WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Hazardous Materials: Modernizing Regulations To Facilitate Transportation of Hazardous Materials Using Highly Automated Transportation Systems.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Dec. 4 by William A. Quade, Acting Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

Summary: The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is publishing this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to obtain stakeholder input on potential revisions to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to facilitate the safe transportation of hazardou...