PUBLIC LAW 104-205—SEPT. 30, 1996
110 STAT. 2981
the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Coast
Guard to issue, implement, or enforce a regulation or to establish
an interpretation or guideline under the Edible Oil Regulatory
Reform Act (Public Law 104-55) or the amendments made by
that Act that does not recognize and provide for, with respect
to fats, oils, and greases (as described in that Act or the amendments made by that Act) differences in—
(1) physical, chemical, biological, and other relevant
properties; and
(2) environmental effects.
SEC. 355. Of the funds made available to the Federal Railroad
Administration, up to $200,000 may be made available from the
Office of the Administrator to establish and operate the Institute
for Railroad Safety as authorized by the Swift Rail Development
Act of 1994.
SEC. 356. No funds appropriated under this Act shall be used
to levy penalties prior to September 1, 1997, on the States of
Maine or New Hampshire based on non-compliance with Federal
vehicle weight limitations.
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS HIGHWAY PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
semitrailer units operating in a truck tractor-semitrailer combination whose semitrailer unit is more than forty-eight feet in length
and truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combinations specified in section 31111(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, may not operate
on United States Route 15 in Virginia between the Maryland border
and the intersection with United States Route 29.
SEC. 402. Item 30 of the table contained in section 1107(b)
of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
(105 Stat. 2050), relating to Mobile, Alabama, is amended in the
second column by inserting after "Alabama" the following: "and
for feasibility studies, preliminary engineering, and construction
of a new bridge and approaches over the Mobile River",
SEC. 403. Item 94 of the table contained in section 1107(b)
of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
(105 Stat. 2052), relating to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, is
amended—
(1) by striking "St. Thomas,"; and
(2) by inserting after "the island" the following: "of St.
Thomas and improvements to the VIPA Molasses Dock intermodal port facility on the island of St. Croix to make the
facility capable of handling multiple cargo tasks".
SEC. 404. The funds authorized to be appropriated for highway-
railroad grade crossing separations in Mineola, New York, under
the head "Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing Safety Demonstration
Project (Highway Trust Fund)" in House Report 99-976 and section
302(1) of Public Law 99-591 are hereby also authorized to be appropriated for other grade crossing improvements in Nassau and Suf-
folk Counties in New York and shall be available in accordance
with the terms of the original authoriziaton in House Report 99-
976.
SEC. 405. The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized
to enter into an agreement modifying the agreement entered into
pursuant to section 336 of the Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-331)
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