The first week in March found the nation increasing its rate of vaccination against the COVID-19 virus.  Let’s all keep working together to keep ourselves, our families, and our fellow employees as safe as possible as we push forward to finally end the pandemic.  Regulatory activity was relatively minimal during the last week, although PHMSA and ICAO are both in the news.  See it below:

PHMSA

The agency published a new organizational chart.  The new chart release is kind of a traditional activity following shifts in the governing administration after an election. See the new chart here.

The agency also published its next round of Special Permit actions. They reflect typical issues like batteries, tanks, and excess cargo requests. See the actions here:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-03-05/pdf/2021-04603.pdf

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-03-05/pdf/2021-04602.pdf

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-03-05/pdf/2021-04601.pdf

ICAO

The organization published its second addendum to the TI.  The document reflects the same changes to SP A220 in reference to pharmaceuticals that appeared in the IATA addendum addressing the same subject last week.  See the change here.

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