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 …
Hazardous Materials: Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail For those of you who have been following Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) by Rail rule its been quite the journey thus far. Recently on June 23, 2025, the Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline …
Understanding Reverse Logistic and Returning Hazardous Materials For most of us in the industry we fall under the definition of a hazmat employee or hazmat shipper and fall under the training requirement listed under 49 CFR § 172.704 and never …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Rules Out For Summer Did you know most of the industries household goods moves during the summer months (May 1- Sep 30)? Probably not, but the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) did. That is why they have chosen to …
How Long Do You Have? As Covid-19 rages on and a new threat lurks in the background (Monkeypox), straining an already exhausted supply chain, The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) decided to “Extend and …
Lithium Battery Recycling and Disposal The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) recently released (May 17, 2022) a Safety Advisory Notice detailing their findings regarding “shippers and carriers improperly package[ing] and ship[ping] lithium …