New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 49 - TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS
Section 16:49-2.1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 16:49-2.1
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Carrier" means a person who transports property in commerce by rail car or motor vehicle.

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation or such person(s) as the Commissioner may designate, when legally permissible.

"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

"Person(s)," pursuant to 49 CFR 171.8, means an individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society or joint stock company; or a government, Indian tribe or authority of a government or tribe offering a hazardous material for transportation in commerce or transporting a hazardous material to support a commercial enterprise. This term does not include the United States Postal Service or, for purposes of 49 U.S.C. §§ 5123 and 5124, a Department, agency or instrumentality of the government.

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