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In the latest roadside inspection statistics from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), four of the top 10 violations related to transporting hazardous materials had to do with placarding requirements. But, did you know that even if you don’t transport hazardous materials, you still need to be familiar with the hazmat placards? Today we […]
Confused? It’s not surprising considering that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has revised its hazardous material regulations (HMRs) for shipping lithium cells and batteries several times over the past 2 years. The DOT has added Proper Shipping Names and Identification Numbers to the Hazardous Materials Table (HMT) and revised packaging, including labeling, requirements for […]
Unsecured packages is the top hazardous materials violation uncovered so far in fiscal year (FY) 2016 in U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) roadside inspections. Today we will look at three scenarios in which DOT said packages were or were not secured properly.
Q. If there is a spill of 50 gallons during delivery, do we need to add that in the spill history in the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan?
Don’t get caught short by a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) roadside inspection. In its most recent data for fiscal year (FY) 2016, DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) had performed 126,250 roadside inspections of trucks targeting compliance with hazardous materials transportation regulations. During these inspections, DOT inspectors found 26,889 violations.
When you’re dealing with one type of waste, the allowable disposal options tend to be cut-and-dried. But when you’re dealing with mixtures of radioactive and hazardous waste, those options can be conflicting.
Medical environments generate a lot of waste, and the waste they generate often poses one or more hazards. Waste in a medical environment must be segregated based on the hazard(s) it presents and stored in accordance with applicable state and federal regulations.
In any environment where hazardous waste is present and must be disposed of, there are issues of waste segregation, storage, and disposal that must be addressed. In a medical environment, those issues are even more complex because of the presence of biohazardous and radioactive waste.
Are you a retailer, or are you associated with a retailer, that needs to return retail products (that happen to be hazardous materials) to a manufacturer, supplier, or distribution facility? If the answer is no, read no further, but if the answer is yes, shippers of these “return-to-vendor” hazardous materials can now choose to comply […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently finalized efforts to make reverse logistics easier for retailers that have to ship hazardous materials. Yesterday we provided an overview of the new reverse logistics rule. Today we review some specific requirements for those retailers who choose to avail themselves of this new rule’s regulatory flexibility.