Maine Department of Environmental Protection Requirements on Transportation of Cathode Ray Tubes

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration [Docket No. PHMSA-2007-28444 (PDA-32(R))] AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of administrative determination of preemption. Local Laws Affected: Title 06-096, Maine Code of Regulations (MCR) Chapters 850, 851, 853 & 857 (For convenience, provisions in Title 06-096 MCR are referred to herein simply by the Chapter and section number, e.g., “MCR 850 section 3(A)”). Applicable Federal Requirements: Federal hazardous material transportation law, 49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq. , and the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), 49 CFR parts 171-180 . Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq. , and 40 CFR Chapter I , subchapter I (Solid Wastes). Modes Affected: Highway. SUMMARY: Federal hazardous material transportation law does not preempt MDEP's regulations on classification of used cathode ray tubes (“CRTs”) as “universal waste” and broken CRTs and glass removed from CRTs (“CRT glass”) as a State “hazardous waste” and the marking, labeling, shipping documentation, and transporter requirements, because these requirements do not apply or pertain to materials regulated under Federal hazardous materials transportation law and the HMR or otherwise constitute an obstacle to accomplishing and carrying out Federal hazardous materials transportation law and the regulatio…