---
kind: "unit"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
key: "stIII/ch51"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 51"
heading: "Transportation of Hazardous Material"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/stIII-ch51"
sections_count: 29
---

# Chapter 51 — Transportation of Hazardous Material

Title 49 — Transportation › Subtitle III — General and Intermodal Programs

## Sections

- [§5101. Purpose](/usc/49/5101.md)
- [§5102. Definitions](/usc/49/5102.md)
- [§5103. General regulatory authority](/usc/49/5103.md)
- [§5103a. Limitation on issuance of hazmat licenses](/usc/49/5103a.md)
- [§5104. Representation and tampering](/usc/49/5104.md)
- [§5105. Transporting certain highly radioactive material](/usc/49/5105.md)
- [§5106. Handling criteria](/usc/49/5106.md)
- [§5107. Hazmat employee training requirements and grants](/usc/49/5107.md)
- [§5108. Registration](/usc/49/5108.md)
- [§5109. Motor carrier safety permits](/usc/49/5109.md)
- [§5110. Shipping papers and disclosure](/usc/49/5110.md)
- [§5111. Repealed.](/usc/49/5111.md)
- [§5112. Highway routing of hazardous material](/usc/49/5112.md)
- [§5113. Unsatisfactory safety rating](/usc/49/5113.md)
- [§5114. Air transportation of ionizing radiation material](/usc/49/5114.md)
- [§5115. Training curriculum for the public sector](/usc/49/5115.md)
- [§5116. Planning and training grants, monitoring, and review](/usc/49/5116.md)
- [§5117. Special permits and exclusions](/usc/49/5117.md)
- [§5118. Hazardous material technical assessment, research and development, and analysis program](/usc/49/5118.md)
- [§5119. Uniform forms and procedures](/usc/49/5119.md)
- [§5120. International uniformity of standards and requirements](/usc/49/5120.md)
- [§5121. Administrative](/usc/49/5121.md)
- [§5122. Enforcement](/usc/49/5122.md)
- [§5123. Civil penalty](/usc/49/5123.md)
- [§5124. Criminal penalty](/usc/49/5124.md)
- [§5125. Preemption](/usc/49/5125.md)
- [§5126. Relationship to other laws](/usc/49/5126.md)
- [§5127. Judicial review](/usc/49/5127.md)
- [§5128. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/49/5128.md)