The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has launched an online database of hazardous materials incident summary reports. The annual …
Department of Transporation and the United Nations
DOT/UN
Criminal HazMat Fines Lodged in Three Incidents
Authorities filed charges against a Michigan man they said stored about 500 barrels of hazardous chemicals on his property, leading to a $1.3 million federal …
US DOT is Offering Free HazMat Training Sessions
PHMSA will offer free, two-day seminars to educate hazmat employers and employees on the DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR). Each seminar begins with a general …
Saccharin No Longer Considered Hazardous
PHMSA recently amended the Hazardous Materials Regulations by removing saccharin and its salts from the list of hazardous substances and reportable quantities. The Comprehensive Environmental …
Skolnik Hosts Partnership for Public Service
Small businesses can be limited in terms of their ability to access technological and industrial trends, as well as domestic and global regulatory changes. In …
PHMSA Clarifies Closure Instruction Retention for Reshippers
In February 2010, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published HM-231 which detailed the requirements for closure instructions as …