A question on December 16, 2017:

I work for a construction company operating a fuel/lube truck with an 850 gallon tank of off road diesel fuel that I load out of our yard from a 2000 tank we have filled by a fuel supplier. I then drive to our multiple job site locations and fuel all our company owned equipment. I am unclear on weather we need shipping papers for this load. The truck is placarded and I also possess my haz mat and tanker endorsements on my CDL. Do we also need to be registered with the USDOT for haz mat transportation?

My reply two days later:

I will attempt to answer your questions below.

• The transportation of diesel fuel (class 3 combustible liquid) in a bulk packaging (>119 gallons) is subject to DOT regulations.
• It’s transportation requires a shipping paper.
• For simplicity, you may use a permanent shipping paper.
• Since the vehicle is required to display a placard, registration with DOT is required.  Read:  Register with PHMSA/USDOT

I hope this helps.  Please contact me if you have any other questions.