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2016 Guidelines for Hazardous Materials Response, Planning and Prevention/Mitigation Training
About 2016 Guidelines for Hazardous Materials Response, Planning and Prevention/Mitigation Training
...The Response Guidelines
Because most hazardous materials accidents are caused by human activities, communities and employers can influence the probability of incidents and the magnitude of their effects by emphasizing prevention/mitigation in hazardous materials emergency management. Hazardous materials prevention...
The Hazardous Materials Incident Response Curriculum Guidelines (Response Guidelines) are provided to assist public sector training managers and employers to understand the training requirements for public sector response personnel to hazardous materials emergencies. Existing regulatory...
Hazmat Guidelines
The HMEP grant program was established in 1990 by the Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act. In 1993, PHMSA began issuing grants to assist States, Territories, and Native American Tribes to "develop, improve, and carry out emergency plans" within the National Response...
Among the DOT agencies that enforce the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), PHMSA has primary responsibility for shippers of hazardous materials in...
This guide sets forth the general policy and the procedures for submitting unsolicited proposals to PHMSA as prescribed under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 15.6.
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PHMSA Records Schedules
A "records schedule" identifies records as either temporary or permanent. All records schedules must be approved by NARA. A records schedule provides mandatory instructions for the disposition of the records (including the transfer of permanent records and...
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act (PA) grant you the right to access many government records about how the government operates. Under FOIA, any person has a right to a copy of certain records possessed by the agency. However, information in the records may be...