New Jersey bills focus on hazmat loads, turnpike use

Cybergal · Nov 4, 2008

New Jersey bills focus on hazmat loads, turnpike use
11/3/08

With the clock winding down on the legislative calendar in New Jersey, the topics of consideration at the statehouse include hazardous materials and trucking on the New Jersey Turnpike.
Sen. John Adler, D-Camden, is the sponsor of a bill that would give the Delaware River Port Authority the authority to inspect hazmat carriers and cargoes.
State law now limits such inspections to the State Police, police officers of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and specially designated state Department of Transportation and Department of Environmental Protection personnel.
In a statement attached to the bill, Adler wrote that the DRPA officials say the police officers are trained to perform such inspections and are knowledgeable on the federal regulations concerning hazmat loads. In Pennsylvania, he pointed out, the DRPA police officers already have this authority.
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Cybergal · Nov 21, 2008

New Jersey bill would change how states hazmat haulers are compensated
11/20/08

With less than two months remaining until the New Jersey Legislature adjourns, one bill that could still draw consideration would change how the state compensates hazmat haulers.
Sponsored by Assemblyman John Burzichelli, D-Gloucester, the bill would require New Jersey-based truckers who haul hazardous materials intrastate to be compensated with an hourly wage, exclusive of overtime pay or other benefits paid to the driver. The bill specifies that the hourly wage be paid by the business, corporation, company, organization or other entity a driver is hauling for.
This marks the third time in recent years that Burzichelli has sought the change. The previous two efforts failed to advance from committee.
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