PHMSA Wants to Harmonize On May 30, 2023, the Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register announcing its plans to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations …
Pipeline Safety Updates PHMSA Releases a New NPRM Pipeline Safety Updates With the worldwide popularity of the pipe warping brothers, The Super Mario Bros, I thought I would bring you some pipeline news of my own. Recently on May 18, …
In Case You Didn’t Know. If you previously wanted to become a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver and obtain your commercial driver’s license (CDL), but thought it was out of reach due to your medical condition, or more specifically “epilepsy …
Do You Need an Update? Recently published on May 2, 2023, The Department of Transportation (DOT) published a Final Rule (88 FR 27596) to harmonize Part 40 with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) drug testing policy …
Lights, Camera, Action In a recent Notice and Request for Comment published in the Federal Register by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the FMCSA seeks to add 4 new crash types to its current Crash Preventability Determination Program …
Ensuring You Can Breathe On March 22, 2023, The Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM)to amend its occupational noise exposure regulations in three main ways: Require railroads to provided appropriate …
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace From time to time, The Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) will amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to “clarify, improve…, or streamline various regulatory requirements.” On March …
Will the SMS Receive an Overhaul In case you missed it, on February 15, 2023, the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published a Notice and Request for Comment on the proposed changes to the Safety …
Corrections, Removals, And Edits To start the new year with more clarity, The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released their annual Final Rule of editorial corrections to enhance accuracy and reduce misunderstandings related to …
Revisions to Civil Penalty Amounts They say only two things in life are certain, death…and taxes. I propose adding one more to that short list of certainties. Government Inflation Adjustments. Effective January 6, 2023, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has raised …