Regulation .05 Bridge and Highway Restrictions.
Regulation .05 Bridge and Highway Restrictions.LinkCopy Citation
A.
Vehicles transporting the following radioactive materials are exempt from the requirements in §B of this regulation:
(1)
Radionuclides for medical, industrial, agricultural, or research purposes;
(2)
Natural uranium metal;
(3)
Depleted uranium;
(4)
Magnesium-thorium alloys in formed shapes (not powdered, and which shall contain not more than 4 percent nominal thorium 232);
(5)
Radium or radon sealed in needles, capsules, or similar platinum-iridium or gold containers used for medical purposes; or
(6)
Manufactured articles, other than liquids, containing radioactive material as component parts, such as clock and instrument dials, electronic tubes, test instruments, watches, X-ray machines, etc.
B.
A vehicle may not enter upon any Authority property if its load includes any Class 1 explosives or any radioactive materials except under the following conditions:
(1)
Prior permission shall be granted by the Administrator of the facility or the Administrator’s authorized representative at least 1 hour before intended travel over the facility;
(2)
Operators of the transporting vehicles shall comply with all lawful orders, instructions, and directions of authorized Maryland Transportation Authority police personnel;
(3)
Vehicles shall remain at least 300 feet behind any vehicle travelling in the same direction on the facility;
(4)
Vehicles transporting Class 1 explosives shall travel at least 2,000 feet from any other vehicle transporting explosives and travelling in the same direction on the facility.