19A NCAC 02D .0519      RIGHT TO REFUSE TRANSPORT: CARGO

Carrier may refuse any and all articles loaded in or on vehicles or vehicles which in its opinion will jeopardize the safe operation of the vessel, or which carrier is not equipped to handle.  Carrier may refuse to transport vehicles containing offensive or ill‑smelling cargo and liquid or semi‑liquid commodities when not in tightly enclosed containers or tanks, precluding possibility of escaping odors or leakage from such vehicles.  Dangerous articles prohibited by law will not be transported including those hazardous cargos regulated by the U.S. Coast Guard.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 136‑82; 143B‑10(j);

Eff. July 1, 1978;

Amended Eff. December 1, 1993; November 1, 1991;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. September 6, 2016.