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ail, and includes a box car, flat car, gondola car, hopper car, tank car, and
occupied caboose.
Railroad means a person engaged in transportation by rail.
Receptacle means a containment vessel for receiving and holding materials,
including any means of closing.
Registered Inspector means a person registered with the Department in
accordance with subpart F of part 107 of this chapter who has the knowledge
and ability to determine whether a cargo tank conforms to the applicable DOT
specification. A Registered Inspector meets the knowledge and ability
requirements of this section by meeting any one of the following requirements:
(1) Has an engineering degree and one year of work experience relating to the
testing and inspection of cargo tanks;
(2) Has an associate degree in engineering and two years of work experience
relating to the testing and inspection of cargo tanks;
(3) Has a high school diploma (or General Equivalency Diploma) and three years
of work experience relating to the testing and inspection of cargo tanks; or
(4) Has at least three years' experience performing the duties of a Registered
Inspector prior to September 1, 1991.
Regulated medical waste. See § 173.134 of this subchapter.
Reportable quantity (RQ) for the purposes of this subchapter means the
quantity specified in column 2 of the appendix to § 172.101 for any material
identified in Column 1 of the appendix.
Research means investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery of new
theories or laws and the discovery and interpretation of facts or revision of
accepted theories or laws in the light of new facts.
Residue means the hazardous material remaining in a packaging, including a
tank car, after its contents have been unloaded to the maximum extent
practicable and before the packaging is either refilled or cleaned of hazardous
material and purged to remove any hazardous vapors.
Risk group. See § 173.134 of this subchapter.
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