(a)
This subpart applies to for hire motor carriers operating motor vehicles
transporting property in interstate or foreign commerce.
(b)
This subpart applies to motor carriers operating motor vehicles transporting
hazardous materials, hazardous substances, or hazardous wastes in interstate,
foreign, or intrastate commerce.
(c)
Exception. (1) The rules in this part do not
apply to a motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of less
than 10,000 pounds. This exception does not apply if the vehicle is used to
transport any quantity of a Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 material, any quantity of
a Division 2.3, Hazard Zone A, or Division 6.1, Packing Group I, Hazard Zone A,
or to a highway route controlled quantity of a Class 7 material as it is
defined in 49 CFR 173.403, in interstate or foreign commerce.
(c)(2) The rules in this part do not apply to the transportation of
nonbulk oil, nonbulk hazardous materials, substances, or wastes in intrastate
commerce, except that the rules in this part do apply to the transportation of
a highway route controlled quantity of a Class 7 material as defined in 49 CFR
173.403, in intrastate commerce.
[46 FR 30982, June 11,
1981; 46 FR 45612, Sept. 14, 1981, as amended at 48 FR 5559, Feb. 7, 1983; 48
FR 52683, Nov. 21, 1983; 49 FR 38290, Sept. 28, 1984; 59 FR 63923, Dec. 12,
1994].