# COMAR Title 11 — Department of Transportation

## Subtitle 16 — Motor Vehicle Administration — Vehicle Operations

### Chapter 01 — Transportation of Hazardous Materials

**Authority:** Transportation Article, §§12-104(b), 16-820, and 22-409, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: February 15, 1973

**Administrative History:** Regulations .01—.04 amended effective April 3, 1981 (8:7 Md. R. 642)

**Administrative History:** Regulations .01—.04 repealed and new Regulations .01—.02 adopted effective March 23, 1998 (25:6 Md. R. 489)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02B amended effective August 23, 1999 (26:17 Md. R. 1324); February 4, 2002 (29:2 Md. R. 94)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02B amended as an emergency provision effective December 22, 2004 (32:1 Md. R. 25); amended permanently effective April 25, 2005 (32:8 Md. R. 742)

#### Regulation .01 Applicability.

*COMAR 11.16.01.01*

A. This chapter applies to:

  (1) Interstate and intrastate motor carriers, including officers and employees who directly affect the safe transportation of hazardous materials, operating in Maryland and transporting hazardous materials;

  (2) Those persons set forth in Transportation Article, §22-409(b), Annotated Code of Maryland; and

  (3) The State, or political subdivisions of the State, transporting hazardous materials within the State, except as provided in §B of this regulation.

B. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to law enforcement vehicles or other emergency service vehicles, such as fire and rescue vehicles, which transport hazardous materials required for the performance of their duties or services.

#### Regulation .02 Incorporation by Reference.

*COMAR 11.16.01.02*

A. In this chapter, the following documents are incorporated by reference.

B. Documents Incorporated.

  (1) 49 CFR §§107.501—107.504 (Subpart F).

  (2) 49 CFR §§107.601—107.620 (Subpart G).

  (3) 49 CFR §§171—180.

  (4) 49 CFR §383.71.

  (5) 49 CFR §1572.