Whether you are new to the community of hazardous materials packaging, or a long time participant, you might be surprised to learn something you don’t …
Department of Transporation and the United Nations
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DOT Increases Mandatory Civil Penalties
Federal law requires the U.S. Department of Transportation and several other federal agencies to increase civil penalties annually in accordance with an inflation formula. Accordingly, …
Avoid A Possible Fine from the DOT for an Unclassified Shipment
Do you know if the contents you are shipping are classified as a dangerous good or hazardous material? Be cautious, violations for illegal or non-compliant …
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles!
As a result of our February 2021 newsletter, we were learned that many of our “non-hazmat” readers did not know that the steel drum industry …
Biden’s Made-In-America Executive Order
On January 25th, 2021, this Order was issued by the US Department of Transportation: The Department of Transportation is a strong supporter of Buy American …
PHMSA 2019 Enforcement Activities
Each year, the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline of Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) publishes a list of the fines that they have given for …