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Significant Regulatory Guidance
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Firework Certification Agencies (FCA)

Effective August 15, 2013, PHMSA established an alternative to the approval process for UN0336 Division 1.4G consumer fireworks. Now firework manufacturers have the option to apply to a DOT-approved FCA in accordance with 49 CFR § 173.65. The FCA certification process is similar to PHMSA's...

DOT Approved Fireworks Certification Agencies

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The FCA's listed below have been approved by the Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Department of Transportation, East Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington DC 20590-0001 to review and certify Division 1.4G consumer...

Self-Reactive Materials and Organic Peroxides

Overview

A self-reactive material (Division 4.1) that is not identified by technical name in the Self-Reactive Materials Table in §173.224(b) of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) must be approved in writing by the Associate Administrator in accordance with the requirements of §173.124...