2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 75 - VEHICLES
Chapter 83 - Hazardous Materials Transportation
8301 - Legislative findings.

                                CHAPTER 83
                    HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION

     Sec.
     8301.  Legislative findings.
     8302.  Powers and duties of department.
     8303.  Correspondence with Federal regulations.
     8304.  Right of entry.
     8305.  Injunctions and other remedies.
     8306.  Penalties.
     8307.  Hazardous Materials Transportation Advisory Committee.
     8308.  Report to the General Assembly.

        Enactment.  Chapter 83 was added June 30, 1984, P.L.473,
     No.99, effective immediately.
        Cross References.  Chapter 83 is referred to in sections 102,
     4704, 6103 of this title; section 3302 of Title 18 (Crimes and
     Offenses).
     § 8301.  Legislative findings.
        (a)  Essential nature.--It is hereby found as a fact that
     hazardous materials are essential for various industrial,
     commercial and other purposes, that their transportation is a
     necessary incident of their use and, therefore, that such
     transportation is required for the employment and economic
     prosperity of the people. It is also found as a fact that the
     transportation of hazardous materials may involve risk of injury
     to persons and damage to property and that the degree of the
     risk can and should be kept at a minimum consistent with
     technical feasibility and economic reasonableness.
        (b)  Balance of interests.--The purpose of this chapter and
     the primary standard by which it shall be administered is to so
     regulate the transportation of hazardous materials and assure
     compliance with the regulations promulgated pursuant to this
     chapter that there is established and maintained a reasonable
     balance between the interests of the people in the safety of
     themselves and their property, on the one hand, and the
     interests of the people and their employment and economic
     prosperity on the other.