This week’s regulatory news is somewhat overshadowed by the larger news on the international trade front, which as everyone is almost certainly already aware, is in a state of considerable flux. What impacts may or may not occur in reference to that in relation to dangerous goods shippers is of course also in flux. Stay tuned here for all the latest. Meanwhile, here’s the rest of the week’s news:
PHMSA
The agency issued a notice of enforcement discretion as it relates to the HM-263 final rule of June 2024. This rule requires rail carriers to provide to requesting emergency response agencies much more comprehensive real-time data on dangerous goods shipments in transit over their networks. The enforcement discretion, in practical terms delays required implementation of the new rule until June of 2026. Rail carriers maintain that they need more time to prepare their networks to be able to provide the data. See the details here:
PHMSA Notice of Enforcement Discretion – Real Time Train Consist Information
The agency also issued another series of special permit (SP) actions. See the various actions at the three links below:
USDOT
As part of its implementation of policy issued by the president, the agency seeks comments and information to assist it in what it says will be “…identifying existing regulations and other regulatory obligations that can be modified or repealed to achieve meaningful burden reduction.” Comments are requested on or before May 5, 2025. See full details of this initiative here:
Transport Canada
The Ministry published a warning document advising stakeholders about the potential presence of non-compliant Oxygen and or Acetylene cylinders in welding kits. See full details of the safety advisory here:
Non-compliant cylinders in welding kits
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