New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 60 - MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 13:60-1.3 - Definitions and general requirements

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) For the purposes of this chapter, and unless another definition is specified, the terms set forth below are defined as follows:
"Code of Federal Regulations" or "C.F.R." shall mean the Code of Federal Regulations, authorized pursuant to 44 U.S.C. §
											1510 and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. 20408, under the Federal Register Act (49 Stat. 500, as amended, 44 U.S.C. §
											1501 et seq. and 1 C.F.R. Part 8 ).
"Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
"Federal Register" or "FR" shall mean the Federal Register, authorized pursuant to 44 U.S.C. §
											1501 et seq. and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. 20408, under the Federal Register Act (49 Stat. 500, as amended, 44 U.S.C. §
											1501 et seq. and 1 C.F.R. Part 5 ).
"Hazardous material(s)" shall mean a substance or material determined by the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, pursuant to the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act ( 49 U.S.C. §§
											5101 et seq., and as defined at 49 C.F.R. §
											171.8, to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce, and which has been so designated.
"Interstate commerce" shall mean trade, traffic, or transportation in the United States which is between a place in this State and a place outside of this State (including a place outside of the United States) or is between any two other places (including a place outside of the United States) passing through this State.
"Intrastate commerce" shall mean trade, traffic, or transportation in this State which is not "interstate commerce".
"Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Department of Transportation of the United States of America.
"Superintendent" shall mean the Superintendent of the Division of State Police.
(b) Throughout this chapter there are references to Federal rules and regulations pertaining to motor carrier safety, adopted by, or on behalf of, the Secretary or adopted or incorporated, by reference, herein by the Superintendent, pursuant to this chapter, or the Commissioner, at
N.J.A.C. 16:49
. For convenience, those Federal rules and regulations and any supplements and amendments thereto may be cited in this chapter in one or all of the following forms:
1. "Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations" as:
i. Code of Federal Regulations ( 49 C.F.R. Parts 40, 325, 350, 355, 380, 382, 383, 384, 385, 387, 388, and 390 through 398 ), Subchapter B-Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, Chapter III-Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, Title 49;
ii. 49 C.F.R. Parts ( 49 C.F.R. Parts 40, 325, 350, 355, 380, 382, 383, 384, 385, 387, 388, and 390 through 398 );
iii. 49 C.F.R. Part(s), Section(s), §, or §§; or
iv. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations;