Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Miscellaneous Petitions and Updating Regulatory Requirements
pipeline-safety · Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration · Published 2024-03-04 · Effective 2024-04-03 · 89 FR 15636
Document
Document number
2024-03290
Federal Register citation
89 FR 15636
CFR reference
49 CFR 107
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
pipeline-safety
Sub-agency
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Publication date
2024-03-04
Effective date
2024-04-03
DOT docket
Docket No. PHMSA-2020-0102 (HM-219D)
Abstract
PHMSA amends the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to update, clarify, improve the safety of, or streamline various regulatory requirements. Specifically, this rulemaking responds to 18 petitions for rulemaking submitted by the regulated community between May 2018 and October 2020 that requests PHMSA address a variety of provisions, including but not limited to those addressing packaging, hazard communication, and the incorporation by reference of certain documents. These revisions maintain or enhance the existing high level of safety under the HMR while providing clarity and appropriate regulatory flexibility in the transport of hazardous materials.