The Bullet: On March 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a national emergency declaration to provide hours-of-service regulatory relief to commercial vehicle drivers transporting emergency relief in response to the nationwide coronavirus…
Rules and Regulations, Proposed Rules, & Notices of EPA, FAA, FMCSA, FRA, & PHMSA for February 2016
Another month and another raft of regulatory agency publications in the Federal Register. As an EHS Professional you may find it too much to stay on top of all these changes in the regulations. That’s the reason for my monthly…
June 2015 – Rules & Regulations, Proposed Rules, and Notices Regarding the Management of Hazardous Waste and the Transportation of Hazardous Materials
One of the hardest challenges for an EHS Professional is staying aware of changes to the Federal Regulations that affect your compliance. Luckily, these new rules and regulations don’t just appear overnight. Often they are the result of years of…
Published in the Federal Register in March 2015 for 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…
Rules & Regulations, Proposed Rules, & Notices From: USEPA (RCRA Only); and FAA, FMCSA, FRA, & PHMSA (HazMat Transportation Only) for November 2014
November 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…
The Transportation of HazMat and the Regulations of the PHMSA and the FMCSA
The transportation in commerce of any quantity of a hazardous material will be subject to the Hazardous Material Regulations of the PHMSA. In general, the regulations of the FMCSA will apply to the persons that transport passengers or property by…
Texting and Cell Phone Ban for Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles
Effective January 3, 2012 (Volume 76 75470-75488 of the Federal Register) drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMV) are prohibited from texting or using a hand-held mobile telephone while driving. The change affects the regulations of both the Federal Motor Carrier…