Iowa § 321.450 - 321.450 Hazardous materials transportation regulations.

§ 321.450. 321.450 Hazardous materials transportation regulations.

1. A person shall not transport or have transported or shipped within this state any hazardous material except in compliance with rules adopted by the department of public safety under chapter 17A. The rules shall be consistent with the federal hazardous materials regulations adopted under United States Code, Tit. 49, and found in 49 C.F.R. pts. 107, 171 to 173, 177, 178, and 180. 2. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, rules adopted under this section concerning physical and medical qualifications for drivers of commercial vehicles engaged in intrastate commerce shall not be construed as disqualifying any individual who was employed as a driver of commercial vehicles engaged in intrastate commerce, and whose physical or medical condition existed, prior to July 29, 1996. 3. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, the rules adopted under this section pertaining to compliance with regulations adopted under United States Code, Tit. 49, and found in 49 C.F.R. §177.804, shall not apply to retail dealers of fertilizers, petroleum products, and pesticides and their employees while delivering fertilizers, petroleum products, and pesticides to farm customers within a one-hundred-mile radius of their retail place of business. 4. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, rules adopted under this section shall not apply to a farmer or employees of a farmer when transporting an agricultural hazardous material, except class 2 material, between the sites in the farmer’s agricultural operations unless the material is being transported on the interstate highway system. As used in this subsection, “farmer” means a person engaged in the production or raising of crops, poultry, or livestock; “farmer” does not include a person who is a commercial applicator of agricultural chemicals or fertilizers. 5. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section to the contrary, a driver who is engaged exclusively in intrastate commerce and who operates a truck or truck tractor exclusively for the movement of refined oil products may drive twelve hours, be on duty sixteen hours in a twenty-four-hour period, and be on duty seventy hours in seven consecutive days, or eighty hours in eight consecutive days. 6. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, rules adopted under this section applicable to the transportation of any fuel used in race car engines shall not apply to the transportation of such fuel if the fuel is contained in the fuel cells of a race car being transported in a trailer and the fuel cells are certified by SFI foundation, inc. [C39, §5034.59; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.450] 87 Acts, ch 170, §14; 88 Acts, ch 1083, §8; 89 Acts, ch 70, §1, 2; 89 Acts, ch 186, §1; 91 Acts, ch 127, §1; 97 Acts, ch 108, §27, 28; 98 Acts, ch 1178, §5, 17; 2001 Acts, ch 32, §20; 2003 Acts, ch 8, §19; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §177; 2014 Acts, ch 1127, §12; 2023 Acts, ch 85, §16; 2025 Acts, ch 4, §2 Referred to in §321O.4, 325A.2, 805.8A(13)(c) For applicable scheduled fines, see §805.8A, subsection 13, paragraph c Subsection 3 amended Thu Dec 11 19:42:03 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 321.450 (36, 2)