16 January

What is Final Rule RIN 2137-AF09?

<p><span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>PHMSA's Response to Petitions</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The regulated community has spoken and PHMSA has answered! The US DOT Pipeline and Hazardou...

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16 January

How Simple Mistakes Become Costly

<p><span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>49 CFR 1022. What is it? What should I expect? </strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In case you didn’t know, <strong>49 CFR 1022</strong> refers to the <stro...

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31 October

Who's Responsible For Rail Training and Reviews?

<h2> Rail Safety Training and Reviews</h2> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-7 col-sm-12"> <h3> Why am I, as a private rail shipper, responsible for providing rail safety training to...

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19 September

IMDG Code Amendment 39-18 - Changes in 2019

<p>The new edition of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) code will be published and released by the end of the year and there are several changes that should be noted.&nbsp; Complian...

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11 September

What is “Competency Based” Regulatory Training?

<p>Whether shipping a hazardous material by ground, rail, air or vessel many factors play a role in determining which provisions of the regulations will keep your shipments in compliance. Regulatio...

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12 January

IATA 59th Edition Changes are in Effect!

<p>Did you know that the <strong>IATA 59^th Edition went into effect as of January 1, 2018</strong>?&nbsp; These regulations will be mandatory as of January 1, 2019.&nbsp; Some of these r...

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12 September

IATA Dangerous Goods - 59th Edition

<p>If your company ships dangerous goods by air, it is essential that your employees are aware and properly trained on the current IATA regulations.&nbsp; The 59^th edition of the IATA Da...

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3 August

FMCSA Crash Preventability Program

<p>On July 27, 2017, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published a Federal Register notice announcing a 24-month Crash Preventability Demon...

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10 May

Lithium Battery Harmonization

<h3> FINAL RULE: Hazardous Materials: Harmonization With International Standards &ndash; Lithium Battery (UN3480, UN3481, UN3090, UN3091) Harmonization</h3> <p>PHMSA issued its final rule to ame...

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27 February

What is the HM-215N Final Rule?

<p><strong>What is the HM-215N Final Rule?&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>The HM-215N is a regulation that would have harmonized the 49 CFR HMR with the 19^th revised edition of the UN model regu...

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14 January

Trouble Shipping Lithium Batteries by UPS and FedEX in 2017

<p>Effective January 1, 2017, UPS and Fed Ex added more restrictive requirements for shipping Section II Lithium batteries by Air than those imposed by the IATA regulations.</p> <p><strong>UPS Air...

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27 July

ADG Code Review

<p>The Australian Dangerous Goods Code (the Code) gets reviewed every two years by the National Transport Commission (NTC) to be sure it is meeting the user needs, as well as following the best int...

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24 March

Urgent Inspection Bulletin: Safety Recall Issued By Volvo

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is issuing this bulletin based upon a safety recall initiated by Volvo Trucks affecting nearly 20,000 Class 8 motor vehicles, with more than ...

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3 March

Prohibition of Lithium Ion Batteries on Passenger Aircraft

<p>Effective April 1, 2016 Lithium ion batteries (UN3480) that are stand alone that fall under packing instructions 965 are FORBIDDEN as cargo on passenger carrying aircrafts. They are to be transp...

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22 January

Brazilian government to enforce new regulation - 2016

<h4> New Requirements in Brazil Effective Feburary 1, 2016 </h4> <p> It has come to our attention that the Brazilian Government will be enforcing their Regulations ANTAQ Res. 2239, <strong>effec...

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28 December

IMDG Amendment 37-14

<p>Below we have highlighted some of the changes that were introduced in the 37-14 amendment to the IMDG code. Most of these changes will become <b>mandatory on January 1^st 2016</b>, b...

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18 August

National dangerous substance audits to be performed in China

<p>Following the tragic incident at the port of Tianjin last week, Chinese authorities have issued nationwide audits to be performed on all companies who manufacture, store, or transport hazardous ...

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30 July

Is your EU REACH registration compliant?

<p>On 1 June 2007 Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), was put in to affect to reduce health risks to humans and animals. REACH enforced companies to identi...

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8 July

South Korea - Registration of Chemical Substances (K-Reach)

<p>On the first of July, South Korea Ministry of Environment (MOE), officially published their first "Existing Chemical Substances Subject to Registration" (Priority Existing Chemicals(PEC)) List i...

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10 February

EU extends SDS conversion deadline

The REACH committee has agreed to allow the current SDS format to be acceptable use for SDS delivered prior to 1 June 2015. The committee has provided the grace period to help reduce expected confu...

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31 December

Overpack Label Size Requirements

<strong><h4>ADR Regulatory Update effective as of 1st January 2015 - OVERPACK</h4></strong> <p> <h5>Definition (1.2.1) :</h5> <blockquote> "Overpack" means an enclosure used to provide protec...

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20 November

Pan-EU Restrictions enforcement project

<em>"At their recent plenary meeting, the Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement decided that its next major project will focus on enforcing REACH Annex XVII restrictions. The scope and i...

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17 October

Additional Chemicals to follow Pic Procedures

Europe has added 5 substances to become subject to the prior informed consent procedure (pic). These changes will take effect December 1st.<BR /><BR /><strong><UL><LI>azinphos-methyl</LI><LI>perflu...

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13 September

Final Rule Released Regarding Lithium Battery Regulations

Just last month, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) finally released their rule regarding the transportation of lithium b...

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2 September

New Memorandum Means More Coordination Between FMCSA and OSH

A new memorandum of understanding was signed between the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The new agreement will create better comm...

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8 August

IMO Changes Effective Janurary 1, 2014

IMDG Code Amendment 36-12 overview of changes from Amendment 35-10 IMDG Code Amendment 36-12 may be used from 1 January 2013 (subject to national administration adoption) and is mandatory from ...

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3 May

China Goes Hard on the Handling of Hazardous Chemicals

The latest amendment on China’s Regulations on Safe Management of Hazardous Chemicals has more specific articles on the storage, production, use, import, sales and transportation of hazardous chemi...

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