1. (a) Each notice required by 49 C.F.R. § 171.15(b), as amended, shall be given to the Division of Arkansas State Police, who shall immediately notify the Division of Emergency Management, who shall, at the earliest practicable moment, notify the:

   1. (1) Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation;
   2. (2) Department of Health; and
   3. (3) Division of Environmental Quality.

2. (b) Exemptions.

   1. (1)

      1. (A) Vehicles with less than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.) gross vehicle weight shall be exempt from this part, with the exception of the notification requirements set out in subsection (a) of this section, where such vehicles are used in the distribution or application of hazardous materials in immediate intrastate farming operations.
      2. (B) This shall be construed to exempt nurse tanks from this part, with the exception of the notification requirements set out in subsection (a) of this section, provided, the operation on the public highway is restricted to speeds of twenty-five miles per hour (25 m.p.h.) or less and the origin and destination of the transport trip is wholly within the State of Arkansas.
   2. (2) Tank trucks constructed for transportation of liquefied petroleum gas, built and purchased before December 31, 1978, shall be exempt from 49 C.F.R. § 178.337, as amended, so long as said trucks shall continue to meet the required standards (ASME requirements) in effect prior to the effective date of Acts 1977, No. 421 (March 15, 1977), and the origin and destination of the transport trip is wholly within the State of Arkansas, but shall not be exempt from any of the other above rules.

Codification Notes: “ASME” means The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.