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1/22/2013
New Requirements for Limited Quantities & Consumer Commodities
10/29/2012
ORM-D-AIR Classification to Be Phased Out
The U.S. Department of Transportation is phasing out the ORM-D classification. The last day to ship packages properly classified and marked as ORM-D-AIR is December 31, 2012. Starting January 1, 2013, no new ORM-D AIR packages may be offered for transportation. Instead, shippers have to use...7/17/2012
What's so Great About Excepted Quantities?
2/21/2012
New Limited Quantity Rules to Phase-out Consumer Commodities
If you ship limited quantities of hazmat, including consumer commodities, it’s important to learn the new procedures, because the DOT has already begun phasing out the old procedures. The phase-out period is planned for the end of next year. Shippers need to make sure they know how the new rules will affect their shipments...12/30/2011
DOT Clarified Harmonization Rulemaking
12/20/2011
Keeping Up With the Changes to International Dangerous Goods Regulations
11/8/2011
Report From DGAC Conference & Expo
[Editor's Note: Lion Technology Inc. instructor Roseanne Bottone is blogging from the Dangerous Goods Advisory Council (DGAC) Conference & Hazardous Materials Transportation Exposition. Daily, she will provide her observations and insights from the conference in order to keep our readers up-to-date with the latest regulatory news.]My students often ask me what I do for Lion when I’m not teaching a workshop. Well, today...
5/31/2011
Question of the Week: What’s Going to Happen to ORM-D?
Q. I’ve heard the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is phasing out the Consumer Commodity (ORM-D) exceptions from the Hazardous Material Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171-180). When did this happen? When does it take effect? And does this mean that regular consumer products need shipping papers and the whole rigmarole of marks, labels, and UN specification packaging like regular hazmat...
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