PHMSA Sends Final Rule on Hazmat Enforcement to OMB for Approval
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has sent to the Office of Management and Budget a final rule to establish procedural regulations to implement authority provided to DOT to open packages believed to contain hazardous materials; remove such packages…
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from transportation; gather information; order the package transported to a facility for examination and analysis; obtain assistance from qualified persons; and issue emergency restrictions, prohibitions, recalls, or out-of-service orders to abate an imminent hazard. This rulemaking is due to a mandate in SAFETEA-LU (section 7118 of Pub. L. 109-59).