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The COVID-19 public health emergency has continued to impact the ability of some hazardous materials employers to provide recurrent training for employees as required by the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR). As such, PHMSA exercised enforcement discretion for certain hazardous...
The Emergency Waiver Order supports efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Coast Guard to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a threat to public health, welfare, or the environment caused by actual or potential oil and hazardous materials incidents resulting...
PHMSA issued this final rule in response to industry petitions to reduce regulatory burdens for cylinder requalification requirements. To ensure safety during use, Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) require the periodic testing of DOT-specification cylinders through certain non-...
The final rulemaking adopts miscellaneous petitions to reduce regulatory burdens related to hazardous materials transportation. The rule amends the Hazardous Materials Regulations in response to 24 petitions for rulemaking submitted by the regulated community between February 2015 and...