Section 32050 Of Chapter 2. Notification Of Routes From California Vehicle Code >> Division 14.1. >> Chapter 2.
32050
. (a) Prior to the transport of anhydrous hydrazine,
methylhydrazine, dimethylhydrazine, Aerozine 50, fuming nitric acid,
liquid fluorine, or nitrogen tetroxide in bulk packaging, except when
that packaging contains only residue, outside the confines of a
facility where that material was used or stored, or prior to the
delivery of that bulk material to a carrier for transport, each
carrier shall provide advance notification, in writing, of the
shipment, to the department, which, in turn, shall notify the sheriff
of each county and police chief of each city in which is located the
proposed route. Notification shall be made through the Department of
Justice's California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System. The
sheriffs and police chiefs shall, in turn, make timely notification
to the fire chiefs within their respective jurisdictions through a
mutually agreed upon communications system.
(b) Subdivision (a) applies only to the extent that it does not
conflict with federal law.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions
apply:
(1) "Bulk packaging" has the same meaning as defined in Section
171.8 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) "Fire chief" means the fire chief of each county and city fire
department and the fire chief of each fire protection district
serving a population greater than 15,000 in which is located the
proposed route. This paragraph does not apply to any fire chief of a
fire department or fire protection district that is composed of 50
percent or more volunteer firefighters.
(3) "Residue" has the same meaning as defined in Section 171.8 of
Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.