NAC705.321. Reporting requirements; exemption.

     1. A railroad that transports hazardous materials by rail into, out of or through this State shall file with the Commission a copy of each report of an incident involving a hazardous material that the railroad submits to the United States Department of Transportation pursuant to 49 C.F.R. § 171.16. The report must be received by the Commission not later than 30 days after the discovery of the incident by the railroad.

     2. A railroad that transports hazardous materials by rail into, out of or through this State shall, not later than April 1 of each year, file with the Commission:

     (a) A map delineating the geographical limits of the operating divisions or districts of the railroad in this State;

     (b) A primary and secondary telephone number for each railroad dispatcher responsible for train operations in each operating division or district in this State;

     (c) The name and address of the railroad employee responsible for managing the transportation of hazardous materials for the railroad; and

     (d) A listing by line points or segments of each hazardous material that the railroad transported into, out of or through this State during the immediately preceding calendar year if that material carried a code number of 48 or 49 pursuant to the Standard Transportation Commodity Code numbering system published by the Association of American Railroads.

     3. The Commission will grant an application for an exemption from any provision of this section pursuant to NAC 705.010 only upon a showing of good cause.

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R051-01, eff. 12-17-2001)