CHAPTER 2. Notification of Routes [32050. - 32053.]

Cal. Vehicle Code - VEH 2.

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Cal. Vehicle Code - VEH § 32050. Section 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.

Cal. Vehicle Code - VEH § 32051. Section 32051.

(a) Each advance notification required by Section 32050 shall contain all of the following information: (1) The name, address, and emergency telephone number of the manufacturer, shipper, carrier, and receiver of the shipment. (2) A current copy of a material data safety sheet, as designated by the department, regarding the material. (3) If the shipment is originating within California, the point of origin of the shipment and the 48-hour period during which departure of the shipment is estimated to occur, the destination of the shipment within California, and the 48-hour period during which the shipment is estimated to arrive. (4) If the shipment is originating outside of California, the point of origin of the shipment and the 48-hour period during which the shipment is estimated to arrive at the state boundary, the destination of the shipment within California, and the 48-hour period during which the shipment is estimated to arrive. (5) A telephone number and address for current shipment information. (b) The department shall design a standard notification form to include all of the information specified in subdivision (a) and shall make these forms available by April 1, 1989.

Cal. Vehicle Code - VEH § 32052. Section 32052.

(a) The notification required by Section 32050 shall reach the department at least 72 hours before the beginning of the 48-hour period during which departure of the shipment of any material designated in Section 32050 is estimated to occur, and the department shall notify the sheriffs and the police chiefs as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 32050 at least 36 hours before the beginning of the 48-hour departure period specified in subdivision (a) of Section 32051, who shall notify the fire chiefs, as provided in Section 32050. A copy of the notification shall be retained by the department for three years. (b) The carrier shall also notify, by telephone or telegram, the department if there are any changes in the scheduling of a shipment, in the routes to be used for shipment, or any cancellation of a shipment. The department shall, in turn, notify the sheriffs and the police chiefs specified in subdivision (a) of Section 32050 that would be affected by these changes in the scheduling of a shipment, in the routes to be used for a shipment, or the cancellation of a shipment, who shall notify the fire chiefs, as provided in Section 32050. The department shall maintain for three years a record of each telegram and telephonic notification.

Cal. Vehicle Code - VEH § 32053. Section 32053.

(a) Any carrier who violates Section 32050, 32051, or 32052, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, is subject to a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation. For purposes of this section, each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation. (b) When establishing the amount of the civil penalty, the court shall consider, in addition to other relevant circumstances, all of the following: (1) The extent of the harm caused by the violation. (2) The persistence of the violation. (3) The number of prior violations by the same violator. (4) The deterrent value of the penalty based on the financial resources of the violator.

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