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FMCSA issues hazmat permit notice
Sep 18, 2008

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued an enforcement policy notice...

PHMSA proposes
narrowing hazmat list
Sep 9, 2008

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), in consultation with the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA), is proposing to narrow the list of hazardous materials subject to security plan requirements, according to information published in the Federal Register September 9...

Democratic Convention prompts
hazmat routing changes
Aug 21, 2008

Hazardous materials routing and general information for truck drivers during the Democratic National Convention in Denver CO August 25-28 has been announced by the Colorado State Patrol and the Denver Police...

ATA challenges Boston hazmat routing
Aug 12, 2008

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is challenging a decision by Boston MA in its designation of hazardous materials routes through the city and has appealed to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to determine if the action preempts federal law, according to information in the Federal Register August 8...

NIOSH offers hazmat pocket guide
Aug 11, 2008

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has a pocket guide to chemical hazards available on its Web site that contains general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals...

PHMSA wants comments on railcar standards
Jul 28, 2008

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is soliciting comments on the merits of petitions filed with the agency on an interim standard for railroad tank cars used to transport toxic by inhalation hazard (TIH) materials...

PHMSA schedules
hazmat workshop
Jul 23, 2008

The Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is hosting a public workshop July 31 to identify and discuss strategies for meeting emerging hazardous materials transportation safety challenges...

NACD files comments on hazmat fee increases
Jul 17, 2008

The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) has raised concerns about a federal proposal to increase hazmat fees for 2009-2010 and the following years...

TSA announces hazmat security recommendations
Jul 17, 2008

A set of security recommendations for the transportation of certain quantities of hazardous materials across the nation’s highways has been announced by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)...

Hazmat permit renewal gets 60-day adjustment
Jun 5, 2008

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is reminding carriers that haul hazardous materials that they now are allowed to renew their hazmat safety permit (MCS 150B) 60 days before the permit expires...

DGAC updates Olympic
hazmat information
May 30, 2008

The Dangerous Goods Advisory Council (DGAC) is passing along updated information from the Department of Transportation (DOT) concerning the situation on hazmat transport and production in China during the Olympic period June 1 through October 1...

PHMSA proposes
hazmat fee increase
May 6, 2008

A proposal to increase hazmat registration fees by $1,500 has been made by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)...

NPRA concerned about hazmat rule revisions
May 2, 2008

The National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (NPRA) has expressed its concern at what it calls possible premature, unnecessary revisions to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)...

New hazmat routing
required for railroads
Apr 30, 2008

Railroads will be required to route every train carrying the most toxic and dangerous hazardous materials on the safest and most secure route...

PHMSA proposes public meetings on rail hazmat
Apr 14, 2008

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is holding four public meetings...

FMCSA reports on technologies for securing hazmat trucks
Apr 1, 2008

A study on vehicle immobilization technologies (VIT) shows that the trucking industry favors theft prevention vs. vehicle shutdown technologies...

More time for hazmat loading/unloading comments
Feb 8, 2008

Carriers and others now have until March 14, 2008, to comment on a proposal by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) that would apply to bulk loading and unloading of hazardous materials, according to information published February 8 in the Federal Register....

EPA issues hazmat emissions standards rule
Jan 11, 2008

A final rule has been issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for national emissions standards for hazmat air emissions at gasoline distribution bulk terminals...

PHMSA wants comments on hazmat loading/unloading RPs
Jan 7, 2008

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is asking for comments on proposed recommended practices for loading and unloadin...

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