On July 3, DOT‘s Research and Special Projects Administration (RSPA) published a rule proposing revisions to the current incident reporting requirements of the HMR and the report form, DOT Form F 5800.1. A number of changes are proposed including: collecting more specific information; expanding reporting exceptions; expanding reporting requirements to persons other than carriers; reporting undeclared shipments of hazardous materials; notifying shippers of incidents and reporting non-release incidents involving bulk packages. Comments to RSPA are due by October 1st, 2001.
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