HazMat

Who is Responsible for the Securing of Hazardous Material Packages on a Motor Vehicle: the Shipper or the Carrier?

49 CFR 177.834(a) requires packages of hazardous materials to be secured against shifting within the vehicle and between the packages under normal transportation conditions.  If you offer a hazardous material for transportation (a shipper) to be transported by another company (a…

Use of the Emergency Response Telephone Number for Shipments of Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Waste

If you offer for transportation a hazardous material (HazMat) on a shipping paper such as a bill of lading or a hazardous waste on the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (required for both large and small quantity generators of hazardous waste)…

The Top Six Hazardous Material Transportation Violations

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) within the US DOT is tasked with enforcing the nations hazardous materials transportation regulations across all modes of transportation.  The unannounced inspections of its agents of the regulated community, ie. shippers, receivers,…