WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has issued a notice called: Hazardous Materials: California's Reusability Mandate for Propane Cylinders.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 10 by Keith J. Coyle, Chief Counsel.
Summary: The Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), 49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq, preempts California's reusability mandate for propane cylinders in California Public Resources Code, Sections 42395-42395.2. The reusability mandate imposes localized design and manufacturing requirements on a container that is represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for use in the transportation of a hazardous material-specifically, propane-that are not substant...