# Hazardous Materials: Reverse Logistics (RRR)
> **Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2016-03-31 · Effective 2016-03-31 · 81 FR 18527
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-07199
- **Category:** pipeline-safety
- **Sub-agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 18527
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 171
- **Publication date:** 2016-03-31
- **Effective date:** 2016-03-31
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0143 (HM-253)
## Abstract

In this final rule, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is adopting regulatory amendments applicable to the reverse logistics shipments of certain hazardous materials by highway transportation. This final rule revises the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to include a definition of "reverse logistics" and provides appropriate provisions for hazardous materials within the scope of this definition. This final rule also expands a previously existing exception for return shipments of used automobile batteries transported between a retail facility and a recycling center. The PHMSA incorporated recommendations from petitions for rulemaking and public comment into this rulemaking.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/03/31/2016-07199/hazardous-materials-reverse-logistics-rrr)
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