104 STAT. 3262 PUBLIC LAW 101-615—NOV. 16, 1990 material, such vehicle shall be inspected and certified to be in compliance with this title and applicable Federal motor carrier safety laws and regulations. " (2) USE OF FEDERAL AND STATE INSPECTORS. —The Secretary may require that inspections under this subsection be carried out by duly authorized inspectors of the United States or in accordance with appropriate State procedures. "(3) SELF-CERTIFICATION. — The Secretary may permit a person who transports or causes to be transported or shipped any highway route controlled quantity radioactive material to inspect the motor vehicle to be used to provide such transportation and to certify that the motor vehicle is in compliance with this title. The inspector qualification requirements for individuals performing inspections of motor vehicles issued by the Secretary shall apply to individuals conducting inspections under this paragraph.'. 49 USC app. SEC. 16. INSPECTORS. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Transportation, in fiscal year 1991, shall employ and maintain thereafter an additional 30 hazardous materials safety inspectors above the number of safety inspectors authorized for fiscal year 1990, in the aggregate, for the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Research and Special Programs Administration. The Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary to assure that the activities of 10 such additional inspectors focus on promoting safety in the transportation of radioactive materials, as defined by the Secretary. Such activities shall include— (1) the inspection at the point of origin of shipments of highlevel radioactive waste or nucleeu* spent fuel, as those terms are defined in section 116 of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as added by section 15 of this Act; and (2) the inspection, to the maximum extent practicable, of shipments of radioactive materials that are not high-level radioactive waste or nuclear spent fuel. Inter- (\)) COOPERATION.—In carrying out their duties, the 10 additional governmental inspectors authorized by this section to focus on promoting safety in relations. ^^^ transportation of radioactive materials shall, to the maximum extent possible, cooperate with safety inspectors of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and appropriate State and local government officials. (c) ALLOCATION OF INSPECTORS OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. —Of the 10 additional inspectors authorized by subsection (a) to focus on promoting safety in the transportation of radioactive materials— (1) not less than 1 shall be allocated to the Research and Special Programs Administration; (2) not less than 3 shall be allocated to the Federal Railroad Administration; (3) not less than 3 shall be allocated to the Federal Highway Administration; and (4) the remainder shall be allocated, at the discretion of the Secretary, among the agencies referred to in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). (d) ALLOCATION OF OTHER SAFETY INSPECTORS. — The 20 additional inspectors authorized by subsection (a) not referred to in subsection (c) shall be allocated, at the discretion of the Secretary, among the agencies referred to in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
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