Many customers ask why some steel drums have two hoops (swedges or rolling rings) in the body of the drum and some have three. While …
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A Money Saving Haz-mat Compliance Manual
Unsure whether you have properly classified your hazardous material? Have you packaged it properly? Are your shipping documents correct? So many questions arise when shipping …
Salvage Drum Definition To Be Revised To Include Non-conforming
The Research and Special Projects Administration (RSPA) of the DOT is expected to comply with a proposal to include "non-conforming" packagings within the definition of …
Five Hundred Years Of Service At Skolnik
Last week, a long time customer called to inquire about a regulatory interpretation dealing with hazardous materials packaging. Familiar to our staff, a discussion ensued, …
DOT Increases Limits On Haz-mat Non-compliance
The maximum and minimum civil penalties for a knowing violation of Federal hazardous materials transportation law or a regulation issued under that law are increasing …
Haz-mat Incident Reporting Format Revised
Being the only country that formally tracks incidents relating to hazardous materials and dangerous goods, the Research and Special Projects Administration of DOT, has revised …