USDOT Announces Publication of 2024 Emergency Response Guidebook

PHMSA 03-24 Contact: PHMSAPublicAffairs@dot.gov

Nearly 2 Million Free Copies Distributed to First Responders Nationwide

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials...

2021-2022 Expanded Hazmat Supplement Commodity Flow Statistics

Safety Advisory Notice: Classification of Monkeypox Diagnostic Samples and Waste

PHMSA's Safety Advisory Notice shares new advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding diagnostic samples and clinical waste containing Monkeypox virus (MPXV) in Clade I or II. The advice clarifies that samples and clinical waste should be designated as Category B...

PHMSA Pipeline Annual Report Changes for Calendar Year 2024 (reports submitted in 2025)

Pipeline operators are in the midst of submitting calendar year 2023 annual reports to PHMSA with data as-of 12/31/2023.  During 2024, pipeline operators may need to change their internal systems for collecting excavation damage data for annual reports due in 2025.   Hazardous Liquid...

Safety Advisory Notice on the Possible Catastrophic Failure of Nurse Tanks and Recommendation for Periodic Testing

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued this safety advisory to provide notice of the possibility of catastrophic failure of certain nurse tanks manufactured from January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2011, by American...

PHMSA's 17th Annual Employee Recognition Awards Ceremony

USDOT Opens Applications for $18 Million in Funding Opportunities to Support Hazardous Materials Transportation and Pipeline Safety Activities Nationwide

PHMSA 01-24 Contact: PHMSAPublicAffairs@dot.gov     

Funding will help train first responders, educate the public on local safety initiatives, and encourage the development of new pipeline technologies.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s...

Now Available: PHMSA’s Redesigned Pipeline Safety Enforcement Transparency Webpage

PHMSA’s Office of Pipeline Safety’s Enforcement Division launched a redesigned enforcement transparency page on February 16 to provide a centralized location for enforcement data and documents, improve the user experience for greater accessibility, and to advance PHMSA's safety mission. ...

Hazardous Materials: Frequently Asked Questions-Incident Reporting

Detail:

Published Date: 08/18/2023

Comment: Comment now on Regulations.gov

Federal Register: 2023-17752

Docket Number: PHMSA-2021-0109

Action: Notice

Summary:

On March 22, 2022, PHMSA announced an initiative to convert...

Hazardous Materials: Frequently Asked Questions-Applicability of the Hazardous Material Regulations

Detail:

Published Date: 03/22/2022

Comment: Comment now on Regulations.gov

Federal Register: 2022-05958

Docket Number: PHMSA-2021-0109

Action:

Notice; request for comments.

Summary:

PHMSA is announcing an initiative...