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    49 Code of Federal Regulations: 1,200+ pages of ever-changing rules

    - September 25, 2014 -

    If you ship Dangerous Goods in the US, you need to know Sections 100–185 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) inside and out. These 1,200+ pages of regulations define compliance, and they’re updated on a regular basis. In this video, Jeanne Zmich, Vice President of Regulatory Research, and Susan Knorr, Regulations Specialist, discuss…

    The Sky is NOT The Limit When Shipping DG

    - September 25, 2014 -

    It’s been a busy summer for our A.I.R. ShipperTM authoring team. Rolling in the large number of changes developed by ICAO, the UN and the IAEA was a challenge made more difficult with very late changes for lithium metal batteries. In case you hadn’t heard, these will be banned aboard passenger aircraft per the ICAO Technical…

    USDOT/PHMSA Releases NPRM on Special Permit and Authority Approval Procedures for Fireworks Policies

    - September 24, 2014 -

    In the September 24th 2014 edition of the US Federal Register, the United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published two clarifications of their fireworks policies under Docket #’s PHMSA-2013-0205; Notice No. 14-4 and 14-5 in which the agency sets forth acceptable criteria for defining for classification purposes both…

    USDOT/PHMSA Releases NPRM on Special Permit and Authority Approval Procedures for Fireworks Policies

    - September 24, 2014 -

    In the September 24th 2014 edition of the US Federal Register, the United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published two clarifications of their fireworks policies under Docket #’s PHMSA-2013-0205; Notice No. 14-4 and 14-5 in which the agency sets forth acceptable criteria for defining for classification purposes both…

    International Shipping: You’re not in Kansas anymore

    - September 11, 2014 -

    Shipping Dangerous Goods across town means complying with a multitude of packaging, labeling, and documentation regulations. Shipping those same Dangerous Goods internationally can multiply the complexity with every border crossing. In this video, Vice President of Government Affairs Bob Richard and Vice President of Operations Pia Jala discuss the challenges international shippers of Dangerous Goods…

    US Federal Railroad Administration Issues Proposed Rulemaking to Codify Emergency Order 28 of August 2013

    - September 11, 2014 - ,

    At approximately 1:15 AM EST on July 6th, 2013, a unit freight train of the cross-border operating Montreal, Maine, & Atlantic Railroad (MM&A) loaded with crude oil from the Bakken Shale Formations in North Dakota in the western United States suffered a failure of its automatic and manual braking systems while left unattended and presumably…

    USDOT/PHMSA Releases Call for Comments on 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook

    - September 2, 2014 -

    In the September 2nd, 2014 edition of the US Federal Register, the United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published an initial call for comments and suggestions in reference to the upcoming revision and publication of the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG), due out in 2016. The book is revised…

    USDOT/PHMSA Releases Call for Comments on 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook

    - September 2, 2014 -

    In the September 2nd, 2014 edition of the US Federal Register, the United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published an initial call for comments and suggestions in reference to the upcoming revision and publication of the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG), due out in 2016. The book is revised…

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