PHMSA’s Hazardous Materials Safety Assistance Team conducts workshops specialized to meet the needs of industry or the public safety community. These free one-day events are scheduled across the nation (see below). The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180)…
Check out the Ozarks Materials Exchange
The Ozarks Materials Exchange (OME) is a free online materials exchange service that enables businesses, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and artists to create and search online listings of Available and Wanted materials. It works to connect generators or users of…
Hazardous Waste Report Reminder for Ohio Businesses
From the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Division of Materials and Waste Management: In February of 2013, the Division of Materials and Waste Management (DMWM) changed the requirements for submitting the Hazardous Waste Report from annual to biennial. Generator and TSD…
Required Information on the Shipper’s Declaration of Dangerous Goods
Section 8 of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Dangerous Goods Regulations require the shipper of a dangerous good to provide the information specified by the regulations for each and every consignment of dangerous goods unless an exception is provided at…
Q&A: Transporting Asbestos as a Hazardous Material and the HazMat Endorsement on the Commercial Driver’s License
Here’s a question I received through my website: Good afternoon, I was wondering if you could tell me if a CDL driver needs a HAZ-Mat endorsement to haul asbestos, either friable or Non-friable? Thank you, My response: Asbestos is listed…
Changes to the 56th Edition of the IATA DGR Related to Lithium Batteries
The 56th Edition of the Dangerous Goods Regulations of the International Air Transport Association (2015) contains many significant changes. None of them followed with more widespread interest than those related to the transportation by air of lithium batteries. Below is…
December 2014 – Rules & Regulations, Proposed Rules, and Notices Regarding the Management of Hazardous Waste and the Transportation of Hazardous Materials
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…
What’s Wrong with These Pictures? Display of Hazardous Material Placards
There are exceptions, but in most cases the transportation in commerce of any quantity of a hazardous material will require the display of placards on each side and each end of each of the following: Bulk packaging Freight container Unit…
Mining Overburden – The RCRA Exclusion From Hazardous Waste at 40 CFR 261.4(b)(3)
DOT-SP 11903 on a Cargo Tank
I’ve seen a lot of markings on cargo tanks before, but never one like this. What’s it mean? Truck Transport, Inc. is a name of a St. Louis, MO company I know nothing about. It’s the letters and numbers next…