US | Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Miscellaneous Petitions and Updating Regulatory Requirements

Title of document
Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Miscellaneous Petitions and Updating Regulatory Requirements

Description
Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) - PHMSA proposes amendments to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to update, clarify, improve the safety of, or streamline various regulatory requirements. Specifically, this rulemaking responds to 18 petitions for rulemaking submitted by the regulated community between May 2018 and October 2020 that requests PHMSA address a variety of provisions, including but not limited to those addressing packaging, hazard communication, and the incorporation by reference of certain documents. These proposed revisions maintain or enhance the existing high level of safety under the HMR while providing clarity and appropriate regulatory flexibility in the transport of hazardous materials.

Notifying member: United States of America

Notification: G/TBT/N/USA/1970

Objective tag
Harmonization (TBT); Protection of the environment (TBT); Protection of human health or safety (TBT); Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade (TBT); Quality requirements (TBT)

Documents

• 23_1670_00_e.pdf

Timing:

• Submission: N/A
• Reception: N/A
• Distribution: 06/03/2023
• Final date for comments: N/A
• Proposed date of adoption: N/A