- (a) The minimum insurance requirements of 27 CAR § 110-1301 of General Rules of Practice and Procedure, 27 CAR pt. 110, are amended to include an additional section as follows.
(b) On vehicles used to transport hazardous material and hazardous waste:
(1)
- (A) Type of carriage: for-hire and private in interstate, foreign, and/or intrastate commerce.
- (B) Kind of equipment: freight vehicles of ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.) or more gross vehicle weight rating.
- (C) Commodity transported: hazardous substances, as defined in 49 C.F.R. § 171.8, transported in:
(i) Cargo tanks, portable tanks, or hopper-type vehicles with capacities in excess of three thousand five hundred (3,500) water gallons;
(ii) In bulk Class A or B explosives, poison gas, or compressed gas; or
- (iii) Highway route-controlled quantity radioactive materials as defined in 49 C.F.R. § 173.403.
- (D) Liability limit: five million dollars ($5,000,000);
(2)
- (A) Type of carriage: for-hire and private in interstate or foreign commerce, in any quantity; or in intrastate commerce, bulk only.
- (B) Kind of equipment: freight vehicles of ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.) or more gross vehicle weight rating.
(C) Commodity transported:
- (i) Oil listed in 49 C.F.R. § 172.101; or
- (ii) Hazardous waste, hazardous materials, and hazardous substances defined in 49 C.F.R. § 171.8 and listed in 49 C.F.R. § 172.101, but not mentioned above or below.
- (D) Liability limit: one million dollars ($1,000,000); and
(3)
- (A) Type of carriage: for-hire and private in interstate commerce.
- (B) Kind of equipment: freight vehicles under ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.) gross vehicle weight rating.
(C) Commodity transported:
- (i) Any quantity of Class A or B explosives;
- (ii) Any quantity of poison gas (Poison A); or
- (iii) Highway route-controlled quantity radioactive materials as defined in 49 C.F.R. § 173.403.
- (D) Liability limit: five million dollars ($5,000,000).