. A10Q-2.0........... State 43 from State .................... ................... B......................
                 99 [Selma] to
                 Interstate 5.
                03/06/19.............. A11P-1.0-A1........ Business 58 from .................... ................... B......................
                 State 58 to State
                 58 [Mojave].
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                 End of Revisions to the National Hazardous Materials Route Registry
                James A. Mullen,
                Deputy Administrator.
                [FR Doc. 2020-11912 Filed 6-2-20; 8:45 am]
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