Halloween has come and gone, and November is rushing right in with the holiday season just around the corner. Will regulatory activity speed up with the season? We’ll have to wait and see. Here’s what was new this week, with Information Collection Requests and meeting notices being the primary stories: OSHA The agency renewed an…
DG Digest: U.S. DOT Opens Comments on Draft Strategic Plans through 2022
If you are reading this on the regular distribution, then it’s Halloween Day. Happy Halloween! The Labelmaster family hopes that everyone enjoys the holiday safely. This is a two week digest to cover last week’s “skip,” however, activity remains quite low and as such, we have a fairly minimal report for you. Here’s what was…
Dangerous Goods Report | Vol. 9
Summary: Volume 9 of the Dangerous Goods Report looks at an innovation that may change how we transport lithium batteries and battery devices, despite all the safety and regulatory hurdles involved. We also assess the unique challenges facing seven industries that ship Dangerous Goods, and review the eye-opening findings of our first-ever international DG compliance…
DG Digest: PHMSA Suspends Parts of HMR in Puerto Rico and OSHA Publishes its Top 10 Violations for 2016
The first week of October has wrapped up and in contrast to the last week of September, things returned to the more typical quiet that has characterized regulatory activity in general since the advent of the new administration last January. Gives us all more time to rake leaves! Here’s the latest: Chemical Hazard & Safety…
DG Digest: PHMSA Issues Pair of ICRs, USPS to Hold Webinar on LiBat Shipping, and BNSF Seeks O.K. to Use Drones
This morning’s blog finds our nation reeling from yet another senseless and horrific act of gun violence. As we mourn the most recent wave of victims, let us all hope that someday, peace and reason and hope will replace fear and ignorance and anger as the way that all of us choose to relate to…
DG Digest: Transport Canada Explores Mandatory DG Certification & AAR Will Meet to Discuss Bulk Transport of Hazmat
Fall is just around the corner; the official first day of autumn is this Friday. Will the regulatory pace increase to wrap up the year? Time will tell. Meanwhile, here’s what was new this week: PHMSA The agency issued notifications for its receipt of both applications for new Special Permits as well as modifications of…
DG Digest: New PHMSA Head? Mexico Updates Radioactive Materials Regulations
Labor Day has come and gone and the summer concluded with Labelmaster’s biggest annual event; the Dangerous Goods Symposium! This year’s meeting was held in our headquarters city of Chicago, Illinois. Hopefully many of you had an opportunity to attend; it’s one of our industry’s biggest get-togethers. If not, see the rest of our blog…
DG Digest: PHMSA Names a New Deputy Administrator; FRA and FMCSA Withdraw Sleep Apnea Standards
August is the month that Washington, DC takes off. Congress is not in session and many officials get of town—the city is famous for its humid and uncomfortable August weather. However, despite this the last week was fairly busy on the regulatory front, with a number of agencies announcing relevant action. Here’s the update: PHMSA…
DG Digest: PHMSA Seeks Input for U.N. Geneva Meeting and USPS Revises Lithium Battery Rules
The end of July finds the Federal Register having roared back to life after a period of relative quiet; most of the action revolves around information requests versus rulemaking, but still, given how slow things have been in the US regulatory world, the activity is significant. See all the action below. PHMSA The nation’s DG…
DG Digest: US Air Force Updates AFMAN and the EPA Revises TSCA Handling of the Materials List
The summer quiet continues around the regulatory scene these last two weeks, with relatively minimal action. Biggest news of the period was the issuance of a revised US Air Force “AFMAN,” which serves all of the US armed services as their guide to shipping hazardous materials. It was the first such issuance in several years—2009,…