Comment Period Extended On October 28, 2024, the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to adopt several modal-specific amendments aimed at enhancing the safe transportation of hazardous materials …
New Year, New Penalty Amounts The Department of Transportation (DOT) and it many agencies have increased the maximum civil penalty amounts for various hazardous materials shipping and transportation regulation violations for fiscal year 2025. To view the new penalty amounts …
Positive Train Control System The Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is planning on adjusting several regulations which govern positive train control systems. On October 28, 2024, the FRA published its notice of proposed rulemaking in the federal …
Electronics Signature The Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register on October 15, 2024, which would allow, but not require DOT-regulated employers and their contractors …
Accident/Incident Investigation Policy Recently the Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) released a direct final rule to amend its accident/Incident regulations governing reporting, classification, and investigations by codifying the FRA’s policy form which was created as a joint …
Low Risk Explosives? I know the title may seem a bit misleading or confusing which is why the Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is soliciting hazardous materials (HAZMAT) shippers to submit information on what …
Notice and Request for Comment The Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) recently published a notice and request for comment regarding the development of general investigative questions that may be used by PHMSA’s Office of …
PHMSA Corrects its Errors. As many of you know, the Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) continually strives to keep alignment with international standards. The final rule published on April 10, 2024, intended to adopt …
Being The Change You Want to See Often when rules and regulations change, we find ourselves wondering “who came up with these suggestions” and “how is this good for business?” Well, in case you didn’t know, the Department of Transportation …
*** For those that have been following this story, you may remember our initial post in November 2022 extending the comment period. Well, The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently published its final rule on April 9, …