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 …
Training Requirements For those who have been following this series of blogs, you know that the Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has been releasing what they call their Frequently Asked Questions publications where they …
Adoption of Miscellaneous Petitions and Updating Regulatory Requirements Recently the Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released its final rule responding to 18 petitions for rulemaking covering such topics as address packaging, hazard communication, and …
They Really Want to Know You may recall in July; the Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking comments on 46 topics related to modernizing regulations to …
Going, Going, Gone Some of you may recall the long battle of transportation of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) by rail. It was originally thought to have been settled by the Final Rule published to the federal register in July 2020. …
Incident Reporting and Notification You may recall back in March 2022; The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced it would be answering questions and converting historical Letters of Interpretation (LOI) regarding many subjects related …
What’s Your Opinion? In case you missed it, On June 27, 2023 the Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced a Notice of Propose Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at keeping first responders safer and improving public …
Your Voice Matters On July 5, 2023 the Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) regarding Modernizing Regulations to Improve Safety and Efficiency. In short, PHMSA is looking …