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9/10/2015
PHMSA Codifies Special Permit and Approvals Standard Operating Procedures
In today's Federal Register (September 10, 2015), the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a Final Rule to officially codify the agency's standard operating procedures for evaluating hazmat special permit and approval applications...
9/8/2015
EPA's Proposed TSCA Rules for Nanoscale Materials
On April 6, 2015, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new reporting/recordkeeping rule regarding nanoscale materials that are already in commerce. If finalized, the rule will require companies that manufacture or process chemicals at the nanoscale level to electronically report to US EPA information about the materials' chemical identity, production volume, methods of manufacture and processing, uses, exposure, and release data and available health and safety data...
9/4/2015
What’s in the Newly Proposed RCRA Subpart P?
On August 31, 2015, US EPA proposed new management standards for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals at healthcare facilities.Click the link above for an overview of the proposed regulations, including important definitions, basic requirements, and how “creditable” and “non-creditable” pharmaceutical hazardous wastes will be treated differently...
9/1/2015
New Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals
When discarded, some pharmaceutical drugs meet the US EPA’s definition of a hazardous waste. This happens when the drugs’ ingredients appear on one of EPA’s RCRA lists (i.e., the P list or the U list) or because of the drugs’ hazardous characteristics...
9/1/2015
Know Your Safety Agency: The CSB
The US Chemical and Hazard Investigation Board, or CSB, made headlines this year when its chairman resigned amid controversy. President Obama appointed, and the US Senate confirmed, a new chairperson in March. As the new Chair-former Chief Counsel for PHMSA, Vanessa Sutherland-begins her term, the time is right to ask: What exactly is the CSB, and what does it do?
8/28/2015
FAA and PHMSA Call Public Meeting on Lithium Battery Safety
In the Federal Register on August 28, 2015, two offices of the US Department of Transportation—the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)—called a public meeting to address the unique issues posed by lithium batteries during air transport...
8/27/2015
FMCSA Grants Hours-of-Service Exemption for Certain Hazmat Cargo
8/26/2015
Hazmat Shippers Facing New Restrictions at Chinese Ports
In response to the August 12 facility explosion in Tianjin, it appears that Chinese port authorities are taking steps to limit the amount and types of hazardous materials (known internationally as dangerous goods) that enter the country...
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