N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 21 § 1025.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 25, June 18, 2024

Section 1025.3 - Definitions

(a) Tunnels shall mean the Queens Midtown Tunnel, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, and the lower level of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

(b) Hazardous material shall mean any explosive or flammable liquid, or any tar or cement softened or cut back with a combustible or flammable liquid, or any combustible liquid, flammable solid, oxidizer, corrosive material, flammable compressed or liquefied gas, or any nonflammable compressed gas which is poisonous or lachrymatory to human beings or which has an irritating, asphyxiating or toxic effect when breathed in small concentrations, or any cryogenic fluid, or any radioactive material, or any other poisonous substance.

(c) Hazardous material shall also mean any poisonous article, or any liquid transported in bulk which may, when released, produce a poisonous or irritating vapor.

(d) Hazardous material shall also include any empty container which last contained any flammable liquid, compressed flammable gas, poison gas, or any nonflammable compressed gas of the lachrymatory, toxic type described above, or which last contained any articles whose passage is shown in section 1025.27 of this Part to be prohibited, and shall also include any empty tank vehicle which last contained any flammable liquid, cut-back cement or tar, flammable or nonflammable compressed gas, or any material shown as prohibited in section 1025.27.

(e) Cryogenic fluids shall mean ultra-low temperature fluids, i.e., gases maintained in liquid state by low temperature and pressures less than 40 psi absolute.

(f) Combustible liquid shall mean any liquid which gives off a flammable vapor at a temperature above 100° F, and at or below 200° F, as determined by flash point test with a Tagliabue open cup tester.

(g) Flash point shall mean the lowest temperature at which a liquid gives off a flammable vapor, as determined by test in a Tagliabue open cup tester.

(h) Gross weight shall mean the total weight of the containers and contents.

(i) Net weight shall mean the weight of the contents of packages or containers.

(j) Container shall mean a drum, barrel, cylinder, carboy or other shipping container (other than a tank vehicle) used for the transportation of explosives or other dangerous articles as defined by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

(k) Tank vehicle shall mean any tank motor vehicle with cargo tank, portable tank or bulk pyramided cylinders, used for the transportation of liquid or gases as defined by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

(l) Shipping paper shall mean a manifest, memorandum receipt, bill of lading, shipping order or other memorandum.

(m) Prohibited shall mean not allowed passage, regardless of quantity.

(n) ORM shall mean other regulated materials, as defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S.D.O.T. and classified as ORM-A, B, C, D, E: "Any material that does not meet the definition of a hazardous material, other than a combustible liquid in packing having a capacity of 110 gallons or less and specified in 172. 101 CFR 49 U.S. Code as ORM material, or that possesses one or more of the characteristics described in 173. 500 CFR 49 U.S. Code."

(o) Etiologic agent shall mean any material, or combination of materials, that spontaneously emits ionizing radiation and having a specific activity greater than 0.0002 microcuries per gram.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21 § 1025.3