restrictions as to the weight or size of vehicles operated
upon a highway or bridge only when they determine by
conducting an engineering and traffic study as provided for
in department regulations that the highway or bridge may be
damaged or destroyed unless use by vehicles is prohibited or
the permissible size or weight of vehicles is reduced.
(2) School buses, emergency vehicles and vehicles making
local deliveries or pickups may be exempted from restrictions
on the use of highways imposed under this subsection.
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(3) The department [may] shall issue a statement of
policy, which shall take effect upon publication in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin, adopting an appropriate methodology to
provide letters of local determination that identify
particular vehicles, routes or uses as local in nature.
(4) The methodology under paragraph (3) [may] shall
allow for exemptions from 67 Pa. Code Ch. 189 (relating to
hauling in excess of posted weight limit) related to the at-
risk industry of logging or other forest products
experiencing a 20% decline in Statewide employment between
March 2002 and March [2011] 2019, as determined by the
Department of Labor and Industry.
(5) [The exemptions and related requirements under
paragraph (4) may remain in existence only until December 31,
2023.] Exemptions for local delivery or pickup may not
include traffic going to or coming from a site at which
minerals, natural gas or natural resources are developed,
harvested or extracted, notwithstanding whether the site is
located at a residence, a commercial site or on farmland.
Delivery or pickup of logs or other forest products to or
from permanent processing mills located on or reachable only
through posted highways shall be considered local delivery or
pickup. Delivery or pickup of coal to or from permanent coal
reprocessing or preparation plants located on or reachable
only through posted highways and not on the same posted
highway as a site at which coal is extracted shall be
considered local delivery or pickup.
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Section 3. Section 4962 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 4962. Conditions of permits and security for damages.
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(f.7) Movement of dozers.--
(1) A permitted vehicle or combination hauling a dozer
with an attached blade in excess of 12 feet in width, but not
wider than 15 feet, may move upon a highway if:
(i) a traffic protector guiderail device is securely
fastened to the dozer; or
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