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    49 USC CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION             01/26/98

 

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    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

    .

 

-HEAD-

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

-MISC1-

    Sec.

    5701. Findings.

    5702. Definitions.

    5703. General regulation.

    5704. Tank trucks, rail tank cars, and cargo tanks.

    5705. Motor and rail transportation of nonfood products.

    5706. Dedicated vehicles.

    5707. Waiver authority.

    5708. Food transportation inspections.

    5709. Consultation.

    5710. Administrative.

    5711. Enforcement and penalties.

    5712. Relationship to other laws.

    5713. Application of sections 5711 and 5712.

    5714. Coordination procedures.

 

-SECREF-

                   CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

      This chapter is referred to in sections 20109, 20111, 20114 of

    this title.

 

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    49 USC Sec. 5701                                             01/26/98

 

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    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

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    Sec. 5701. Findings

 

-STATUTE-

      Congress finds that -

        (1) the United States public is entitled to receive food and

      other consumer products that are not made unsafe because of

      certain transportation practices;

        (2) the United States public is threatened by the

      transportation of products potentially harmful to consumers in

      motor vehicles and rail vehicles that are used to transport food

      and other consumer products; and

        (3) the risks to consumers by those transportation practices

      are unnecessary and those practices must be ended.

 

-SOURCE-

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 854.)

 

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                       Historical and Revision Notes

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    Revised Section        Source (U.S. Code)     Source (Statutes at

                                                   Large)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    5701                   49 App.:2801.          Nov. 3, 1990, Pub.

                                                   L. 101-500, Sec. 2,

                                                   104 Stat. 1213.

                     -------------------------------

 

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    49 USC Sec. 5702                                             01/26/98

 

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    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

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    Sec. 5702. Definitions

 

-STATUTE-

      In this chapter -

        (1) ''cosmetic'', ''device'', ''drug'', ''food'', and ''food

      additive'' have the same meanings given those terms in section

      201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).

        (2) ''nonfood product'' means (individually or by class) a

      material, substance, or product that is not a cosmetic, device,

      drug, food, or food additive, or is deemed a nonfood product

      under section 5703(a)(2) of this title, including refuse and

      solid waste (as defined in section 1004 of the Solid Waste

      Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6903)).

        (3) ''refuse'' means discarded material that is, or is required

      by law, to be transported to or disposed of in a landfill or

      incinerator.

        (4) ''State'' means a State of the United States, the District

      of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the

      Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and any other territory or

      possession of the United States.

        (5) ''transports'' and ''transportation'' mean any movement of

      property in commerce (including intrastate commerce) by motor

      vehicle or rail vehicle.

        (6) ''United States'' means all of the States.

 

-SOURCE-

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 854.)

 

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                       Historical and Revision Notes

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    Revised Section        Source (U.S. Code)     Source (Statutes at

                                                   Large)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    5702                   49 App.:2802.          Nov. 3, 1990, Pub.

                                                   L. 101-500, Sec. 3,

                                                   104 Stat. 1213.

                     -------------------------------

      In this section, the definition of ''Secretary'' is omitted as

    unnecessary because the complete title of the Secretary of

    Transportation is used the first time the term appears in a

    section.

      In clause (2), the words ''(individually or by class)'' are

    substituted for ''Such term includes any class of such materials,

    substances, or products'' to eliminate unnecessary words.  The

    words ''or is deemed a nonfood product under section 5703(a)(2) of

    this title'' are substituted for ''(except as provided under

    section 4(a)(2))'' for clarity.

      In clause (4), the words ''the Commonwealth of'' are omitted as

    surplus.

 

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    49 USC Sec. 5703                                             01/26/98

 

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    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

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    Sec. 5703. General regulation

 

-STATUTE-

      (a) General Requirements. - (1) Not later than July 31, 1991, the

    Secretary of Transportation, after consultation required by section

    5709 of this title, shall prescribe regulations on the

    transportation of cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, and food

    additives in motor vehicles and rail vehicles that are used to

    transport nonfood products that would make the cosmetics, devices,

    drugs, food, or food additives unsafe to humans or animals.

      (2) The Secretary shall deem a cosmetic, device, or drug to be a

    nonfood product if -

        (A) the cosmetic, device, or drug is transported in a motor

      vehicle or rail vehicle before, or at the same time as, a food or

      food additive; and

        (B) transportation of the cosmetic, device, or drug would make

      the food or food additive unsafe to humans or animals.

      (b) Special Requirements. - In prescribing regulations under

    subsection (a)(1) of this section, the Secretary, after

    consultation required by section 5709 of this title, shall

    establish requirements for appropriate -

        (1) recordkeeping, identification, marking, certification, or

      other means of verification to comply with sections 5704-5706 of

      this title;

        (2) decontamination, removal, disposal, and isolation to comply

      with regulations carrying out sections 5704 and 5705 of this

      title; and

        (3) material for the construction of tank trucks, rail tank

      cars, cargo tanks, and accessory equipment to comply with

      regulations carrying out section 5704 of this title.

      (c) Considerations and Additional Requirements. - In prescribing

    regulations under subsection (a)(1) of this section, the Secretary,

    after consultation required by section 5709 of this title, shall

    consider, and may establish requirements related to, each of the

    following:

        (1) the extent to which packaging or similar means of

      protecting and isolating commodities are adequate to eliminate or

      ameliorate the potential risks of transporting cosmetics,

      devices, drugs, food, or food additives in motor vehicles or rail

      vehicles used to transport nonfood products.

        (2) appropriate compliance and enforcement measures to carry

      out this chapter.

        (3) appropriate minimum insurance or other liability

      requirements for a person to whom this chapter applies.

      (d) Packages Meeting Packaging Standards. - If the Secretary

    finds packaging standards to be adequate, regulations under

    subsection (a)(1) of this section may not apply to cosmetics,

    devices, drugs, food, food additives, or nonfood products packaged

    in packages that meet the standards.

 

-SOURCE-

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 855.)

 

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                       Historical and Revision Notes

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    Revised Section        Source (U.S. Code)     Source (Statutes at

                                                   Large)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    5703(a)                49 App.:2803(a), (d).  Nov. 3, 1990, Pub.

                                                   L. 101-500, Sec. 4,

                                                   104 Stat. 1214.

    5703(b)                49 App.:2803(b).

    5703(c)                49 App.:2803(c)(1)

                            (1st sentence),

                            (2), (3).

    5703(d)                49 App.:2803(c)(1)

                            (last sentence).

                     -------------------------------

      In this chapter, the words ''the health of'' are omitted as

    surplus.

      In subsection (a)(1), the words ''Not later than July 31, 1991''

    are substituted for ''The regulations referred to in subsection

    (a)(1) shall be issued within 270 days after such date of

    enactment'' in 49 App.:2803(d) because of the restatement.  The

    text of 49 App.:2803(d) (1st sentence) is omitted as executed.  The

    words ''In accordance with this chapter'', ''pursuant to a

    rulemaking proceeding'', and ''when so transported'' are omitted as

    surplus.  The words ''either refuse or other'' are omitted as

    unnecessary because of the definition of ''nonfood product'' in

    section 5702 of the revised title.

      In subsection (a)(2), before clause (A), the word ''deem'' is

    substituted for ''treat'' for consistency in the revised title.

      In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words ''standards'' and

    ''and other provisions'' are omitted as surplus.  In clause (1),

    the words ''to comply'' are substituted for ''required to promote

    compliance'' for consistency in this subsection.  In clause (2),

    the word ''standards'' is omitted because it is redundant to the

    introductory language of this subsection.  The words ''to comply

    with'' are substituted for ''with respect to'' for clarity and

    consistency in this subsection.

      In subsection (c), before clause (1), the words ''standards'' and

    ''or other provisions'' are omitted as surplus.  The words ''any or

    all of'' are omitted as unnecessary.

 

-SECREF-

                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

      This section is referred to in sections 5702, 5704, 5705, 5706,

    5709, 5713 of this title.

 

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    49 USC Sec. 5704                                             01/26/98

 

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    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

-HEAD-

    Sec. 5704. Tank trucks, rail tank cars, and cargo tanks

 

-STATUTE-

      (a) Prohibitions. - The regulations prescribed under section

    5703(a)(1) of this title shall include provisions prohibiting a

    person from -

        (1) using, offering for use, or arranging for the use of a tank

      truck, rail tank car, or cargo tank used in motor vehicle or rail

      transportation of cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, or food

      additives if the tank truck, rail tank car, or cargo tank is used

      to transport a nonfood product, except a nonfood product included

      in a list published under subsection (b) of this section;

        (2) using, offering for use, or arranging for the use of a tank

      truck or cargo tank to provide motor vehicle transportation of

      cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, food additives, or nonfood

      products included in the list published under subsection (b) of

      this section unless the tank truck or cargo tank is identified,

      by a permanent marking on the tank truck or cargo tank, as

      transporting only cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, food

      additives, or nonfood products included in the list;

        (3) using, offering for use, or arranging for the use of a tank

      truck or cargo tank to provide motor vehicle transportation of a

      nonfood product that is not included in the list published under

      subsection (b) of this section if the tank truck or cargo tank is

      identified, as provided in clause (2) of this subsection, as a

      tank truck or cargo tank transporting only cosmetics, devices,

      drugs, food, food additives, or nonfood products included in the

      list; or

        (4) receiving, except for lawful disposal purposes, any

      cosmetic, device, drug, food, food additive, or nonfood product

      that has been transported in a tank truck or cargo tank in

      violation of clause (2) or (3) of this subsection.

      (b) List of Nonfood Products Not Unsafe. - After consultation

    required by section 5709 of this title, the Secretary of

    Transportation shall publish in the Federal Register a list of

    nonfood products the Secretary decides do not make cosmetics,

    devices, drugs, food, or food additives unsafe to humans or animals

    because of transportation of the nonfood products in a tank truck,

    rail tank car, or cargo tank used to transport cosmetics, devices,

    drugs, food, or food additives.  The Secretary may amend the list

    periodically by publication in the Federal Register.

      (c) Disclosure. - A person that arranges for the use of a tank

    truck or cargo tank used in motor vehicle transportation for the

    transportation of a cosmetic, device, drug, food, food additive, or

    nonfood product shall disclose to the motor carrier or other

    appropriate person if the cosmetic, device, drug, food, food

    additive, or nonfood product being transported is to be used -

        (1) as, or in the preparation of, a food or food additive; or

        (2) as a nonfood product included in the list published under

      subsection (b) of this section.

 

-SOURCE-

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 856.)

 

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                       Historical and Revision Notes

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    Revised Section        Source (U.S. Code)     Source (Statutes at

                                                   Large)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    5704(a)                49 App.:2804(a), (c).  Nov. 3, 1990, Pub.

                                                   L. 101-500, Sec. 5,

                                                   104 Stat. 1215.

    5704(b)                49 App.:2804(b).

    5704(c)                49 App.:2804(d).

                     -------------------------------

      In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ''shall include

    provisions prohibiting'' are substituted for ''At a minimum . . .

    shall prohibit'' because of the restatement.  In restating 49

    App.:2804(c)(1), the word ''only'' is omitted before ''food'' the

    first time it appears and added before ''food'' the 2d time it

    appears to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Compare the

    location of the word ''only'' in 49 App.:2804(c)(2).

      In subsection (b), the word ''decides'' is substituted for

    ''determined'' for consistency in the revised title.  The words

    ''of the nonfood products'' are added for clarity.

      In subsection (c), before clause (1), the words ''in making such

    arrangement'' are omitted as surplus.

 

-SECREF-

                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

      This section is referred to in sections 5703, 5705, 5709 of this

    title.

 

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    49 USC Sec. 5705                                             01/26/98

 

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    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

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    Sec. 5705. Motor and rail transportation of nonfood products

 

-STATUTE-

      (a) Prohibitions. - The regulations prescribed under section

    5703(a)(1) of this title shall include provisions prohibiting a

    person from using, offering for use, or arranging for the use of a

    motor vehicle or rail vehicle (except a tank truck, rail tank car,

    or cargo tank described in section 5704 of this title) to transport

    cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, or food additives if the vehicle

    is used to transport nonfood products included in a list published

    under subsection (b) of this section.

      (b) List of Unsafe Nonfood Products. - (1) After consultation

    required by section 5709 of this title, the Secretary of

    Transportation shall publish in the Federal Register a list of

    nonfood products the Secretary decides would make cosmetics,

    devices, drugs, food, or food additives unsafe to humans or animals

    because of transportation of the nonfood products in a motor

    vehicle or rail vehicle used to transport cosmetics, devices,

    drugs, food, or food additives.  The Secretary may amend the list

    periodically by publication in the Federal Register.

      (2) The list published under paragraph (1) of this subsection may

    not include cardboard, pallets, beverage containers, and other food

    packaging except to the extent the Secretary decides that the

    transportation of cardboard, pallets, beverage containers, or other

    food packaging in a motor vehicle or rail vehicle used to transport

    cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, or food additives would make the

    cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, or food additives unsafe to humans

    or animals.

 

-SOURCE-

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 857.)

 

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                       Historical and Revision Notes

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    Revised Section        Source (U.S. Code)     Source (Statutes at

                                                   Large)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    5705                   49 App.:2805.          Nov. 3, 1990, Pub.

                                                   L. 101-500, Sec. 6,

                                                   104 Stat. 1216.

                     -------------------------------

      In subsection (b)(1), the word ''decides'' is substituted for

    ''determined'' for consistency in the revised title.  The words

    ''of the nonfood products'' are added for clarity.

 

-SECREF-

                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

      This section is referred to in sections 5703, 5709 of this title.

 

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    49 USC Sec. 5706                                             01/26/98

 

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    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

-HEAD-

    Sec. 5706. Dedicated vehicles

 

-STATUTE-

      (a) Prohibitions. - The regulations prescribed under section

    5703(a)(1) of this title shall include provisions prohibiting a

    person from using, offering for use, or arranging for the use of a

    motor vehicle or rail vehicle to transport asbestos, in forms or

    quantities the Secretary of Transportation decides are necessary,

    or products that present an extreme danger to humans or animals,

    despite any decontamination, removal, disposal, packaging, or other

    isolation procedures, unless the motor vehicle or rail vehicle is

    used only to transport one or more of the following: asbestos,

    those extremely dangerous products, or refuse.

      (b) List of Applicable Products. - After consultation required by

    section 5709 of this title, the Secretary shall publish in the

    Federal Register a list of the products to which this section

    applies.  The Secretary may amend the list periodically by

    publication in the Federal Register.

 

-SOURCE-

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 857.)

 

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                       Historical and Revision Notes

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    Revised Section        Source (U.S. Code)     Source (Statutes at

                                                   Large)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    5706                   49 App.:2806.          Nov. 3, 1990, Pub.

                                                   L. 101-500, Sec. 7,

                                                   104 Stat. 1216.

                     -------------------------------

      In subsection (a), the words ''humans or animals'' are

    substituted for ''human or animal health'' for consistency in this

    chapter.

 

-SECREF-

                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

      This section is referred to in sections 5703, 5709 of this title.

 

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    49 USC Sec. 5707                                             01/26/98

 

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    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

-HEAD-

    Sec. 5707. Waiver authority

 

-STATUTE-

      (a) General Authority. - After consultation required by section

    5709 of this title, the Secretary of Transportation may waive any

    part of this chapter or regulations prescribed under this chapter

    for a class of persons, motor vehicles, rail vehicles, cosmetics,

    devices, drugs, food, food additives, or nonfood products, if the

    Secretary decides that the waiver -

        (1) would not result in the transportation of cosmetics,

      devices, drugs, food, or food additives that would be unsafe to

      humans or animals; and

        (2) would not be contrary to the public interest and this

      chapter.

      (b) Publication of Waivers. - The Secretary shall publish in the

    Federal Register any waiver and the reasons for the waiver.

 

-SOURCE-

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 857.)

 

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                       Historical and Revision Notes

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    Revised Section        Source (U.S. Code)     Source (Statutes at

                                                   Large)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    5707                   49 App.:2807.          Nov. 3, 1990, Pub.

                                                   L. 101-500, Sec. 8,

                                                   104 Stat. 1216.

                     -------------------------------

      In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ''any part of''

    are substituted for ''in whole or in part'' for consistency in the

    revised title.  The words ''application of any provision of'' are

    omitted as surplus.  The word ''refuse'' is omitted as unnecessary

    because of the definition of ''nonfood product'' in section 5702 of

    the revised title.  The word ''decides'' is substituted for

    ''determines'' for consistency in the revised title.  In clause

    (2), the word ''otherwise'' is omitted as surplus.

 

-SECREF-

                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

      This section is referred to in section 5709 of this title.

 

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    49 USC Sec. 5708                                             01/26/98

 

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    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

-HEAD-

    Sec. 5708. Food transportation inspections

 

-STATUTE-

      (a) General Authority. - For commercial motor vehicles, the

    Secretary of Transportation may carry out this chapter and assist

    in carrying out compatible State laws and regulations through means

    that include inspections conducted by State employees that are paid

    for with money authorized under section 31104 of this title, if the

    recipient State agrees to assist in the enforcement of this chapter

    or is enforcing compatible State laws and regulations.

      (b) Providing Assistance. - On the request of the Secretary of

    Transportation, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human

    Services, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,

    and the heads of other appropriate departments, agencies, and

    instrumentalities of the United States Government shall provide

    assistance, to the extent available, to the Secretary of

    Transportation to carry out this chapter, including assistance in

    the training of personnel under a program established under

    subsection (c) of this section.

      (c) Training Program. - After consultation required by section

    5709 of this title and consultation with the heads of appropriate

    State transportation and food safety authorities, the Secretary of

    Transportation shall develop and carry out a training program for

    inspectors to conduct vigorous enforcement of this chapter and

    regulations prescribed under this chapter or compatible State laws

    and regulations.  As part of the training program, the inspectors,

    including State inspectors or personnel paid with money authorized

    under section 31104 of this title, shall be trained in the

    recognition of adulteration problems associated with the

    transportation of cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, and food

    additives and in the procedures for obtaining assistance of the

    appropriate departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the

    Government and State authorities to support the enforcement.

 

-SOURCE-

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 858.)

 

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                       Historical and Revision Notes

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    Revised Section        Source (U.S. Code)     Source (Statutes at

                                                   Large)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    5708                   49 App.:2808.          Nov. 3, 1990, Pub.

                                                   L. 101-500, Sec. 9,

                                                   104 Stat. 1217.

                     -------------------------------

      In subsections (a) and (c), the words ''authorized under section

    31104 of this title'' are substituted for ''authorized under

    sections 2302 through 2304 of this Appendix to carry out the motor

    carrier safety assistance program'' in 49 App.:2808(a) and ''under

    the motor carrier safety assistance program'' in 49 App.:2808(c)

    for clarity and consistency in the revised title.

 

-SECREF-

                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

      This section is referred to in section 5709 of this title.

 

-CITE-

    49 USC Sec. 5709                                             01/26/98

 

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    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

-HEAD-

    Sec. 5709. Consultation

 

-STATUTE-

      As provided by sections 5703-5708 of this title, the Secretary of

    Transportation shall consult with the Secretaries of Agriculture

    and Health and Human Services and the Administrator of the

    Environmental Protection Agency.

 

-SOURCE-

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 858.)

 

-MISC1-

 

                       Historical and Revision Notes

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    Revised Section        Source (U.S. Code)     Source (Statutes at

                                                   Large)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    5709                   (no source).

                     -------------------------------

      This section is based on the language about consultation in the

    source provisions for several sections in this chapter and is

    created to avoid having to repeat in each of those sections the

    individuals with whom the Secretary is required to consult in

    carrying out those sections.

 

-SECREF-

                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

      This section is referred to in sections 5703, 5704, 5705, 5706,

    5707, 5708 of this title.

 

-CITE-

    49 USC Sec. 5710                                             01/26/98

 

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    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

-HEAD-

    Sec. 5710. Administrative

 

-STATUTE-

      The Secretary of Transportation has the same duties and powers in

    regulating transportation under this chapter as the Secretary has

    under section 5121(a)-(c) (except subsection (c)(1)(A)) of this

    title in regulating transportation under chapter 51 of this title.

 

-SOURCE-

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 858.)

 

-MISC1-

 

                       Historical and Revision Notes

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    Revised Section        Source (U.S. Code)     Source (Statutes at

                                                   Large)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    5710                   49 App.:2809.          Nov. 3, 1990, Pub.

                                                   L. 101-500, Sec.

                                                   10, 104 Stat. 1217.

                     -------------------------------

      The words ''and authorities'' are omitted as surplus.  The words

    ''in regulating transportation under this chapter'' are substituted

    for ''under this chapter with respect to transportation regulated

    under this chapter'', and the words ''in regulating transportation

    under chapter 51 of this title'' are substituted for ''with respect

    to transportation regulated under such chapter'', for consistency

    and to eliminate unnecessary words.

 

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    49 USC Sec. 5711                                             01/26/98

 

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    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

-HEAD-

    Sec. 5711. Enforcement and penalties

 

-STATUTE-

      (a) Actions. - The Secretary of Transportation shall request that

    a civil action be brought and take action to eliminate or

    ameliorate an imminent hazard related to a violation of a

    regulation prescribed or order issued under this chapter in the

    same way and to the same extent as authorized by section 5122 of

    this title.

      (b) Applicable Penalties and Procedures. - The penalties and

    procedures in sections 5123 and 5124 of this title apply to a

    violation of a regulation prescribed or order issued under this

    chapter.

 

-SOURCE-

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 858.)

 

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                       Historical and Revision Notes

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    Revised Section        Source (U.S. Code)     Source (Statutes at

                                                   Large)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    5711(a)                49 App.:2810(b).       Nov. 3, 1990, Pub.

                                                   L. 101-500, Sec.

                                                   11, 104 Stat. 1217.

    5711(b)                49 App.:2810(a).

                     -------------------------------

      This section is substituted for the source provisions for

    consistency and to eliminate unnecessary words.

 

-SECREF-

                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

      This section is referred to in section 5713 of this title.

 

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    49 USC Sec. 5712                                             01/26/98

 

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    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

-HEAD-

    Sec. 5712. Relationship to other laws

 

-STATUTE-

      Section 5125 of this title applies to the relationship between

    this chapter and a requirement of a State, a political subdivision

    of a State, or an Indian tribe.

 

-SOURCE-

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 859.)

 

-MISC1-

 

                       Historical and Revision Notes

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    Revised Section        Source (U.S. Code)     Source (Statutes at

                                                   Large)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    5712                   49 App.:2811.          Nov. 3, 1990, Pub.

                                                   L. 101-500, Sec.

                                                   12, 104 Stat. 1218.

                     -------------------------------

      This section is substituted for the source provisions for

    consistency and to eliminate unnecessary words.

 

-SECREF-

                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

      This section is referred to in section 5713 of this title.

 

-CITE-

    49 USC Sec. 5713                                             01/26/98

 

-EXPCITE-

    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

-HEAD-

    Sec. 5713. Application of sections 5711 and 5712

 

-STATUTE-

      Sections 5711 and 5712 of this title apply only to transportation

    occurring on or after the date that regulations prescribed under

    section 5703(a)(1) of this title are effective.

 

-SOURCE-

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 859.)

 

-MISC1-

 

                       Historical and Revision Notes

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    Revised Section        Source (U.S. Code)     Source (Statutes at

                                                   Large)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    5713                   49 App.:2801 (note).   Nov. 3, 1990, Pub.

                                                   L. 101-500, Sec.

                                                   14, 104 Stat. 1218.

                     -------------------------------

      The words ''This Act shall take effect on the date of enactment

    of this Act'' are omitted as executed.

 

-CITE-

    49 USC Sec. 5714                                             01/26/98

 

-EXPCITE-

    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

    SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS

    CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

 

-HEAD-

    Sec. 5714. Coordination procedures

 

-STATUTE-

      Not later than November 3, 1991, the Secretary of Transportation,

    after consultation with appropriate State officials, shall

    establish procedures to promote more effective coordination between

    the departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United

    States Government and State authorities with regulatory authority

    over motor carrier safety and railroad safety in carrying out and

    enforcing this chapter.

 

-SOURCE-

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 859.)

 

-MISC1-

                       Historical and Revision Notes

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    Revised Section        Source (U.S. Code)     Source (Statutes at

                                                   Large)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    5714                   49 App.:2812.          Nov. 3, 1990, Pub.

                                                   L. 101-500, Sec.

                                                   13, 104 Stat. 1218.

                     -------------------------------

 

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