The United States Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a December 6th interpretive letter the application of the Hazardous ...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Department of Transportation plans to change the way it regulates hazardous materials by splitting the functions of the Research and Special Programs ...

Robert Burke covers the recent changes to Emergency Response Guidebook aim to make it more useful for first responders. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is celebrating its 50 th anniversary ...

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued a May 2, 2025, Letter of Interpretation (“LOI”) addressing the application of the federal Hazardous Materials Regulations ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is seeking ideas for leading-edge research and innovative techniques to ...

DOT has pushed back the effective dates for two final rules related to hazardous-materials transportation. As reported in the Federal Register May 26, the deadline for new incident reporting ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Monday announced a new proposed rule the agency said will provide close to $100 million in ...

DOT Converts Hazmat Transportation Permits into Federal Regulations “This rulemaking is another step in incorporating tested transportation technologies and operations from longstanding special ...

When should a carrier or driver reasonably be expected to know if a shipper has violated hazardous materials transportation laws? That’s basically the question the U.S. Department of Transportation ...

As part of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation's (DOT) effort to protect the nation against terrorists, transportation secretary Norman Y. Mineta today announced the start of an Intelligent ...