Hazardous Materials: U.S. Designated Agents by Non-Resident Firework Manufacturers Guidance

Guidance on when a company needs a designated agent and how it must be maintained and communicated.

Clarification Policy on Initial Fitness Review for Classification Approvals

Provides clarification in response to questions from industry on initial fitness review for classification approvals

Safety Advisory Guidance: Use of Mobile Acetylene Trailers

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 Advisories: Shippers and Carriers of Air Bags

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...

Hazardous Materials: Emergency Response Information Requirements

PHMSA is issuing this notice to remind hazardous materials shippers and carriers of their responsibility to ensure that current, accurate and timely emergency response information is immediately available to emergency response officials for shipments of hazardous materials, and such information...

Clarification and Further Guidance on the Fireworks Approvals Policy

Provides further guidance on PHMSA's policy that it will only accept fireworks approvals applications from fireworks manufacturers or their designated agents and grant approvals only to manufacturers of fireworks devices.

Advisory Guidance; Transportation of Batteries and Battery-Powered Devices by Airline Passengers and Crew Members

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is issuing this advisory to inform the traveling public and airline employees about the importance of properly packing and handling batteries and battery-powered devices when they are carried aboard aircraft.

Guidance: Transportation of Batteries and Battery-Powered Devices

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are alerting shippers and carriers to the importance of transporting lithium batteries safely. PHMSA and FAA are concerned that many persons who ship lithium batteries do not...

Portal training

Summary: Training on how to create a Portal Hazmat Account

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Webinar: Hazardous Materials Transportation Training Requirements

Summary: The Hazardous Materials Regulations require the training of ALL hazmat employees to increase safety awareness and to be an essential element in reducing hazmat incidents. This HMR Training Requirements webinar includes references to these publications: Hazmat Transportation...