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Hazardous Materials: Advancing Safety of Highway, Rail, and Vessel Transportation
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on October 28, 2024. Comments closed on January 27, 2025.
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What the agency says
PHMSA proposes to revise the Hazardous Materials Regulations to adopt several modal-specific amendments that would enhance the safe transportation of hazardous materials in commerce. PHMSA, in consultation with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, and the United States Coast Guard, proposes amendments identified during Departmental review and from industry petitions for rulemaking.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-23421
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Published
- October 28, 2024
- Comments due
- January 27, 2025
- Dates
- Comments must be received by January 27, 2025. To the extent possible, PHMSA will consider late-filed comments as a final rule is developed.
- Docket
- Docket No. PHMSA-2018-0080 (HM-265)
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2137-AF41
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 107; 49 CFR 171; 49 CFR 172; 49 CFR 173; 49 CFR 174; 49 CFR 176; 49 CFR 177; 49 CFR 178; 49 CFR 179; 49 CFR 180
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Education; Exports; Hazardous materials transportation; Hazardous waste; Imports; Incorporation by reference; Labeling; Maritime carriers; Motor carriers; Motor vehicle safety; Packaging and containers; Penalties; Radioactive materials; Railroad safety; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Uranium
- Pages
- 94
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