New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XXI - Metropolitan Transportation Authority › Subchapter B - Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority › Part 1025 - Transportation Of Hazardous Materials Through The Queens Midtown And Brooklyn-battery Tunnels And Verrazano-narrows Bridge Lower Level › Section 1025.10 - Compressed gases

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) No vehicle
				  shall enter the Queens Midtown Tunnel, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel or the
				  Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Lower Level if its load includes any flammable
				  compressed gas or nonflammable compressed gas listed in section
				  1025.27 of this Part and
				  referenced to this subdivision, unless such compressed gas is in a tube or
				  cylinder two inches or less in outside diameter and four fluid ounces or less
				  in capacity. Empty containers which last contained--a compressed gas referenced
				  to this subdivision are not allowed passage when the quantity and/or container
				  size limitations exceed those described above. No empty tank vehicle is allowed
				  passage if the vehicle is used for the transportation of any compressed gas
				  referenced to this subdivision.
(b)
				  Except as set forth in subdivision (h) of this section, compressed gases listed
				  in section
				  1025.27 of this Part and
				  referenced to this subdivision are restricted to a maximum quantity per vehicle
				  of 100 pounds gross weight; provided, however, that the gross weight of each
				  cylinder or tube is 10 pounds or less, and except that cyclopropane or ethylene
				  for hospital use is restricted to a maximum quantity per vehicle of 20 tubes or
				  cylinders measuring 20 inches or less in length, and 4 1/2 inches or less in
				  outside diameter. Empty containers which last contained a compressed gas
				  referenced to this subdivision are not allowed passage when the quantity and/or
				  container size limitations exceed those described above. No empty tank vehicle
				  is allowed passage if the vehicle is used for the transportation of any
				  compressed gas referenced to this subdivision.
(c) Pressurized vessels (aerosol or similar
				  type containers) containing a flammable liquid mixture (flash point at or below
				  100° F) or a combustible liquid mixture (flash point at or above 100° F
				  and at or below 200° F), or a liquefied flammable compressed propellant
				  gas, are prohibited from entering the Queens Midtown Tunnel, the Brooklyn
				  Battery Tunnel or the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Lower Level, unless such vessel
				  or container be of metal, of 19.3 fluid ounces capacity or less, and have an
				  absolute pressure of 75 pounds or less; and, when so packed in an outside
				  container, the quantity of the total load shall not exceed 4,000 pounds gross
				  weight per vehicle. Vessels containing nondangerous materials that are
				  propelled by nonflammable compressed gases are not restricted, regardless of
				  quantity or size of containers.
(d)
				  Compressed gases listed in section
				  1025.27 of this Part and
				  referenced to this subdivision are not restricted, regardless of quantity or
				  size of containers. No tank vehicle, loaded or empty, is allowed passage if the
				  vehicle is used for the transportation of any compressed gas referenced to this
				  subdivision.
(e) Liquefied argon,
				  liquefied helium or liquefied nitrogen, when transported in specially
				  constructed tank vehicles under self-refrigeration with less than 40 psi
				  absolute pressure, are not restricted.
(f) Compressed gases listed in section
				  1025.27 of this Part and
				  referenced to this subdivision are not restricted, regardless of quantity or
				  size of container, or when transported in tank vehicles.
(g) Any article listed in section
				  1025.27 of this Part and
				  referenced to this subdivision may or may not be a compressed gas. When it is
				  not identified by the prescribed U.S.D.O.T. caution label for hazardous
				  materials--and is known not to meet the description of a hazardous
				  material--the article is allowed passage, provided the shipping order, bill of
				  lading or other shipping paper shows the following certification:
This shipment conforms to Triborough Bridge and Tunnel
					 Authority rules for the transportation of explosives and other hazardous
					 materials via the Queens Midtown Tunnel, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and the
					 Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Lower Level.
(h) Compressed natural gas carried by a motor
				  vehicle for the sole purpose of providing fuel for the vehicle in which it is
				  carried shall not be subject to the limitations of subdivision (b) of this
				  section, provided:
(1) such compressed natural
				  gas is stored and carried only in a tank or tanks connected to and forming a
				  part of the fuel system for such vehicle, or in other components of the fuel
				  system of such vehicle; and
(2)
				  such vehicle, and each of its component parts, has been designed, fabricated,
				  assembled, maintained, and marked in accordance with all applicable
				  requirements of Federal, State and local laws, rules, regulations, and
				  directives, and industry standards.