Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 73 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part I - Weights and Standards › Chapter 21 - Combination or Double Tandem Load Permit › Section I-2101 - General Information

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Authority. DOTD has statutory authority to issue a special biannual permit for
				the operation of a combination of vehicles or tandem loads hauling divisible or
				non-divisible container imports or exports to and from any port facility in the
				state.
B. Definitions. Terms as
				defined in
				R.S.
				32:1 shall retain their definitions, unless
				the term is specifically defined in this Subsection. As used in this Section,
				unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have
				the following meanings.
Axle Group
-a combination of two or more
				  consecutive axles considered together in determining their combined load effect
				  on a highway (as tandem, tridem, or quadrum axle groups).
Department
-refers to the Louisiana
				  Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD).
Destination Point
-the location where the
				  packer's seal is broken.
Divisible Container Import/Export
-a load
				  consisting of two non-divisible containers, hauled in tandem, rendering the
				  load divisible.
Gross Weight
-the weight of a vehicle and/or
				  combination of vehicles plus the weight of any load thereon.
Hazardous Material
-per CFR 49:385.402(b), a
				  substance or material that the U.S. Secretary of Transportation has determined
				  is capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when
				  transported in commerce that has been designated as hazardous in
				  49 U.S.C.§
											5103 (Revised October 2015). The term
				  includes hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, marine pollutants, elevated
				  temperature materials, materials designated as hazardous in the Hazardous
				  Materials Table detailed in 49 CFR§
											172.101 (Revised
				  December 2022) and materials that meet the criteria for hazard classes and
				  divisions detailed in 49
				  CFR§
											173.1 (Revised September
				  2005).
Individual Axle
-any of the two, three, or
				  four axles which make up the tandem, tridem, or quadrum axle groups.
Interstate Highway-
a fully controlled access
				  highway which is a part of the National System of Interstate and Defense
				  Highways.
Length
-the total longitudinal dimension of a
				  single vehicle, a trailer, or a semi-trailer. Length of a trailer or
				  semi-trailer is measured from the front of the cargo-carrying unit to its rear
				  and includes load-holding devices thereon.
Non-divisible Container Import/Export
-a
				  freight container, as defined by
				  49 U.S.C. §
											5901(4), that retains the
				  original unbroken official seal throughout transit from the point of origin
				  until reaching the destination point.
Point of Origin
-the location where the
				  packer's seal is affixed.
Quadrum Axle
-any four consecutive axles
				  whose centers are more than 40 inches but not more than 96 inches apart. A
				  quadrum axle shall be designed to equalize the load between axles.
Sealed Containerized Load
-sealed containers
				  being used in international transport in conjunction with a maritime shipment.
				  Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §
											5901(4), containers used in
				  providing transportation in interstate commerce.
Tandem Axle
-any two consecutive axles whose
				  centers are 40 or more inches but not more than 96 inches apart. A tandem axle
				  shall be designed to equalize the load between the axles.
Trailer
-an unpowered vehicle towed by a
				  powered vehicle, commonly used for the transport of goods and materials.
Tridem Axle
-any three consecutive axles
				  whose centers are 40 or more inches but not more than 96 inches apart. A tridem
				  axle shall be designed to equalize the load between axles.
Truck Tractor
-a non-cargo carrying power
				  unit used in combination with a semitrailer.
Vehicle
-any device by which a person or
				  things may be transported upon a public highway or bridge. A trailer or
				  semi-trailer shall be a separate vehicle.
Width
-the total outside transverse dimension
				  of a vehicle including any load or load holding devices thereon, but, excluding
				  approved safety devices and tire bulge due to load.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  32:1,
				  R.S.
				  32:2,
				  R.S.
				  32:387 and
				  R.S.
				  32:387.2.