Compliance Question of the Week!
posted in Blog by Brian Gray
If a company pick-up truck is carrying a tote (275 gal capacity), containing 120 gal of placard class 3 material in the bed, is the pick-up required to display the company United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) numbers on the vehicle?
Answer: Yes and more!
Carrying a quantity of hazardous materials that requires placards is one of the criteria in part §390.5 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that defines a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV). Part §390.21 vehicle marking requirements apply to all “self-propelled CMV’s”
Any size vehicle carrying hazardous materials (HazMat) requiring placards places the company, vehicle and driver under the same rules as large truck HazMat operation. The driver would need a Department of Transportation (DOT) medical card, time sheet or log book, a Class C Commercial Driver License (CDL) with a HazMat endorsement and belong to drug and alcohol random testing program. The vehicle would require an annual inspection sticker. The company must be registered as a HazMat carrier with the appropriate permits and the shipping paperwork must include emergency response information.
