Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Special Permits
and Approvals Functions
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Special Permits and Approvals primary functions consist of the following.
- Supervises and manages programs which provide authorizations or relief from the regulations.
- Programs are divided into Special Permits, Approvals, Registrations and the Docket Section .
- Special Permits are custom regulations addressing specific needs not provided in the regulations.
- Approvals, currently numbering over 290, are authorizations which are specifically cited in the regulations.
- Registrations identify members of the regulated public which participate in a defined activity.
- The Dockets Section provides information for the public and governmental agencies and record keeping functions for OHMS.
Special Permit Activities:
Major Approval Activities:
| Domestic |
Foreign |
| Classification of explosives �3.56 |
Approval of manufacturers �3.300b |
| Approval of retest facilities �3.34 |
Approval of independent inspection agencies �3.300a |
| Approval of third party packaging labs �7.403 |
Approval of re-testers �3.34 |
| Approval of inspection agencies �3.300a |
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| Registration of cargo tanks �7.503 |
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