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Safety Advisory Notice: Railroad Emergency Preparedness
This Safety Advisory alerts those engaged in the rail transportation of hazardous materials of their obligation to appropriately plan for emergencies and share information about available emergency response resources, as well as urges actions to ensure emergency responders are adequately...
Safety Advisory Notice: Tank Cars Equipped with Aluminum Manway Covers
This Safety Advisory alerts hazardous materials tank car owners and offerors of the potential harm to certain manway assemblies with aluminum protective housing covers when exposed to extreme heat. See Safety Advisory for more details.
PHMSA DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY
By this Order, the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) delegates to the Executive Director, Associate Administrators, Chief Counsel, Chief Financial Officer, and Staff Office Directors of PHMSA certain powers and authorities vested in the...
Notice of Limited Enforcement Discretion for Existing Onshore Gas Transmission Pipelines
In relation to its final rulemaking entitled “Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: Repair Criteria, Integrity Management Improvements, Cathodic Protection, Management of Change, and Other Related Amendments,” PHMSA is providing notice that it will exercise regulatory...
PHMSA Notice of Enforcement Policy Regarding International Standards - November 2022
The enforcement policy regarding international standards notifies offerors and carriers of hazardous materials that PHMSA will not take enforcement action against any offeror or carrier using these standards for the domestic or international transportation of packages by any mode as it continues...
PHMSA Pipeline Safety: Temporary Repair and Permanent Repair Frequently Asked Questions
This guidance consists of a set of temporary repair and permanent repair FAQs that clarify the requirements of making repairs under 49 CFR 192 and 195. The main goal of the FAQs is to raise awareness of the issue of temporary repairs remaining on pipelines as if they are permanent repairs, which...
Hazardous Materials: Safety Device Classification Policy
This Notice details what PHMSA will consider when reviewing an approval request to reclassify a material as a Class 9 safety device. Further, it establishes a policy for classifying subcomponents of existing safety devices as safety devices in their own right. It further states that PHMSA...