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This advisory calls the attention of offshore pipeline facility operators to a safety recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) regarding the need for emergency planning and coordination between themselves and offshore producers.
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 Regulations, regarding shipper's certification signatures on shipping papers. These flexibilities allow compliance with the regulations while still maintaining appropriate social distancing during the Covid-19 public health emergency.
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...
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.
The HMEP Guidelines effort includes (1) the development and maintenance of guidelines against which courses can be assessed by state, tribal, territory and local training managers and (2) the implementation and maintenance of support systems to help state, tribal, territory and local training...
Guidance on when a company needs a designated agent and how it must be maintained and communicated.
Provides clarification in response to questions from industry on initial fitness review for classification approvals
This safety advisory is addressed to persons involved in the use, operation, fabrication, or other handling of mobile acetylene trailers. In this notice, we discuss recent acetylene incidents, requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations, national consensus standards issued by the...
Safety Advisory Notice to (1) notify shippers and carriers of problems involving counterfeit air bags; (2) provide guidance on the proper classification of air bags; (3) specify provisions applicable to devices containing unapproved explosives; and (4) provide the next steps that PHMSA will take...