Kan. Admin. Regs. § 36-45-7

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 24, June 13, 2024

Section 36-45-7 - Documentation for permitted route

(a) Pretrip requirements. Each designated EVO shall ensure and document that the requirements of this subsection are met before accompanying each load.

(1) Planning and coordination meeting. A planning and coordination meeting shall be held no more than seven days before accompanying a load. Each person who will be accompanying or moving the load shall attend the meeting. The meeting shall accomplish each of the following:

(A) Designate one or more EVO to complete the pretrip and posttrip evaluation;

(B) establish the communication equipment and hand signals used during movement of the load;

(C) discuss the conditions and restrictions of the permitted route;

(D) review the procedures and requirements of this article of the department's regulations for compliance; and

(E) verify the type and dimensions of the load.

(2) Equipment inspections. Each EVO shall inspect the equipment to verify compliance with K.A.R. 36-45-6.

(3) Escort vehicle inspections. Each EVO shall inspect the EV for defects and verify that the EV meets the requirements of K.A.R. 36-45-5.

(b) Route survey. An EVO who will be accompanying e load shall conduct a survey of the permitted route no ore than 14 days before accompanying the load.

(c) Posttrip requirements. A designated EVO shall complete a posttrip evaluation at the conclusion of movement of the load within Kansas. Each posttrip evaluation shall document the following:

(1) Each incident in which any communication equipment was defective, blocked, or otherwise failed to properly function and resulted in property damage, personal injury, or both;

(2) any warnings, citations, and enforcement actions taken by any law enforcement agency, the identity of each law enforcement agency, and, if applicable, each accident report number and citation number;

(3) any issues with the equipment required by K.A.R. 36-45-6 resulting in property damage, personal injury, or both;

(4) any injuries to persons resulting from accompanying the load;

(5) any load incidents, including tipping, spilling, or breaking, and the time, date, and location of each load incident;

(6) any incidents involving property damage resulting from movement of the load, accompanying the load, or both, and the time, date, location, and the property damaged in the incident;

(7) any traffic-control operations that exceeded 15 minutes, and the time, date, location, and purpose of each traffic-control operation;

(8) any vehicle issues, including any signal lamp failure, brake failure, tire failure, and engine failure, if any failure resulted in property damage, bodily injury, or both; and

(9) the identity of any additional persons or entities not identified in the pretrip evaluation that were utilized or contacted during the movement of the load for emergency purposes.

(d) Trip report. The trip report shall consist of each pretrip and posttrip evaluation. The EVSP shall retain each trip report for at least three years from the date of conclusion of movement of the load within Kansas. The EVSP shall submit a complete copy of the trip report to the department upon the department's request.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 36-45-7

Authorized by K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 8-1921 and K.S.A. 68-404; implementing K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 8-1911, K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 8-1921, and K.S.A. 66-1326; effective, T-36-8-28-20, Aug. 28, 2020; adopted by Kansas Register Volume 39, No. 49; effective 12/18/2020.