An issue that has been under consideration for an extended period, has been finalized. The issue concerns the safety for hazardous material packagings to be …
Department of Transporation and the United Nations
DOT/UN
PHMSA increases Non-Compliance Violations
PHMSA is publishing an updated statement of policy revising the list of frequently cited violations (Part 107 Subpart D) and modifying individual baseline assessments. PHMSA …
A Need for UN Enforcement
(by guest author, Richard Chesworth) Some call it packaging regulations, other call it ‘red tape’. Whatever it is known as, we are constantly ‘suffocated’ by …
Doctors should have it this good!
New Hours-of-Service Safety Regulations to Reduce Truck Driver Fatigue Begin July 1. 2013. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced …
DOT, Really???
At a Packaging Roundtable meeting at the recent annual Council on the Safe Transport of Hazardous Articles (COSTHA) conference in San Diego, members were discussing …
Risk Analysis Moves DOT
The winds of change are blowing through DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). At a recent Council of Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles …