Have You Registered Yet for the The 9th Annual Dangerous Goods Symposium?

Labelmaster - April 22, 2014 - Events

Have You Registered Yet? The 9th annual Dangerous Goods Instructors Symposium is open for registration!  Join September 3-5th in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona for the opportunity to network with industry peers, learn about critical regulatory updates and participate in interactive training workshops.  Whether you are a Dangerous Goods Shipping Instructor, Trainer or just work with Dangerous…

Come See Labelmaster if Attending ASSE, If Not, Get your Free Expo Pass Here!

Labelmaster - April 21, 2014 - Events

Labelmaster will be exhibiting at the Safety 2014 show in booth #1235.  Join more than 4,500 safety professionals at the much-anticipated ASSE Safety 2014 Professional Development Conference.  Stop by our booth to learn more about our variety of solutions to help you ship Dangerous Goods safely and efficiently.  Need an expo pass?  Clink on the…

Interstate Commerce or Local Control? PHMSA Asked for a Decision

Labelmaster - April 17, 2014 - U.S. Regulations

In two actions published in today’s Federal Register, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) has made an application to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for an administrative determination on whether Federal hazardous materials laws would pre-empt requirements put in place by the cities of New York, NY and Pittsburgh, PA.

Labelmaster Packing Services is now DGM Chicago!

Labelmaster - April 16, 2014 - About Labelmaster

DGM Chicago specializes in providing customers with safe, efficient and reliable solutions for their Dangerous Goods shipments.  Our extensive regulatory expertise allows us to provide a full range of solutions to facilitate efficient Dangerous Goods shipping.

Labelmaster Partnership Offers MSDS-to-SDS Conversion Service

Labelmaster - April 10, 2014 - About Labelmaster, U.S. Regulations

Labelmaster is pleased to announce that we are now offering a new service to convert from the current MSDS format to the new SDS format to help in the transition to HCS 2012/GHS standard.

US Federal Railroad Administration Announces Intent to Issue NPRM — Mandate Train Crew Sizes, Other Measures

Labelmaster - April 9, 2014 - U.S. Regulations

Fallout from the Lac Megantic, Quebec train derailment in July of 2013 continues for the rail industry in general with the issuance today of a press release by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) which announces FRA’s intent to issue a proposed rulemaking (or, NPRM) which will for the first time mandate the size of train…

USDOT/PHMSA Submits Paper for Upcoming UN Session on the Transport of Dangerous Goods

Labelmaster - April 3, 2014 - U.S. Regulations

The United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) continues to respond to the disastrous train derailment in La Megantic, Quebec on July 6th, 2013. In that incident, an unmanned and unattended Montreal, Maine, & Atlantic (MM&A) freight train carrying crude oil derailed after a brake failure and subsequent uncontrolled…

New Rules for Air Shipment of Lithium Batteries In Effect After March 31, 2014

Labelmaster - March 31, 2014 - Lithium Batteries, U.S. Regulations

After  March 31, 2014, a Shipper’s Declaration for Dangerous Goods is now required for Section IB shipments of lithium batteries, whereas before it was optional. For the most up-to-date testing criteria reference the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Tests and Criteria, 5th Edition. We will publish more on this in the coming days,…

PHMSA Releases Special Permit Actions

Labelmaster - March 31, 2014 - U.S. Regulations

The United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a set of actions on a wide variety of special permit activities in today’s Federal Register.

Federal Register Publishes Proposed Driver’s Log Rules Change by FMCSA

Labelmaster - March 28, 2014 - U.S. Regulations

The United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today published the supplemental proposed rulemaking which will require the use of electronic logs for commercial drivers of trucks and busses engaged in interstate commerce in the Federal Register. According to the FMCSA’s news release of March 13th, the new rule, if…