How Will The Changes Effect You? The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently released their FINAL RULE revising the emergency exemption rules to narrow its scope of safety regulations from which drivers are exempt from. …
Telemedicine Flexibilities We may all deal with different types of hazardous materials, but one thing all of us deal with is sickness and a need for medication. On March 1, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in cooperation with the …
Time Is Running Out In case you didn’t know, there is just 8 short days left to submit your remarks for the forthcoming Lithium Battery Air Safety Advisory Committee Public Meeting which takes place November 2, 2023. The Department of …
They Really Want to Know You may recall in July; the Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking comments on 46 topics related to modernizing regulations to …
Come One, Come All On September 19, 2023, the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a Notice of advisory committee meeting of the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC) to discuss the notices of proposed …
Did You Know? Did you know that all private sector employers with 100 or more employees and federal contractors with 50 or more employees who meet certain criteria must submit demographic workforce data? Surely those who must currently submit it …
Going, Going, Gone Some of you may recall the long battle of transportation of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) by rail. It was originally thought to have been settled by the Final Rule published to the federal register in July 2020. …
Incident Reporting and Notification You may recall back in March 2022; The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced it would be answering questions and converting historical Letters of Interpretation (LOI) regarding many subjects related …
Used Drum Management and Reconditioning On August 11, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to seek public comment and information to assist in: “Potential development of non-regulatory and regulatory options that would …
What’s Your Opinion? In case you missed it, On June 27, 2023 the Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced a Notice of Propose Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at keeping first responders safer and improving public …