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§ 372.115 Commodities that are not exempt under 49 U.S.C. 13506(a)(6).

49 CFR 372.115

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§ 372.115 Commodities that are not exempt under 49 U.S.C. 13506(a)(6).

49 U.S.C. 13506(a)(6) provides an exemption from regulation for motor vehicles used in carrying ordinary livestock, fish, and unmanufactured agricultural commodities. Certain specific commodities have been statutorily determined to be non-exempt. Administrative Ruling No. 133, which is reproduced below, is a list of those commodities that are non-exempt by statute.

Administrative Ruling No. 133 List of Commodities That Are Not Exempt by Statute Under 49 U.S.C. 13506(a)(6) Animal fatsButterCanned fruits and vegetablesCarnauba wax as imported in slabs or chunksCattle, slaughteredCharcoalCheeseCoalCocoa beansCoffee, beans, roasted, or instantCopra mealCotton yarnCottonseed cake or mealDiatomaceous earthDinners, frozenFeeds:Alfalfa meal Alfalfa pellets Beet pulp Bran shorts Copra meal Corn gluten Distilled corn grain residues, with or without solubles added Fish meal Hominy feed Middlings Pelletized ground refuse screenings Wheat bran Wheat shorts Fertilizer, commercialFish:Canned or salted as a treatment for preserving Cooked or partially cooked fish or shrimp, frozen or unfrozen Hermetically sealed in containers as a treatment for preserving Oil from fishes Preserved, or treated for preserving, such as smoked, salted, pickled, spiced, corned or kippered FlagstoneFlaxseed mealFlourForest products:Resin products, such as turpentine Fruits and Berries:Bananas, fresh, dried, dehydrated, or frozen Canned Frozen Hulls of oranges after juice extractions Juice, fruit, plain or concentrated Pies, frozen Preserved, such as jam Purees, strawberry and other, frozen Grains:Oils extracted from grain Popcorn, popped Rice, precooked Wheat germ GravelHair, hog or other animal, product of slaughter of animalHay, sweetened with 3 percent molasses by weightHemp fiberHides, green and saltedInsecticidesLimestone, agriculturalLivestock:Monkeys Race horses Show horses Zoo animals Lumber, rough sawed or planedMaple syrupMeal:Alfalfa Copra Cottonseed Fish Flaxseed Linseed Peanut Soybean Meat and meat products, fresh, frozen or cannedMilk and Cream:Chocolate Condensed Sterilized in hermetically sealed cans MolassesNuts (including peanuts):Peanut meal Roasted or boiled Oil, mintOil, extracted from vegetables, grain, seed, fish or other commodityPeltsPies, frozenPigeons, racingPulp, beetPulp, sugar caneRock (except natural crushed, vesicular rock to be used for decorative purposes)Rubber, crude, in balesRubber, latex, natural, liquid, from which water has been extracted and to which ammonia has been addedSandSeeds:Oil extracted from seeds Skins, animalSoil, pottingSoil, topSoup, frozenSugarSugar cane pulpSugar rawSyrup, caneSyrup, mapleTeaTobacco:Cigars and cigarettes Homogenized Smoking Top SoilTrees:Sawed into lumber Vegetables:Candied sweet potatoes, frozen Canned Cooked French fried potatoes Oil, extracted from vegetables Soup, frozen Soybean meal Wool imported from a foreign countryWool tops and noilsWool waste (carded, spun, woven, or knitted)Wool yarn

Note 1:

Under 49 U.S.C. 13506(a)(6)(D), any listed fish or shellfish product that is not intended for human consumption is exempt.

Note 2:

Under 49 U.S.C. 13506(a)(6)(E), any listed livestock feed, poultry feed, agricultural seeds, or plants that are transported to a site of agricultural production or to a business enterprise engaged in the sale to agricultural producers of goods used in agricultural production is exempt

[53 FR 17707, May 18, 1988, as amended at 62 FR 15421, Apr. 1, 1997]