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Hazardous Materials: FAST Act Requirements for Real-Time Train Consist Information
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on June 24, 2024. It took effect on July 24, 2024.
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What the agency says
PHMSA is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations to require railroads that carry hazardous materials to generate in electronic form, maintain, and provide to first responders, emergency response officials, and law enforcement personnel, certain information regarding hazardous materials in rail transportation to enhance emergency response and investigative efforts. The amendments in this final rule address a safety recommendation of the National Transportation Safety Board and statutory mandates in The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, as amended by the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act, and complement existing regulatory requirements pertaining to the generation, maintenance, and provision of similar information in hard copy form, as well as other hazard communication requirements.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-13474
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Published
- June 24, 2024
- Takes effect
- July 24, 2024
- Dates
- Effective Date: July 24, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0015 (HM-263)
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2137-AF21
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 171; 49 CFR 174; 49 CFR 180
- Topics
- Emergency preparedness; Exports; Hazardous materials transportation; Hazardous waste; Imports; Motor carriers; Motor vehicle safety; Packaging and containers; Railroad safety; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 39
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