Special requirements - Minnesota

Farmer Exemptions

Farmers and their employees are not required to comply with the hazardous materials shipping paper requirements within 49 CFR 172.200 and 177.817, or the hazardous materials parking restrictions within 449 CFR 397.7(b), when operating within intrastate commerce if one or more of the following conditions has been met:

1. The transporter is transporting diesel fuel or gasoline, for use on the transporter’s farm, within a motorized tank trunk vehicle of less than 1,500-gallon capacity owned by the transporter;
2. The transporter is transporting diesel fuel or gasoline, for use on the transporter’s farm, within tanks securely mounted in other motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of less than 10,000 pounds; or
3. The transporter is transporting agricultural chemicals and fertilizers for use on the transporter’s farm.

Age Restriction Exemptions

Drivers must be at least 18 years of age, as defined and limited within 49 CFR 171.8 and 173.6, when operating within intrastate commerce if one or more of the following conditions has been met:

1. A driver is driving a motorized petroleum tank truck vehicle that has a capacity of less than 3,500 gallons;
2. The retailer or its employee is transporting fertilizer or agricultural chemicals directly to a farm for on-farm use within a radius of 50 miles of the retailer’s location; or
3. The driver is driving a vehicle which contains no hazardous materials other than the materials of trade.