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49 U.S. Code § 5107 - Hazmat employee training requirements and grants | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Section 5107. Hazmat employee training requirements and grants
49 U.S. Code § 5107. Hazmat employee training requirements and grants
(a)Training Requirements.—The Secretary shall prescribe by regulation requirements for training that a hazmat employer must give hazmat employees of the employer on the safe loading, unloading, handling, storing, and transporting of hazardous material and emergency preparedness for responding to an accident or incident involving the transportation of hazardous material. The regulations—
(b)Beginning and Completing Training.—A hazmat employer shall begin the training of hazmat employees of the employer not later than 6 months after the Secretary prescribes the regulations under subsection (a) of this section. The training shall be completed within a reasonable period of time after—
(c)Certification of Training.—After completing the training, each hazmat employer shall certify, with documentation the Secretary may require by regulation, that the hazmat employees of the employer have received training and have been tested on appropriate transportation areas of responsibility, including at least one of the following:
(d)Coordination of Requirements.—In consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary shall ensure that the training requirements prescribed under this section do not conflict with or duplicate—
(1)In general.—Subject to the availability of funds under section 5128(c), the Secretary shall make grants under this subsection—
(2)Eligibility.—A grant under this subsection shall be made through a competitive process to a nonprofit organization that demonstrates—
(f)Training of Certain Employees.—
The Secretary shall ensure that maintenance-of-way employees and railroad signalmen receive general awareness and familiarization training and safety training pursuant to section 172.704 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
(g)Relationship to Other Laws.—
An action of the Secretary under subsections (a)–(d) of this section and section 5106 is not an exercise, under section 4(b)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653(b)(1)), of statutory authority to prescribe or enforce standards or regulations affecting occupational safety or health.
(h)Existing Effort.—
No grant under subsection (e) shall supplant or replace existing employer-provided hazardous materials training efforts or obligations.
(i)Community Safety Grants.—The Secretary shall establish a competitive program for making grants to nonprofit organizations for—
conducting national outreach and training programs to assist communities in preparing for and responding to accidents and incidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials, including Class 3 flammable liquids by rail; and
trainingState and local personnel responsible for enforcing the safe transportation of hazardous materials, including Class 3 flammable liquids.
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 103–311, title I, §§ 106, 119(c)(1)–(3), Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1674, 1680; Pub. L. 109–59, title VII, §§ 7108, 7126, Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1897, 1909; Pub. L. 112–141, div. C, title III, § 33016, July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 841; Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title VII, § 7301, Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1594.)
5107(a)
49 App.:1805(b)(1), (2), (5) (1st sentence).
Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93–633, 88 Stat. 2156, § 106(b); added Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. 101–615, § 7(3), 104 Stat. 3253.
5107(b)
49 App.:1805(b)(4), (5) (last sentence).
5107(c)
49 App.:1805(b)(6).
5107(d)
49 App.:1805(b)(3) (1st sentence).
5107(e)
49 App.:1816(a)–(c).
Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93–633, 88 Stat. 2156, § 118(a)–(c); added Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. 101–615, § 18, 104 Stat. 3269.
5107(f)(1)
49 App.:1805(b)(7).
5107(f)(2)
49 App.:1805(b)(3) (last sentence).
2015—Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 114–94 added subsec. (i).
2012—Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 112–141 inserted “through a competitive process” after “shall be made” and struck out “hazmat employee” after “nonprofit” in introductory provisions.
2005—Subsecs. (a) to (d). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7126, substituted “Secretary” for “Secretary of Transportation” in introductory provisions of subsecs. (a) to (c) and “Secretary shall” for “Secretary of Transportation shall” in introductory provisions of subsec. (d).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7108(1), added subsec. (e) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (e). Text read as follows: “The Secretary shall, subject to the availability of funds under section 5127(c)(3), make grants for training instructors to train hazmat employees under this section. A grant under this subsection shall be made to a nonprofit hazmat employee organization that demonstrates—
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7108(3), added subsec. (f). Former subsec. (f) redesignated (g).
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7108(2), redesignated subsec. (f) as (g). Former subsec. (g) redesignated (h).
Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7126, substituted “Secretary” for “Secretary of Transportation”.
Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7126, substituted “Secretary” for “Secretary of Transportation”.
Pub. L. 109–59, § 7108(4), substituted “section 5106” for “sections 5106, 5108(a)–(g)(1) and (h), and 5109 of this title”.
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7108(2), redesignated subsec. (g) as (h).
1994—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–311, § 106, in introductory provisions inserted “or duplicate” after “conflict with” and in par. (1) substituted “hazard communication, and hazardous waste operations, and” for “hazardous waste operations and”.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103–311, § 119(c)(1), (2), in first sentence substituted “The Secretary shall, subject to the availability of funds under section 5127(c)(3), make grants for training instructors to train hazmat employees under this section.” for “In consultation with the Secretaries of Transportation and Labor and the Administrator, the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences may make grants to train hazmat employees under this section.” and in second sentence inserted “hazmat employee” after “nonprofit”.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 103–311, § 119(c)(3), added subsec. (g).