Federal Aviation Administration

FAA Proposes Civil Penalties Against Amazon for Alleged Violations of HazMat Transportation Regulations

The Bullet: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alleges that Amazon, Inc. violated USDOT regulations for the transportation of hazardous materials by air on several occasions.  It has proposed fines as a civil penalty for those alleged violations. The information for…

Hazardous Materials Prohibited as Luggage on a Passenger Aircraft

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…

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

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…

June 2014 – Rules & Regulations, Proposed Rules, and Notices Regarding the Management of Hazardous Waste and the Transportation of Hazardous Materials

June 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…