PHMSA Seeks Comment on Better Reporting of Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration wants comment and information to be used for an assessment to improve the collection, analysis, reporting and use of data related to accidents and incidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials, it said…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment.
in a FederalRegister notice for publication Nov. 21. The Hazardous Materials Regulations require an immediate report and a detailed incident report, information PHMSA uses to evaluate regulatory effectiveness, determine the need for regulatory changes to address changing transportation safety problems, chart trends, and for other purposes. The “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” Act requires the Department of Transportation to determine how to better the collection, analysis, reporting and use of this data. Comments are due Dec. 28 to docket number PHMSA-2012-12-10 via http://www.regulations.gov, or by mail to Docket Operations, U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Routing Symbol M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., Washington, DC 20590. Further information: David Lehman or Yolanda Braxton, 202-366-1074.