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 1025.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Tunnels shall
				  mean the Queens Midtown Tunnel, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, and the lower
				  level of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
(b) Hazardous material 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,
				  oxidizer, corrosive material, flammable compressed or liquefied gas, or any
				  nonflammable 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
				  other poisonous substance.
(c)
				  Hazardous material shall also mean any poisonous article, or any liquid
				  transported in bulk which may, when released, produce a poisonous or irritating
				  vapor.
(d) Hazardous material shall
				  also include any empty container which last contained any flammable liquid,
				  compressed flammable gas, poison gas, or any nonflammable compressed gas of the
				  lachrymatory, toxic type described above, or which last contained any articles
				  whose passage is shown in section
				  1025.27 of this Part to be
				  prohibited, and shall also include any empty tank vehicle which last contained
				  any flammable liquid, cut-back cement or tar, flammable or nonflammable
				  compressed gas, or any material shown as prohibited in section
				  1025.27.
(e) Cryogenic fluids shall mean ultra-low
				  temperature fluids, i.e., gases maintained in liquid state by low temperature
				  and pressures less than 40 psi absolute.
(f) Combustible liquid shall mean any liquid
				  which gives off a flammable vapor at a temperature above 100° F, and at or
				  below 200° F, as determined by flash point test with a Tagliabue open cup
				  tester.
(g) 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.
(h) Gross weight shall mean the total weight
				  of the containers and contents.
(i)
				  Net weight shall mean the weight of the contents of packages or
				  containers.
(j) Container 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 U.S. Department of Transportation.
(k) 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 U.S. Department of
				  Transportation.
(l) Shipping paper
				  shall mean a manifest, memorandum receipt, bill of lading, shipping order or
				  other memorandum.
(m) Prohibited
				  shall mean not allowed passage, regardless of quantity.
(n) ORM shall mean other regulated materials,
				  as defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S.D.O.T. and
				  classified as ORM-A, B, C, D, E: "Any material that does not meet the
				  definition of a hazardous material, other than a combustible liquid in packing
				  having a capacity of 110 gallons or less and specified in 172. 101 CFR 49 U.S.
				  Code as ORM material, or that possesses one or more of the characteristics
				  described in 173. 500 CFR 49 U.S. Code."
(o) Etiologic agent shall mean any material,
				  or combination of materials, that spontaneously emits ionizing radiation and
				  having a specific activity greater than 0.0002 microcuries per gram.