New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XXIV - The Port Authority Of New York And New Jersey › Subchapter A - Vehicular Crossings › Article 2 - Transportation of Hazardous Material › Part 1211 - Regulations Applying To Lincoln Tunnel, Holland Tunnel, George Washington Bridge Lower Level And George Washington Bridge Expressway › General Information and Regulations › Section 1211.3 - Definitions and abbreviations

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The following terms shall have the same meaning,
						  application, classification and/or abbreviation in this Part as are given to
						  them, and as they are used in the regulations of the United States Department
						  of Transportation:
(a) Expl. A.--Class
						A explosives
Expl. B.--Class B explosives
Expl. B.--Class B explosives
Expl. C.--Class C explosives
C. L.--Combustible liquid
Expl. C.--Class C explosives
F. L.--Flammable liquid
F. S.--Flammable solid
Oxy. M.--Oxydizing material
Cor. L.--Corrosive liquid
Nonf. G.--Nonflammable compressed gas
F. G.--Flammable compressed gas
Pois.--Poison
Pois. A.--Poison gas or liquid, Class A
Pois. B.--Poison liquid or solid, Class B
Pois. C.--Tear gas, Class C
R. A.M.--Radioactive material
N. O. S.--Not otherwise specified
N. O. I.--Not otherwise indexed
N. O. I. B. N.--Not otherwise indexed by name
Note 1:Acid or alkaline liquids containing less than 10
						  percent free mineral acid, or free caustic, or other liquids having similar
						  effect, which are not ordinarily regulated by the D.O.T. are considered a
						  corrosive liquid by Port Authority regulations and subject to the provisions
						  noted in sections
						  1211.35, 1211.36 and
						  1211.37 of this Part.
Note 2:The abbreviations N. O. I. and N. O.I. B. N.may
						  be used in lieu of the abbreviation N. O. S. wherever it appears in the index
						  of dangerous articles, section
						  1211.150, infra.
(b) Tunnel shall mean both the
						Lincoln Tunnel and the Holland Tunnel.
(c)
G. W. B. shall mean the George Washington
						  Bridge.
(d) Dangerous
						article shall mean any explosive, or flammable liquid, or any tar or cement
						softened or cut back with a combustible or flammable liquid, or any combustible
						liquid, flammable solid, oxidizing material, corrosive liquid, flammable
						compressed or liquefied gas, or any non-flammable compressed gas which is
						poisonous or lachrymatory to human beings or which has an irritating,
						asphyxiating or toxic effect when breathed in small concentrations, or any
						cryogenic fluid, or any radioactive material, or any poisonous
						substances;
(e) Dangerous article
						shall also mean any poisonous article, or any liquid transported in bulk which
						may, when released, produce a poisonous or irritating vapor;
(f) Dangerous article shall also include any
						empty container which last contained any flammable liquid, compressed flammable
						gas, poison gas, or any non-flammable compressed gas of the lachrymatory, toxic
						type described above, or which last contained any articles whose passage is
						shown in section
						1211.150 of this booklet to be
						prohibited, and shall also include any empty tank vehicle which last contained
						any flammable liquid, cut-back cement or tar, flammable or non-flammable
						compressed gas, or any article shown as prohibited in section
						1211.150.
(g) Cryogenic fluids shall mean ultra-low
						temperature fluids, i.e., gases maintained in liquid state by low temperature
						and pressures less than 40 p.s.i. absolute.
(h) Combustible liquid shall mean any liquid
						which gives off a flammable vapor at a temperature above 80 degrees Fahrenheit,
						and at or below 150 degrees Fahrenheit as determined by flash point test with a
						Tagliabue open cup tester.
(i)
						Flash point shall mean the lowest temperature at which a liquid gives off a
						flammable vapor as determined by test in a Tagliabue open cup tester.
(j) Gross weight shall mean the total weight
						of the containers and contents.
(k)
						Net weight shall mean the weight of the contents of packages or
						containers.
(l) Containers shall
						mean a drum, barrel, cylinder, carboy or other shipping container (other than a
						tank vehicle) used for the transportation of explosives or other dangerous
						articles as defined by the the United States Department of
						Transportation.
(m) Tank vehicle
						shall mean any tank motor vehicle with cargo tank, portable tank, or bulk
						pyramided cylinders, used for the transportation of liquid or gases as defined
						by the United States Department of Transportation.
(n) Shipping paper shall mean a manifest,
						memorandum receipt, bill of lading, shipping order or other
						memorandum.
(o) Prohibited shall
						mean not allowed passage, regardless of quantity.