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Hazardous Material Classification, PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

Q&A: Transportation of Transformer Oil with PCBs

Daniel Stoehr

June 30, 2015

A question from a past Onsite Training customer (4.20.15): Daniel, I have a question. We need to ship out a sample approximately a quart of transformer oil which contains 550 ppm PCBs. If the material is below the RQ value (see…

Hazardous Waste Determination, RCRA Hazardous Waste Regulations

Amendment to the Speculative Accumulation Provision Under the New Definition of Solid Waste Rule (2015 DSW)

Daniel Stoehr

June 30, 2015

Amendment to the Speculative Accumulation Provision Under the New Definition of Solid Waste Rule (2015 DSW)

In a Final Rule published January 13, 2015 in the Federal Register, USEPA amended the definition of solid waste it had enacted in 2008 (2008 DSW). The Federal regulations of the 2015 DSW become effective July 13, 2015. States with an…

PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

Hazardous Materials Prohibited as Luggage on a Passenger Aircraft

Daniel Stoehr

June 29, 2015

If you travel by air as much as I do (that’s what Onsite Training requires), you’ve seen the signs forbidding the transportation of hazardous materials aboard passenger aircraft, either in checked baggage or carry-on. The purpose of this article is to…

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

Air Shipment of Samples with Ethanol

Daniel Stoehr

June 13, 2015

Not every question I receive comes from an industrial facility embedded on the outskirts of some major city or from a busy transportation hub in the nation’s heartland. Some, like this one on March 14th, 2015, come from exotic locations…

RCRA Hazardous Waste Regulations

State Authorization and the 2015 Definition of Solid Waste Regulations

Daniel Stoehr

June 12, 2015

Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), USEPA will allow a state to operate its own hazardous waste program as long as it is at least as stringent and as broad as the Federal regulations. A state with a…

PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

Safe Transportation of Energy Products (STEP) by USDOT/PHMSA

Daniel Stoehr

June 4, 2015

In response to recent accidents involving crude oil shipments by rail in the U.S. and Canada, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has issued a “Call to Action,” calling on rail company executives, associations, shippers, and others to discuss how stakeholders…

FMCSA Regulations for CMV, PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations, RCRA Hazardous Waste Regulations

New Regulations! Announcements in the Federal Register for May 2015 From USEPA (RCRA only) and HazMat Transportation Issues of the FAA, FMCSA, FRA, & PHMSA

Daniel Stoehr

June 4, 2015

On its website the US Government Printing Office makes a wealth of Federal publications available for review and download; one of these is the Federal Register. Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the…

PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

Sample Video: HazMat Employee Training Webinar

Daniel Stoehr

June 3, 2015

If you’ve ever considered registering for one of my HazMat Employee Training Webinars but decided against it because of past poor experiences, I encourage you to take just 3.5 minutes to view this short video clip I recorded from a…

PHMSA HazMat Transportation Regulations

Proper Transportation of a 2,000 Pound Battery for Reclamation

Daniel Stoehr

June 3, 2015

FEBRUARY 26, 2015: A QUESTION FROM A PREVIOUS ATTENDEE OF ONE OF MY TRAINING SEMINARS: I had a question come up about transporting batteries to a recycle vendor. A 2000 lb lead acid battery that is on one of my…

RCRA Hazardous Waste Regulations, State RCRA Regulations

Revised Hazardous Waste Fees and NEW Solid Waste Fees in Nevada

Daniel Stoehr

June 1, 2015

The Nevada Department of Environmental Regulation (NDEEP) adopted new regulations on October 24, 2014, revising its hazardous waste fees and authorizing new solid waste fees. Below are links to summary sheets outlining the revised and new fee structures each containing…

Daniels Training Services Blog

Q&A: Transportation of Transformer Oil with PCBs

Amendment to the Speculative Accumulation Provision Under the New Definition of Solid Waste Rule (2015 DSW)

Hazardous Materials Prohibited as Luggage on a Passenger Aircraft

Air Shipment of Samples with Ethanol

State Authorization and the 2015 Definition of Solid Waste Regulations

Safe Transportation of Energy Products (STEP) by USDOT/PHMSA

New Regulations! Announcements in the Federal Register for May 2015 From USEPA (RCRA only) and HazMat Transportation Issues of the FAA, FMCSA, FRA, & PHMSA

Sample Video: HazMat Employee Training Webinar

Proper Transportation of a 2,000 Pound Battery for Reclamation

Revised Hazardous Waste Fees and NEW Solid Waste Fees in Nevada

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