1. As used in P.L.2025, c.300 (C.27:24A-1 et seq.):
“Board” means the Board of Public Utilities.
“Branch line” means a secondary railroad track that branches off from a main line.
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Transportation.
“Dangerous hazardous train” means any railroad locomotive propelling a railroad tank car or connection of railroad tank cars transporting 200,000 gallons or more of petroleum or petroleum products or 20,000 gallons or more of hazardous materials other than petroleum or petroleum products.
“Defects” include hot wheel bearings and hot wheels.
“Department” means the Department of Transportation.
“Hazardous material” means any material designated by the Secretary of Transportation as hazardous pursuant to the “Hazardous Materials Transportation Act,” Pub.L.93-633 (49 U.S.C. s.5101 et seq.), including, but not limited to:
AllylChloride;
Carbon Tetrachloride;
Chlorobenzene;
Chloroform;
O-Dichlorobenzene;
Dichloropropane (Propylene dichloride);
Dichloropropane/Dichloropropene mixture;
Dichloropropene;
Ethyl Chloride;
Ethylene Dibromide;
Ethylene Dibromide and Methyl Bromide mixtures;
Ethylene Dichloride;
Epichlorohydrin;
Methyl Chloroform (1,1,1 Trichloroethane);
Methylene Chloride (Dichloromethane);
Methylene Chloride/Chloroform mixture;
Perchloroethylene (Tetrachloroethylene);
Perchloroethylene/Trichloroethylene mixture; and
Trichloroethylene.
“Hazardous material” shall also include any new or emerging hazardous materials, as determined by the commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, that may be deemed to be environmentally sensitive chemicals, including those identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the United States Department of Transportation.
“Main line” means a Class I railroad, as documented in current timetables filed by the Class I railroad with the Federal Railroad Administration, over which 5,000,000 or more gross tons of railroad traffic is transported annually. “Main line” includes railroads used for regularly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger service, or both.
“Major facility” shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 3 of P.L.1976, c.141 (C.58:10-23.11b).
“Petroleum” or “petroleum products” shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 3 of P.L.1976, c.141 (C.58:10-23.11b).
“Railroad” means any form of non-highway ground transportation that runs on rails or electromagnetic guideways, including commuter or other short-haul railroad passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area, commuter railroad service, and high-speed ground transportation systems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard to whether those systems use new technologies not associated with traditional railroads. “Railroad” does not include rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.
“Railroad company” means any short line or private person, private company, or private entity owning a dangerous hazardous train or operating a dangerous hazardous train by lease, contract, or other form of agreement. “Railroad company” shall not include a private person who operates a dangerous hazardous train solely for the purposes of positioning or moving railroad tank cars within the confines of a major facility or whose interest in a dangerous hazardous train solely involves the ownership or lease of one or more railroad tank cars without operational authority.
“Short line” means an independent private railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance.
“Train” means one or more locomotives coupled with or without cars, requiring an air brake test in accordance with either 49 C.F.R. Part 232 or 49 C.F.R. Part 238, except during switching operations or where the operation is that of classifying and assembling rail cars within a railroad yard for the purpose of making or breaking up trains. “Train” includes a single locomotive, multiple locomotives coupled together, and one or more locomotives coupled with one or more cars.
“Wayside detector system” means an electronic device or a series of connected devices that scan passing trains, rolling stock, on-track equipment, and their component equipment and parts for defects.
“Wayside detector system program” or “program” means the program established and implemented by the department pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2025, c.300 (C.27:24A-5) to oversee the installation, maintenance, repair, and operation of wayside detector systems in the State by a railroad company.