With the federal regulatory “freeze” still in place, US activity remains low. Our world DG partners remain active, however. Here’s last week’s news:
EU ADR
After something of a delay for the new year, the EU ECE has now published the new 2025 version of the ADR—thar’s the EU’s legal equivalent of the 49 CFR regulations. The ADR governs road transport in EU countries as well as in additional signatory nations like the UK. Note that individual nations can also have modified rules in place changing certain aspects of the ADR (these are called derogations), so if you are shipping from the EU, you’ll want to always make sure that you’re aware of any such derogations that may apply from your point of origin or that may impact transit to the final destination. Here’s links to the two new volumes:
2412006_E_ECE_TRANS_352_Vol.I_WEB_0.pdf
2412010_E_ECE_TRANS_352_Vol.II_WEB.pdf
Transport Canada
The Ministry issued guidance providing information to Canadian shippers on the use of shipping names: UN1759 CORROSIVE SOLID, N.O.S. and UN1760 CORROSIVE LIQUID, N.O.S., and to indicate which alternate shipping names should be used under which circumstances. This would apply only to Canada originated shipments of these materials. See this guidance document here:
Improper use of UN1759 CORROSIVE SOLID, N.O.S. and UN1760 CORROSIVE LIQUID, N.O.S.
OSHA
The agency extended an ICR related to the occupational exposure of lab employees to hazardous chemicals in their workplaces. See the ICR here:
A second agency ICR relates to the control and handling of arsenic, a hazardous heavy metal, in the workplace. See this ICR here:
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