HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN REQUIREMENT.

SEC. 7129. HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN REQUIREMENT. (a) In General.—Subpart I of part 172 of the Department of Transportation's regulations (49 CFR 172.800 et seq.), or any subsequent Department of Transportation regulation in pari materia, does not apply to the surface transportation activities of a farmer that are— (1) in direct support of the farmer's farming operations; and (2) conducted within a 150-mile radius of those operations. (b) Farmer Defined.—In this section, the term “farmer” means a person— (1) actively engaged in the production or raising of crops, poultry, livestock, or other agricultural commodities; and (2) whose gross receipts from the sale of such agricultural commodities or products do not exceed $500,000 annually.