WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Hazardous Materials: Reducing Undue Paperwork Burdens to Domestic Carriers.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 1 by Benjamin D. Kochman, Acting Administrator.
Summary: This NPRM proposes to revise the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to provide domestic carriers the option to maintain electronic copies of emergency response information rather than requiring a hard copy printed on paper.
For more information, contact Steven Andrews, Transportation Regulations Specialist, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590, 202-366-8553, steven.andrews@dot.gov.
The full text of the proposed rule can ...