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['Hazmat Driver Training', 'CDL endorsements and restrictions']
06/24/2024
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Do your drivers need a hazmat endorsement and training?
Your drivers transport loads of hazmat that do not require placards.
What would you do?
A. Make sure all of these drivers have hazmat training and a hazmat endorsement on their CDL.
B. Make sure the drivers have hazmat training, but they don’t need the hazmat endorsement on their CDL.
C. Make sure they have the hazmat endorsement on their CDL, but they don’t need hazmat training.
D. None of the above. Since the loads do not require placards, neither training nor the hazmat endorsement is needed.
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Answer
Discussion: If they transport regulated hazmat, then the drivers need hazmat training required in 172.704 and 177.816. That’s because loads of hazardous materials that do not require placards – such as limited quantity or less than 1,001 pounds of Table 2 materials – are still regulated hazmat, and therefor also still subject to the hazmat training requirements, unless there is a specific exception.
If drivers transport any hazardous materials that are required to be placarded (49 CFR Part 172) or any quantity of a select agent or toxin (42 CFR Part 73), then they must have a hazardous materials endorsement on their CDL in order to drive the vehicle. If neither of those applies, the endorsement would not be required.
For this scenario, the correct answer is B:
A. Training is required, but the hazmat endorsement is not.
B. Correct. Training is required, but the hazmat endorsement is not.
C. Training is required, but the hazmat endorsement is not.
D. Training is required, but the hazmat endorsement is not.
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Do your drivers need a hazmat endorsement and training?
Your drivers transport loads of hazmat that do not require placards.
What would you do?
A. Make sure all of these drivers have hazmat training and a hazmat endorsement on their CDL.
B. Make sure the drivers have hazmat training, but they don’t need the hazmat endorsement on their CDL.
C. Make sure they have the hazmat endorsement on their CDL, but they don’t need hazmat training.
D. None of the above. Since the loads do not require placards, neither training nor the hazmat endorsement is needed.
Click below to see answer.
Answer
Discussion: If they transport regulated hazmat, then the drivers need hazmat training required in 172.704 and 177.816. That’s because loads of hazardous materials that do not require placards – such as limited quantity or less than 1,001 pounds of Table 2 materials – are still regulated hazmat, and therefor also still subject to the hazmat training requirements, unless there is a specific exception.
If drivers transport any hazardous materials that are required to be placarded (49 CFR Part 172) or any quantity of a select agent or toxin (42 CFR Part 73), then they must have a hazardous materials endorsement on their CDL in order to drive the vehicle. If neither of those applies, the endorsement would not be required.
For this scenario, the correct answer is B:
A. Training is required, but the hazmat endorsement is not.
B. Correct. Training is required, but the hazmat endorsement is not.
C. Training is required, but the hazmat endorsement is not.
D. Training is required, but the hazmat endorsement is not.
Your drivers transport loads of hazmat that do not require placards.
What would you do?
A. Make sure all of these drivers have hazmat training and a hazmat endorsement on their CDL.
B. Make sure the drivers have hazmat training, but they don’t need the hazmat endorsement on their CDL.
C. Make sure they have the hazmat endorsement on their CDL, but they don’t need hazmat training.
D. None of the above. Since the loads do not require placards, neither training nor the hazmat endorsement is needed.
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