HazMat packages

General Requirements of the HMR for Hazardous Material Packagings and Packages (49 CFR 173.24)

As a Shipper of a hazardous material it is your responsibility to choose the authorized packaging specified for that HazMat in column 8 of the Hazardous Materials Table that also conforms to any applicable special provisions found in column 7.…

DOT’s Enhanced Enforcement Authority Procedures for Hazardous Material Transportation

In a Final Rule issued 3.2.11 and effective 5.2.11 the Department of Transportation (DOT) added a new part (49 CFR 109) to its existing enforcement procedures found in 49 CFR 107, Subpart D.  This new part specifies the procedures DOT…