Has anyone had a Hazmat Violation ?

if its new and never used it shouldn't need to be placarded. if it has been used it has to be placard

 

Until it is cleaned. Running MT you need proof of what was in the trailer. I had a guy stopped between the dropbox and the tankwash & he had dumpped all his
papers into the mailpac. The inspector chewed him a new one & Ohio later sent a fine.

We would have OTR guys clean at a tankwash close to where they were re-loading. The always took a copy of the wash ticket as proof that the tank was cleaned. You often neded to present proof of a tankwash before loading the next product..

Dedicated tankers still need to be cleaned once a year for the internal inspection +/or thickness test if insulated. The placards should come off then.

Before you had to do an internal inspection a fuel tanker might only be washed when it was leaking and needed to be fixed...You replaced the palcards when they were faded.

 

He stated it was used from farm work... there are exceptions galore for ANYTHING farm related. As it is likely there was no formal BOL... nor was there COA or anything for absolute proof of, what was in the tank... although, even an idiot DOT guy could surmise it is dyed diesel residue.

 

It needs to remain that way unless:

 

The important part is it was dismissed. Good deal.

That terrible about the attorney though when you pay for a service. What if you lost?

 

Here's a new one. I got pulled over in downtown Chicago at 11:30pm on a Friday night for a random full roadside inspection including hazmat that took 1 hour and 20 minutes. This guy checked everything and when it was over I got written a warning for a faded hazmat trailer sticker which is supposed to be affixed to the rear trailer guard on the inside facing the passenger side trailer mudflap. Has anyone ever heard of this? The officer claimed it is affixed by the trailer manufacturer at the factory if the dry van is hazmat worthy. He said I need to go back to Utility and get another one affixed, and they may need to re-inspect the entire trailer for hazmat worthiness first. Huh? Any help is appreciated guys.