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Federal rules on hazardous materials transportation: 122 since January 2024

72 final rules and 50 proposed rules since January 5, 2024, 13 of them marked significant. 3 are open for comment now. Most come from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (44), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (23), Environmental Protection Agency (16), Federal Railroad Administration (12).

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Open for comment

DocumentAgencyTypeComments due
Exemptions From Materials Licensing
2026-20336
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionFinal ruleNov 4
Exemptions From Materials Licensing
2026-20335
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleNov 4
Regulatory Enhancements for Reactor Licensing, Decommissioning, and Operational Oversight
2026-19568
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleNov 9

Every document, newest first

DocumentAgencyTypePublished
Exemptions From Materials Licensing
2026-20336
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionFinal ruleOct 5
Exemptions From Materials Licensing
2026-20335
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleOct 5
Hazardous Materials: Incorporation of ASME Code Section XII and the National Board Inspection Code
2026-19741
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleSep 28
Regulatory Enhancements for Reactor Licensing, Decommissioning, and Operational Oversight
2026-19568
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleSep 24
In Situ Recovery Monitoring and Decommissioning Timeliness
2026-18504
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleSep 10
Hazardous Materials: Allowing Fireworks Certification Agencies (FCAs) To Approve Professional Fireworks
2026-16111
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 7
Alaska: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Program
2026-15984
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleAug 6
Hazardous Materials: Reducing Burdens on Domestic Companies Using Battery-Powered Equipment in Trades
2026-15823
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permit 21478
2026-15820
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permit 14175
2026-15819
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permit 21379
2026-15818
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permit 21287
2026-15817
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permits 12412 and 11646 Into the Hazardous Materials Regulations
2026-15816
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Removing Burdensome Rail Reporting Requirements
2026-15815
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Reduce Training Burdens for America's Farmers
2026-15814
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Reducing Recordkeeping Requirements for Domestic Carriers
2026-15813
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account
2026-15812
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Improving Efficiencies for Special Permits and Approvals Renewals
2026-15811
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Reducing Burdens by Allowing Continued Use of Department of Transportation Special Permit Packagings
2026-15810
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Remove Redundant List of U.S. EPA CERCLA Hazardous Substances
2026-15809
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Reducing Undue Paperwork Burdens to Domestic Carriers
2026-15808
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Reducing Costs to Domestic Shippers and Carriers of Limited Quantities
2026-15805
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Hazardous Materials: Reducing Burdens on Domestic Aerosol Shippers
2026-15803
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleAug 4
Modernizing Package Certification Requirements
2026-15117
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleJul 27
General Technical, Organizational, Conforming, and Correcting Amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
2026-14701
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFinal ruleJul 21
Modernizing Reactor Licensing, Safety Oversight, and Siting Practices
2026-14341
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleJul 16
Reforming and Modernizing the NRC's Radiation Protection Framework
2026-14208
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleJul 15
Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act
2026-13687 · significant
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleJul 7
Integrated Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
2026-13302
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleJul 1
Modernizing Security Requirements
2026-12989
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleJun 26
Modernizing Materials Licensing
2026-12702
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleJun 24
Hazardous Materials: Streamlining Requirements for the Approval of Certain Energetic Materials
2026-10962
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleJun 2
Modernizing NRC Regulations for Byproduct Material Use
2026-09877
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleMay 18
Alaska: Tentative Determination on Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program
2026-09603
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleMay 14
Licensing Requirements for Microreactors and Other Reactors With Comparable Risk Profiles
2026-08550
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleMay 1
Administrative Updates to the Federal Railroad Administration's State Safety Participation Regulations
2026-08252
Federal Railroad AdministrationFinal ruleApr 28
Prosecutorial Discretion of Enforcement Attorneys
2026-08250
Federal Railroad AdministrationFinal ruleApr 28
Removal of Unnecessary and Outdated Paperwork Reduction Act References
2026-08249
Federal Railroad AdministrationFinal ruleApr 28
Administrative Rulemaking, Guidance, and Enforcement Procedures
2026-08144 · significant
Federal Transit AdministrationFinal ruleApr 27
Pipeline Safety: Electronic Retention of Part 194 Response Plans
2026-08070
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleApr 24
Amendments to the Federal Railroad Administration's Procedures for Service of Documents in Railroad Safety Enforcement Proceedings
2026-08021
Federal Railroad AdministrationFinal ruleApr 24
Modernizing Requirements Relating to Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material
2026-06877
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleApr 9
Ohio: Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions
2026-06395
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleApr 2
Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors
2026-06048 · significant
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionFinal ruleMar 30
Seaway Regulations and Rules: Periodic Update, Various Categories
2026-05161
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development CorporationFinal ruleMar 17
Paper Manifest Sunset Rule; Modification of the Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulations
2026-04366
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleMar 5
Regulatory Framework for Fusion Machines
2026-03865
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleFeb 26
Removal of Obsolete References to “Water Carriers”
2026-03266
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFinal ruleFeb 19
Restoration of Statutory Terms in TSA Regulations: Use of Alien; Technical Amendments
2026-03028
Transportation Security AdministrationFinal ruleFeb 17
Hazardous Materials: Harmonization With International Standards
2026-02575
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleFeb 10
Hazardous Materials: Eliminating Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens on Fuel Transportation
2026-00578
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleJan 14
The Sunset Rule
2025-21784 · significant
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionFinal ruleDec 3, 2025
Navigation and Navigable Waters, and Shipping; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments
2025-20727
Coast GuardFinal ruleNov 24, 2025
Arkansas: Incorporation by Reference of Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Program
2025-20237
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleNov 18, 2025
Ohio: Proposed Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions
2025-20129
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleNov 18, 2025
Emergency Escape Breathing Apparatus Standards
2025-15022
Federal Railroad AdministrationFinal ruleAug 7, 2025
Updating the Definition of Person
2025-12190
Federal Railroad AdministrationFinal ruleJul 1, 2025
Removal of Unnecessary and Outdated Paperwork Reduction Act References
2025-12180
Federal Railroad AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Administrative Updates to the Occupational Safety and Health in the Locomotive Cab Regulations
2025-12152
Federal Railroad AdministrationFinal ruleJul 1, 2025
Administrative Updates to the Federal Railroad Administration's State Safety Participation Regulations
2025-12129
Federal Railroad AdministrationFinal ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Reducing Costs to Domestic Shippers and Carriers of Limited Quantities
2025-12127
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Amendments to the Federal Railroad Administration's Procedures for Service of Documents in Railroad Safety Enforcement Proceedings
2025-12124
Federal Railroad AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Prosecutorial Discretion of Enforcement Attorneys
2025-12123
Federal Railroad AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permit 21287
2025-12121
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permit 21379
2025-12100
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permits 12412 and 11646 Into the Hazardous Materials Regulations
2025-12099
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Removing Burdensome Rail Reporting Requirements
2025-12098
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Reducing Recordkeeping Requirements for Domestic Carriers
2025-12096
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Reduce Training Burdens for America's Farmers
2025-12095
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permit 21478
2025-12090
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account
2025-12085
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Improving Efficiencies for Special Permits and Approvals Renewals
2025-12084
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permit 14175
2025-12083
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Allowing Fireworks Certification Agencies (FCAs) To Approve Professional Fireworks
2025-12082
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Reducing Burdens by Allowing Continued Use of Department of Transportation Special Permit Packagings
2025-12081
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Remove Redundant List of U.S. EPA CERCLA Hazardous Substances
2025-12067
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Reducing Undue Paperwork Burdens to Domestic Carriers
2025-12066
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Reducing Burdens on Domestic Companies Using Battery-Powered Equipment in Trades
2025-12065
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Reducing Burdens on Domestic Aerosol Shippers
2025-12064
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleJul 1, 2025
Hazardous Materials: Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail
2025-11436 · significant
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleJun 23, 2025
Utah: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference
2025-10031
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleJun 11, 2025
Removal of Obsolete References to “Water Carriers”
2025-09727
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationProposed ruleMay 30, 2025
Civil Penalties Schedule Update
2025-09703
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFinal ruleMay 30, 2025
Terminology Relating to Sex; Technical Amendments
2025-08920
Transportation Security AdministrationFinal ruleMay 21, 2025
Administrative Rulemaking, Guidance, and Enforcement Procedures
2025-08724 · significant
Transportation DepartmentProposed ruleMay 16, 2025
Gulf of America Renaming
2025-04018
Coast GuardFinal ruleMar 17, 2025
Utah: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule
2025-02908
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleFeb 20, 2025
Cybersecurity in the Marine Transportation System
2025-00708 · significant
Coast GuardFinal ruleJan 17, 2025
Civil Monetary Penalty Annual Inflation Adjustment
2025-00835
National Transportation Safety BoardFinal ruleJan 16, 2025
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; Correction
2025-00212
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFinal ruleJan 10, 2025
Seaway Regulations and Rules: Periodic Update, Various Categories
2024-31566
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development CorporationFinal ruleJan 10, 2025
Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility; Extension of Compliance Date
2024-30509
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFinal ruleDec 31, 2024
Non-Power Production or Utilization Facility License Renewal
2024-30721
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionFinal ruleDec 30, 2024
Revisions to Civil Penalty Amounts, 2025
2024-30608
National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFinal ruleDec 30, 2024
Utah: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference
2024-30025
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleDec 23, 2024
Electronic Submission of Mariner Course Completion Data
2024-24271
Coast GuardFinal ruleNov 25, 2024
Texas: Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program
2024-26905
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleNov 21, 2024
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
2024-25514
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFinal ruleNov 18, 2024
Enhancing Surface Cyber Risk Management
2024-24704
Transportation Security AdministrationProposed ruleNov 7, 2024
Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility; Extension of Compliance Date
2024-25517
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationProposed ruleNov 4, 2024
Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors
2024-23434 · significant
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleOct 31, 2024
Hazardous Materials: Advancing Safety of Highway, Rail, and Vessel Transportation
2024-23421
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProposed ruleOct 28, 2024
Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Management of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons and Substitutes Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020
2024-21967 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleOct 11, 2024
Marine Equipment on Board Vessels and Offshore Units or Facilities
2024-20380
Coast GuardFinal ruleSep 18, 2024
Alternative Physical Security Requirements for Advanced Reactors
2024-17598
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleAug 9, 2024
Integrating e-Manifest With Hazardous Waste Exports and Other Manifest-Related Reports, PCB Manifest Amendments, and Technical Corrections
2024-14694
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleJul 26, 2024
Hazardous Materials: FAST Act Requirements for Real-Time Train Consist Information
2024-13474
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleJun 24, 2024
Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2024
2024-13230
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionFinal ruleJun 20, 2024
Revisions to Standards for the Open Burning/Open Detonation of Waste Explosives; Extension of Comment Period
2024-10777 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleMay 16, 2024
Flight Training Security Program
2024-08800 · significant
Transportation Security AdministrationFinal ruleMay 1, 2024
Hazardous Materials: Harmonization With International Standards
2024-06956
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleApr 10, 2024
Navigation and Navigable Waters, and Shipping; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments
2024-06922
Coast GuardFinal ruleApr 3, 2024
Revisions to Standards for the Open Burning/Open Detonation of Waste Explosives
2024-05088 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleMar 20, 2024
Advance Tribal Notification of Category 1 Quantities of Radioactive Material Shipments
2024-04771
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleMar 8, 2024
Seaway Regulations and Rules: Periodic Update, Various Categories
2024-04744
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development CorporationFinal ruleMar 6, 2024
Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Miscellaneous Petitions and Updating Regulatory Requirements
2024-03290
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleMar 4, 2024
Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2024
2024-03231
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionProposed ruleFeb 20, 2024
Listing of Specific PFAS as Hazardous Constituents
2024-02324 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleFeb 8, 2024
South Dakota: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference
2024-02310
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleFeb 8, 2024
Emergency Escape Breathing Apparatus Standards
2024-01074
Federal Railroad AdministrationFinal ruleJan 26, 2024
Civil Monetary Penalty Annual Inflation Adjustment
2024-00228
National Transportation Safety BoardFinal ruleJan 9, 2024
General Technical, Organizational, Conforming, and Correcting Amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; Correction
2024-00016
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFinal ruleJan 5, 2024

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