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Plans Made for International Highway Transportation Safety Week

31 May 1998

Inspections of Trucks to be Part of `Safety Week' Activities; PA State Police Also to Participate in Hazardous-Materials Seminar

    HARRISBURG, Pa., May 29 -- State Police will conduct motor-
carrier safety inspections during "International Highway Transportation Safety
Week," June 1 through 6, State Police Commissioner Paul J. Evanko today
announced.
    Evanko said the random inspections of trucks for possible safety
violations will be performed in conjunction with law-enforcement agencies in
bordering states and with the cooperation of the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
    Evanko noted that, as part of the week's activities, State Police will
participate in a hazardous-materials transportation seminar from 9 a.m. to
3:30 p.m., June 3, at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Building, Maclay and Cameron
streets, Harrisburg.
    The free seminar is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Safety Coalition, an
organization that includes representatives from federal and state enforcement
and regulatory agencies and from trucking and petroleum associations.
    "The seminar is designed to provide a basic understanding of regulations
governing the transportation of hazardous materials," Evanko said.  "This is
an opportunity for shippers and motor carriers to work with enforcement and
regulatory agencies to promote the goals of safety and compliance in
hazardous-materials transportation."
    Additional information regarding the seminar is available at the State
Police website at http://www.psp.state.pa.us.