PHMSA has recently made changes to the transportation of Lithium Batteries. However, they also announced that they are extending the mode for transportation aside from the air mandatory compliance, and pushing back the date to August 7, 2015.

This push back is in direct correlation to the comments made from numerous stakeholders who claimed that there are far too many regulations to implement the new laws quickly and efficiently by the date stated.

After stepping up regulations, penalties, and fines for companies transporting hazardous materials, the FAA is now proposing civil penalties against three companies they claim violated the new measures.

These new penalties range from $65,000 to $78,000 for violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations.

The recent outbreak of Ebola in the United States has promoted the Department of Transportation to issue a special permit for transportation of infected medical materials.

The Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to announce this special permit back in October.

The special permit was issued to a Lake Forest, Illinois transport company who worked in conjunction with the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas to dispose of contaminated waste. 

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has exercised its power within the nation’s cross-border pilot program to maintain authority over U.S. trucking operations even after the program ends.

Although the program between the U.S. and Mexico began in 2011, it has recently been terminated.