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Volume 17, Issue 23
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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DOT Revises Hazmat Packaging Requirements, Proposes Significant Fee Increase
Hazmat Packaging Requirements Amended. The Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has issued a final rule amending the packaging requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations to enhance compliance flexibility, improve clarity and reduce regulatory burdens. Specifically, this rule:
• revises the definitions for “bulk packaging” and “large packaging” to allow intermediate forms of containment;
• adds a definition for “strong outer packaging” for consistency and clarity when shipping in non-specification packaging;
• authorizes the use of large packagings for certain explosives and revises packaging requirements for azodicarbonamide and isosorbide-5-mononitrate;
• adds and revises special provisions to facilitate the use of large packagings;
• adds provisions to allow more flexibility when preparing and transmitting closure instructions, including conditions under which those instructions may be transmitted electronically;
• clarifies shippers’ responsibilities to comply with the HMR’s packaging standards and to document the method used when determining whether a change in packaging configuration requires re-testing as a new design or may be considered a variation of a previously tested design;
• authorizes the transportation of bromine residue in cargo tanks;
• incorporates new language that will allow for a practicable means of stenciling the “UN” symbol on packagings; and
• adds new subparts to authorize the manufacture, testing and use of large packagings.
The effective date of this final rule is Oct. 1. While compliance with the rule’s requirements is authorized as of March 4, PHMSA cautions that these requirements could be revised as a result of the agency’s evaluation of any appeals that might be received.
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