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This notice announces that the Fiscal Year 2022 user fee assessments were e-mailed to pipeline operators on April 6, 2022.
Assessments must be paid in full, either by check (payable to U.S. Department of Transportation-PHMSA) or via the Pay.gov...
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) created the Energy Storage Devices Working Group to ensure provisions related to the transport of lithium batteries or other energy storage devices and supporting guidance material enable an acceptable level of safety. The DGP assigned the working group a task to complete a safety risk assessment on lithium batteries packed with or contained in equipment. This analysis would identify hazards and existing mitigating measures.
The February 3, 2023, train derailment in East Palestine, OH was a stark demonstration of the risks of hazardous materials in transportation and emphasized the importance of PHMSA’s safety mission. The Department...