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Hazardous Materials Safety Enhancement Program Overview

PHMSA instituted the Hazardous Materials Safety Enhancement Program in an effort to initiate an office-wide enhancement and modernization effort through the development and implementation of plans and solutions to increase the accountability, operations and...

Transporting Infectious Substances Safely

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, revised June 10, 2022.