Title 49 published on 2012-10-01
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2013-03-11; vol. 78 # 47 - Monday, March 11, 2013 78 FR 15303 - Hazardous Materials; Miscellaneous Amendments (RRR)
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Final rule. Effective Date: This rule is effective May 10, 2013. Voluntary Compliance Date: Voluntary compliance with all amendments is authorized March 11, 2013. 49 CFR Parts 105, 171, 172, 173, 177, 178, and 180 Summary PHMSA is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to make miscellaneous amendments to update and clarify certain regulatory requirements. These amendments promote safer transportation practices, eliminate unnecessary regulatory requirements, address a petition for rulemaking, incorporate a special permit into the HMR, facilitate international commerce, and simplify the regulations. These amendments also update various entries in the Hazardous Materials Table (HMT) and corresponding special provisions, clarify the lab pack requirements for temperature-controlled materials, and require hazmat employers to make hazmat employee training records available upon request to an authorized official of the Department of Transportation (DOT) or an entity explicitly granted authority to enforce the HMR.
2013-01-07; vol. 78 # 4 - Monday, January 7, 2013 78 FR 988 - Hazardous Materials: Harmonization with International Standards (RRR)
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Final rule. Effective Date: January 1, 2013. Voluntary compliance date: PHMSA is authorizing voluntary compliance beginning January 1, 2013. Delayed compliance date: Unless otherwise specified, compliance with the amendments adopted in this final rule is required beginning January 1, 2014. Incorporation by reference date: The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of January 1, 2013. 49 CFR Parts 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 177, and 178 Summary PHMSA is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations to maintain alignment with international standards by incorporating various amendments, including changes to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport quantity limitations, and vessel stowage requirements. These revisions are necessary to harmonize the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) with recent changes made to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, the International Civil Aviation Organization's Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (ICAO Technical Instructions), and the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods—Model Regulations (UN Model Regulations) and address a petition for rulemaking.
