[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR397.73]

[Page 483]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 397_TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; DRIVING AND PARKING 
RULES--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart C_Routing of Non-Radioactive Hazardous Materials
 
Sec.  397.73  Public information and reporting requirements.

    (a) Public information. Information on NRHM routing designations 
must be made available by the States and Indian tribes to the public in 
the form of maps, lists, road signs or some combination thereof. If road 
signs are used, those signs and their placements must comply with the 
provisions of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, \2\ 
published by the FMCSA, particularly the Hazardous Cargo signs 
identified as R14-2 and R14-3 shown in Section 2B-43 of that Manual.
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    \2\ This publication may be purchased from the Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, D.C. 20402 
and has Stock No. 050-001-81001-8. It is available for inspection and 
copying as prescribed in 49 CFR part 7, appendix D. See 23 CFR part 655, 
subpart F.
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    (b) Reporting and publishing requirements. Each State or Indian 
tribe, through its routing agency, shall provide information identifying 
all NRHM routing designations which exist within their jurisdictions on 
November 14, 1994 to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 
Office of Enforcement and Compliance (MC-EC), 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001 by March 13, 1995. The State or Indian tribe 
shall include descriptions of these routing designations, along with the 
dates they were established. This information may also be published in 
each State's official register of State regulations. Information on any 
subsequent changes or new NRHM routing designations shall be furnished 
within 60 days after establishment to the FMCSA. This information will 
be available from the FMCSA, consolidated by the FMCSA, and published 
annually in whole or as updates in the Federal Register. Each State may 
also publish this information in its official register of State 
regulations.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
2125-0554)

[36 FR 4876, Mar. 13, 1971, as amended at 72 FR 55703, Oct. 1, 2007]