Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. All
railroad operations which engage in the loading of railroad freight cars for
the purpose of transporting hazardous materials by rail in and through Arizona
shall be governed by all of the following:
1.
The material to be transported shall be authorized for transportation in
freight cars. The freight car selected shall be compatible with the lading and
be authorized for the commodity by the United States Department of
Transportation. All fittings, tank, and safety appurtenances shall be in proper
condition for the safe transportation of the product.
2. Loading operations shall be performed only
by persons properly instructed in loading hazardous materials and made
responsible for careful compliance with
49 CFR 174.67,
as amended and revised through November 1, 1989, incorporated herein by
reference, on file with the Office of the Secretary of State and copies
available from the United States Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371975M,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15250-7975.
3. Hand brakes shall be set and wheels
blocked on all cars to be loaded.
4. Caution signs shall be so placed on the
track or cars to give necessary warning to persons approaching the cars from
the open end of a siding and shall be left in place until after the cars are
unloaded or loaded and disconnected from the loading or unloading connection.
The signs shall be of metal or other comparable material, at least 12 inches
high by 15 inches wide in size, and bear the words, "STOP--Freight Car
Connected", or "STOP--Men at Work", the word "STOP" being in letters at least 4
inches high and other words in letters at least 2 inches high. The letters
shall be white on a blue background.
5. Loading connections shall be securely
attached to inlet pipes and other fittings before any discharge valves are
opened.
6. Freight cars shall not
be allowed to stand with connections attached after loading is completed.
Throughout the entire period of loading, and while the car is connected to the
loading device, the car shall be attended by the loader.
7. If necessary to discontinue loading a
freight car for any reason, all loading connections shall be disconnected. All
valves first shall be tightly closed, and the closures of all other openings
securely applied.
8. As soon as a
freight car is completely loaded, all valves shall be made tight, the loading
connections shall be removed, and all other closures made tight, except that
heater coil inlet and outlet pipes shall be left open for drainage. The manhole
cover shall be re-applied by the use of a bar or wrench, the outlet valve
reducer and outlet valve cap replaced by the use of a wrench having a handle at
least 36 inches long, and the outlet valve cap plug, end plug, and all other
closures of openings and of their protective housings shall be closed by the
use of a suitable tool.
9. Railroad
defect cards shall not be removed.
10. If oil or gasoline has been spilled on
the ground around connections, it shall be covered with fresh dry sand or
dirt.
11. All tools and implements
used in connection with loading shall be kept free of oil, dirt, and
grit.
B. Placarding
shall be as follows:
1. When lading requiring
placarding in compliance with provisions of
49 CFR
172.500(c), as amended and
revised through November 1, 1989, incorporated herein by reference, on file
with the Office of the Secretary of State, and copies available from the United
States Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371975M, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
15250-7975, is loaded in a freight car, it shall be the responsibility of the
person loading the freight car to affix the prescribed number and type of
placards to the freight car.
2. The
freight car shall be equipped with at least 4 metal placard holders which are
suitable for service.
3. Placards
affixed to hazardous materials freight cars shall be in a condition so that the
format, legibility, color, and visibility are not substantially reduced due to
damage, deterioration, or obscurement by dirt or other matter.
C. The accumulation of static
electricity during the loading or unloading of freight cars with flammable
liquids or flammable compressed gases shall be prevented by providing a means
of grounding the freight car body to a suitable location using a grounding
device capable of conducting static electricity away from the freight car and
the loading or unloading appliances and appurtenances.
D. For rail bonds and insulated joints:
1. Rail shall be adequately bonded at each
joint upon which railroad equipment may stand while flammable liquids or
flammable gases are being transferred.
2. Insulated rail joints shall be installed
to electrically separate the loading or unloading track section from all other
track rails.
a. Insulated rail joints shall
be applied only to rail having sawed ends.
b. Insulated rail joints shall not be applied
to rails covered with scale, dirt, or other foreign matter; to rails with
battered ends; or when the opening between rail ends is greater than 3/8 of an
inch.
3. An emergency
transfer of flammable liquids or flammable gases that must be performed in
conjunction with a hazardous material incident shall be exempt from Rail
Bonding and Insulated Joint requirements, provided other means, such as ground
rods, are utilized to ground the containers and transfer appliances.
E. A derail shall be used to
prevent the intrusion into an area where freight cars are being loaded or
unloaded with a hazardous material. This device shall be kept in "derailing"
position and locked with an effective locking device while freight cars are
connected for loading or unloading. The key for the lock used to immobilize the
derailing device shall be maintained in the care of the person who is in charge
of the freight cars being loaded or unloaded.
F. Placarded freight cars which contain
hazardous materials shall not be left to stand in populated areas for the
purpose of constructive placement where the freight car is not under the direct
supervision, observation, or control of the railroad carrier.
G. Rail carriers shall be prohibited from
allowing freight or freight cars carrying hazardous materials to be
constructively placed or otherwise withheld from their destination at other
than an Environmental Protection Agency-approved transfer facility. For the
purposes of this subsection, "transfer facility" shall mean any
transportation-related facility including loading docks, parking areas, and
other similar areas where shipments of hazardous materials are held during the
normal course of transportation.
H.
All railroad operations that engage in the unloading of railroad freight cars
for the purpose of transporting hazardous materials by rail in and through
Arizona shall be governed by
49 CFR 174.67,
as amended and revised through October 1, 1989, incorporated herein by
reference, on file with the Office of the Secretary of State, and copies
available from the United States Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371975M,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15250-7975, all being regulations of the Federal
Railroad Administration, United States Department of Transportation, Railroad
Safety regulations.
