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PHMSA engages in bi-lateral dialogues with many countries as part of harmonizing the U.S. Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) with international standards and regulations. Currently, our main country partnerships are with Canada, China, and...
ADR and RID is the Agreements Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) and by Road (ADR) and the Joint meeting of RID Safety Committee and the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (WP.15).
The RID Safety Committee and WP.15 administer...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) first published its regulations for the safe transport of radioactive material in 1961. These regulations are reviewed and updated regularly, and then passed to the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods for incorporation...
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is responsible for maintaining and updating the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) which governs the vast majority of maritime hazardous materials shipments. The IMDG Code is intended to provide for the safe transportation of...
The International Civil Aviation Organization Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (ICAO TI) augment the broad principles governing the international transport of hazardous materials by air contained in Annex 18 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation...
49 CFR 172.101 Hazardous Materials Table 49 CFR 173.21 Forbidden Materials and Packages
49 CFR 172.101 Hazardous Materials Table 49 CFR 172.101 Hazardous Materials Table Acetyl acetone peroxide with more than 9 percent by mass active oxygen Acetyl benzoyl...