Sounds exciting, doesn’t it?

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA’s) HM-ACCESS (Hazardous Materials-Automated Cargo Communications for Efficient and Safe Shipments) Project, also known as the Paperless Hazard Communications Pilot Program.

It just kinda’ rolls of the tongue and makes you want to sit down at a computer and start answering on-line survey questions.  No?  Is that just me?  Well, that explains why PHMSA (an administration within the USDOT responsible for the safe transportation of hazardous materials within the U.S.) is extending the deadline for participation in its HM ACCESS pilot Test from its original April 30th to May 15th, 2015.

See below for the text of the original notice and links to the on-line questionnaire and other important information.

What I’ll say about HM-ACCESS is this:  The PHMSA is proceeding toward a paperless (i.e. electronic) system for shipping papers used in the transportation of hazardous materials.  The result will have a significant impact on everyone involved in the transportation of hazardous materials:  Shippers, Carriers, freight forwarders, HazMat Employers, HazMat Employees, emergency responders, and a whole host of “interested parties”.  This means you.  Here is your chance to join in the conversation and perhaps have an impact on the Final Rule.

I completed the questionnaire in ~30 minutes.  So what are you waiting for? (more…)

In a notice published in the Federal Register on July 19, 2013, the PHMSA (Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration) of the USDOT announced its intent to seek volunteers to participate in its pilot project to evaluate the effectiveness of a paperless Haz Com system.  A paperless hazard communication system is defined as, “the use of advanced communication methods, such as wireless communications devices, to convey hazard information between all parties in the transportation chain”.  The volunteers who meet the criteria for acceptance (detailed in the notice) will be invited to participate in the pilot program.
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