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The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is responsible for rulemakings, letters of interpretation and controlled correspondence, petitions for rulemaking, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations, administrative...
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was signed into law on November 15, 2021.
How does this transformative law affect us, a small agency tasked with overseeing the transportation of more than 1.2 million...
Hazardous materials are a vital component to our economy and essential to our everyday lives.
To put things in perspective, hazmat shipments account for 12% of all freight tonnage shipped within the United States. That equates to...
Thank you Aaron. And let me begin by thanking Andre White, Bonita Brown, Matthew Hufford, Carla Sheppard, Flor Valencia, Lisa Reichenbacher, Suzette Edwards, and all of the other PHMSA team members who’ve worked so hard to put on this conference but...
PHMSA 06-22 Contact: PHMSA Public Affairs Email: phmsa.publicaffairs@dot.gov New regulation will save estimated $250 million over the next 10 years in shipping costs WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (...
PHMSA is considering revisions to the Hazardous Materials Regulations, which would authorize a performance-based electronic communication alternative to the existing physical, paper-based hazard communication requirements. With this request for information, PHMSA seeks stakeholder input to help...
In relation to the gas gathering final rule issued November 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is providing notice that it will exercise regulatory enforcement discretion to refrain from taking enforcement action until...