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Significant Regulatory Guidance

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Transporting Infectious Substances Guidance

This brochure describes the revised USDOT regulations for the classification criteria and packaging requirements for the transportation of infectious substances, adopted into 49 CFR, Parts 171-180, effective October 1, 2006.

Mexican Standards and Guidance

Table contains a listing of Official Mexican Standards which have been published by the Mexican Secretariat for Communications and Transport for the land transportation of hazardous materials and wastes within Mexico.

PHMSA Issues Notice of Enforcement Discretion for Cylinders

PHMSA understands that due to the COVID-19 emergency, many members of the medical and industrial gas industry may be experiencing difficulty in obtaining cylinders due to the increased demand for these gases or a disruption in the normal business model for cylinder exchanges. The Notice in the...

Hazardous Materials: Unapproved Foreign-Made DOT Cylinders

PHMSA is issuing this safety advisory notice to inform the public, industrial gas stakeholders, and relevant government officials of the risks associated with requalifying, filling, and transporting cylinders bearing the DOT specification markings "DOT 4E" or "DOT 4BA" that were produced by a...

Guide to Performance Packaging Codes

This guide provides information associated with performance packaging as identified in 49 CFR, Part 178. It provides sample markings, codes, tests, approximate conversion factors, and definition of packing group associated with packaging used for hazardous materials shipments.