| DATE | HISTORICAL HAPPENING
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| 1880'S | THE INCREASE IN VOLUME OF EXPLOSIVES AND OTHER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTED BY RAIL DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
RESULTED IN A GROWING NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS. IN RESPONSE, THE PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD DEVELOPED SOME IN RESPONSE, THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD DEVELOPED
SOME OF THE FIRST REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TRANSPORT OF SUCH MATERIALS.
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| 1887 | (ICC), FORMER INDEPENDENT AGENCY OF THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT, ESTABLISHED IN 1887; IT WAS CHARGED WITH REGULATING THE
ECONOMICS AND SERVICES OF SPECIFIED CARRIERS ENGAGED IN TRANSPORTATION
BETWEEN STATES. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION UNDER THE ICC�S JURISDICTION INCLUDED
RAILROADS, TRUCKING COMPANIES, BUS LINES, FREIGHT FORWARDERS, WATER
CARRIERS, OIL PIPELINES, TRANSPORTATION BROKERS, AND EXPRESS AGENCIES.
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| 1907 | THE BUREAU of EXPLOSIVES(BOE)WAS FORMED IN 1907
BY THE RAILROAD INDUSTRY TO SERVE AS A "SELF-POLICING" AGENCY IN THE AREA OF
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION. THE BUREAU OF EXPLOSIVES ACTUALLY WROTE
THE FIRST HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS, WHICH WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ADOPTED
AND EXPANDED UPON BY THE ICC AND LATER THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SINCE THAT TIME, THIS UNIQUE ORGANIZATION HAS COME TO SERVE
MANUFACTURERS, SHIPPERS, AND OTHER TRANSPORTERS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
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| 1916 | PLACARDS ARE SHOWN ON TANK CARS AS EARLY AS 1916
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| 1920 | PLACARDS [page not in site archive] ARE PAPER, DIAMOND SHAPED, 10 3/4 INCHES ON EACH SIDE
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| 1927 | THE ICC ADOPTED BY REFERENCE THE BOE SPECIFICATIONS IN 1923 AND THE TANK CAR
COMMITTEE SPECS FOR TANK CARS TRANSPORTING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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| 1966 | THE ICC�S SAFETY FUNCTIONS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT).
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| 1979 | THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (D.O.T.) MANDATED
THAT BULK CARRIER PLACARDING MUST SHOW NOT ONLY THE HAZARD CLASS, BUT ALSO A
SPECIFIC ID FOR EACH HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.
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| 1995 | ICC's REMAINING FUNCTIONS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD.
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