Same- Same, but Different The U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) will release the Interim Final Rule (IFR) to harmonize the Hazardous Materials Regulation (HMR) with emergency amendments to the 2015-2016 edition of the …
PHMSA Weighs in on HHFT’s The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), in cooperation with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), issued a Final Rule that requires railroads to develop and submit Comprehensive Oil Spill …
Act Fast for the Fast Act The U.S Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has revised the Hazardous Materials Grant Program and the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Grant. The Final Rule aligns with the “Uniform …
Your Privacy Matters, and OSHA Agrees. For those of us who employ 250 or more employees, you are no longer required to electronically report injury and illness data from OSHA Forms 300 and 301 (you are still required to …
Lithium Battery Changes You Need to Know If you haven’t heard yet, then it’s a good thing you get all your updates, training, and regulation change information from Transportation Compliance Associates. With the 60th edition of IATA (International Air …
Don’t Leave Your Compliance Up to Chance Have you ever heard the saying “chance favors the prepared mindâ€? It’s a saying that Louis Pasteur famously coined and commonly translates to good fortune is not left up to chance (or luck). …
RIN 2126-AC01 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has opened Docket Number FMCSA-2018-0165 for comments until January 30, 2019. You, like many others may be asking yourself what is this proposed rule (RIN 2126-AC01)? The short answer is, it …
49 CFR 1022. What is it? What should I expect? In case you didn’t know, 49 CFR 1022 refers to the Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment. The Surface Transportation Board (board) has issued its final rule adjusting the annual …
PHMSA’s Response to Petitions The regulated community has spoken and PHMSA has answered! The US DOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMAS) has issued a Final Rule to amend HMR, 49 CFR parts 171-180 on November 7, 2018. …
Rail Safety Training and Reviews Why am I, as a private rail shipper, responsible for providing rail safety training to my employees? If you have employees who operate mobile railcar movers or locomotives within your facility you are required to …