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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1271. Records of interstate shipment
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter,
carriers engaged in interstate commerce, and persons receiving
hazardous substances in interstate commerce or holding such
hazardous substances so received shall, upon the request of an
officer or employee duly designated by the Commission, permit such
officer or employee, at reasonable times, to have access to and to
copy all records showing the movement in interstate commerce of any
such hazardous substance, or the holding thereof during or after
such movement, and the quantity, shipper, and consignee thereof;
and it shall be unlawful for any such carrier or person to fail to
permit such access to and copying of any record so requested when
such request is accompanied by a statement in writing specifying
the nature or kind of such hazardous substance to which such
request relates: Provided, That evidence obtained under this
section, or any evidence which is directly or indirectly derived
from such evidence, shall not be used in a criminal prosecution of
the person from whom obtained: Provided further, That carriers
shall not be subject to the other provisions of this chapter by
reason of their receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery of
hazardous substances in the usual course of business as carriers.
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