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PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

FAQ: What is a transport vehicle?

Daniel Stoehr

April 4, 2019

The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) of the USDOT/PHMSA contain many packagings and vehicles used for the transport in commerce of hazardous materials (HazMat). Some, such as the single packaging are easily explained and – hopefully – understood. Some, though superficially…

PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

FAQ: Why limit a lithium ion battery’s state of charge in transport?

Daniel Stoehr

April 4, 2019

FAQ: Why limit a lithium ion battery’s state of charge in transport?

From the Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 6, 2019: Lithium ion batteries contain both a chemical and an electrical hazard. This combination of hazards creates a unique challenge when lithium ion batteries are to be…

PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

Visibility Requirements for Hazardous Material Placards on a Rail Car

Daniel Stoehr

April 2, 2019

Visibility Requirements for Hazardous Material Placards on a Rail Car

In the general placarding requirements of 49 CFR 172.504(a) of the USDOT/PHMSA Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), it states that when required each bulk packaging, freight container, unit load device, transport vehicle, or rail car “must be placarded on each side…

PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

Q&A: Is the HazMat endorsement on the CDL required for transporting PCBs?

Daniel Stoehr

April 1, 2019

Q&A: Is the HazMat endorsement on the CDL required for transporting PCBs?

A question (12.12.17): Hello, As part of the power industry we come into contact with materials containing PCB’s. My question is prior to a sample being taken, therefore assuming it is indeed PCB contaminated, does that require the HazMat endorsement…

PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

Q&A: Is this a marine pollutant?

Daniel Stoehr

March 30, 2019

A question. December 5, 2017: Good afternoon, I’m looking for some clarification on class 9 hazmat material. One of our customers, their product is considered a class 9 Marine Pollutant, we have always been instructed that this only needed to…

FMCSA Regulations for CMV, PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

Q&A: Do I need the HazMat endorsement on my CDL to haul UN2211, Polymeric beads?

Daniel Stoehr

March 29, 2019

Pretty simple question from December 4, 2017: I’m hauling UN2211 class 9 Polymeric Beads 44K lbs Do I need to be Hazmat Endorsed as a Carrier to haul this? Pretty simple answer: No. The Class 9 placard is not required…

PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

FAQ: What is a rail car?

Daniel Stoehr

March 26, 2019

The transport of a hazardous material can be accomplished by any one of four modes (rail, highway, air, or water) and by even more forms of a transport vehicle. If the mode of transport is rail, the transport vehicle used…

PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

FAQ: What is a motor vehicle?

Daniel Stoehr

March 26, 2019

The transport of a hazardous material can be accomplished by four modes (rail, highway, air, or water) and by even more forms of a transport vehicle. If the mode of transport is highway, the transport vehicle used must be a…

PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

Q&A: Is there a required color for package orientation arrows?

Daniel Stoehr

March 26, 2019

The question (11.24.17): Daniel, I enjoyed watching some of your YouTube videos this week while researching Limited Quantity ground shipments and packaging requirements. (What is the Limited Quantity Exception?) You mentioned a couple times in your videos that orientation arrows…

International Air Transportation Association (IATA), International Maritime Organization (IMO), International Transportation of Dangerous Goods, PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

Q&A: What is the required size of the new Class 9 Lithium Battery label?

Daniel Stoehr

March 25, 2019

This question came to me over a year ago (January 14, 2018). A time when the Class 9 Lithium Battery label was not yet mandatory but the question of its size was still important. Since January 1st of 2019, when…

Daniels Training Services Blog

FAQ: What is a transport vehicle?

FAQ: Why limit a lithium ion battery’s state of charge in transport?

Visibility Requirements for Hazardous Material Placards on a Rail Car

Q&A: Is the HazMat endorsement on the CDL required for transporting PCBs?

Q&A: Is this a marine pollutant?

Q&A: Do I need the HazMat endorsement on my CDL to haul UN2211, Polymeric beads?

FAQ: What is a rail car?

FAQ: What is a motor vehicle?

Q&A: Is there a required color for package orientation arrows?

Q&A: What is the required size of the new Class 9 Lithium Battery label?

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