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DOT Issues New Flight Safety Rule for E-Cigarettes

WASHINGTON – In its continuing effort to improve transportation safety, the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration today issued an interim final rule (IFR) to prohibit passengers and crewmembers from carrying battery-powered portable...

PHMSA Press Release 08-06

Certain pipeline operators will have to meet new, more rigorous safety requirements, including cleaning and continuous monitoring, along more than 1,200 miles of pipelines under a proposed rulemaking announced today by Acting Secretary of Transportation Maria Cino. If the proposed rule is...

PHMSA Press Release: 16-06 (Gerard Honored)

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Assistant Administrator/Chief Safety Officer Stacey Gerard was presented the National Association of State Fire Marshals’ (NASFM) second annual Norman Y. Mineta Excellence in Transportation Safety Award during the NASFM annual...