Cancellation of Penalty Inflation Adjustments for 2026 I guess there really is a reason the old saying goes “There are only two things guaranteed in life: death and taxes.” If you thought penalty adjustments from government entities could be added …
Fireworks, Firearm Cartridges, and Freedom! With it being the 250th “birthday” celebration of America, what could be more fitting than the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) publishing a final rule which streamlines the approval …
Fee Fi Fo Funds It seems like everything today comes with a fee. A fee for using a service, a fee for delivery, a fee for the fee and so on. Well, it should come as no surprise when …
Grand Opening Wednesday April 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) celebrated its grand opening of the first ever LNG Safety Center to promote American energy. Dubbed “The Center” the National Center …
Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Materials On May 23, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order (E.O.) 14300 which tasked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to review its regulations and guidance documents relating to Physical Protections …
DOT Aligning with International Standards On February 10, 2026, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to align with the latest …
Be Careful In case you missed the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations (FMCSA) press release covering one of the latest phishing scams going around, TCA, Inc. wanted to make you aware. Recently the …
Transportation of hazardous materials integral to spacecraft payloads or components – The Future is Now! For those of us who grew up watching Star Trek and its many different variants, space truly seemed like the “Final Frontier.” As technology has …
New Year, New Rules To reduce costs and eliminate unnecessary regulatory burdens on the transportation of hazardous materials (including energy products), the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a final rule adopting several amendments from the Notice of …
Electronic Logging Devices On October 17, 2025, the Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) removed 5 devices from its Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) list due to a failure to meet the minimum requirements established in title …