Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/799

 PUBLIC LAW 97-424—JAN. 6, 1983

96 STAT. 2161

preliminary or permanent injunction. In any such action, the court may also issue a mandatory injunction commanding any State or person to comply with any applicable provision of this title, or any rule issued under authority of this title. SPLASH AND SPRAY SUPPRESSANT DEVICES

SEC. 414. (a) The Congress declares that visibility on wet roadways on the Interstate System should be improved by reducing, by a practicable and reliable means, splash and spray from truck tractors, semitrailers, and trailers. (b) The Secretary shall by regulation— (1) within one year after the date of the enactment of this title, establish minimum standards with respect to the performance and installation of splash and spray suppression devices for use on truck tractors, semitrailers, or trailers; (2) within two years after the date of the enactment of this title, require that all new truck tractors, semitrailers, and trailers operated on the Interstate System be equipped with any splash and spray suppression device which satisfies the standards established pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection; and (3) within five years after the date of the enactment of this title, require that all truck trailers, semitrailers, and trailers operated on the Interstate System be equipped with any splash and spray suppression device which satisfies the standards established pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. (c) For the purposes of this section, the term— (1) "truck tractor" means the noncargo carrying power unit that operates in combination with a semitrailer or trailer(s); (2) "semitrailer" and "trailer" mean any semitrailer or trailer, respectively, with respect to which section 422 of this title applies; and (3) "Interstate System" has the same meaning provided in section 101 of title 23, United States Code.

49 USC 2314.

Minimum standards, establishment.

Definitions.

REPORT REGARDING LONGER COMBINATION COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES

SEC. 415. (a) Within 18 months after the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary, after consultation with the transportation officials and Governors of the several States and after an opportunity for public comment, shall submit to Congress a detailed report on the potential benefits and costs if any, to shippers, receivers, operators of commercial motor vehicles, and the general public, that reasonably may be anticipated from the establishment of a National intercity truck route network for the operation of a special class of longer combination commercial motor vehicles. (b) For the purposes of this section, the term— (1) "longer combination commercial motor vehicles" means multiple-trailer combinations consisting of (A) truck tractorsemitrailer-full trailer, and (B) truck tractor-semitrailer-full trailer-full trailer combinations with an overall length not in excess of one hundred and ten feet; and (2) "national intercity truck route network" means a network consisting of a number of controlled-access, interconnecting segments of the National System of Interstate and Defense

Submittal to Congress. 49 USC 2315.

Definitions.

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