Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Contents:

• Hazmat Information & Brochures
• Use the Hazardous Materials Electronic Services site to order hazmat training publications and videos
• Safety Alerts
• Other Hazmat Reports
• Available Documents and Files

• Hazmat Information and Brochures
  
• DOT Regulations Apply When Transporting Nuclear Gauges To and From Jobs


• YES, It’s Hazmat! (449K)


• Do You Know If You’re Shipping Hazardous Materials (172K)


• How to Handle Radioactive Materials (887K)


• Guide for Preparing Shipping Papers (pdf - 647K)


• Wetlines Awareness for Emergency Responders (333K)


• Hazardous Materials Safety Brochure
• English Version (pdf - 596K)
• Spanish Version (pdf - 278K)


• Hazmat CD-ROM Training Modules Brochure


• Hazmat CD-ROM Training Modules
  
• Intrastate Commerce (HM-200) Publications
• Transporting Agricultural Products Safely (pdf - 475K)
• Complying with the October 1, 1998 Intrastate Commerce Requirements (HM-200) (pdf - 244K)
• What Are Materials of Trade, and What Regulations Apply? (pdf - 1.3MB)
• Hazmat Publications and Videos Online Ordering


• Commercial Suppliers (pdf - 44K) of:
  
  • 2008 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2008)
  • DOT Chart 13 (Marking, Labeling, and Placarding Guides
• Hazmat Identification System Improvements (HM206)
  
• Fumigant Marking Requirement (pdf - 543K)
  
• In Support of Small Business (pdf - 208K)


• Compliance Assistance Guide: Cargo Tank (English)


• Compliance Assistance Guide: Cargo Tank (Spanish)


• Guidelines For Selecting Preferred Highway Routes For Controlled Ram Shipments


• Hazmat Safety News March 2003 (HMEP)


• Hazmat Safety News February 2003 (Harmonization with International Regulations)


• What To Do/Know When Transporting Hazmat Internationally (146K)
  
• Is your COMAT Safe To Fly brochure (193K)
  
• Kid Zone: How To Stay Safe At Home (102K)
  
• Guide for Brokers, Forwarding Agents, etc. (Spanish) (34K)
  • Guia para Corredores, agentes embarcadores, despachantes de carga y almacenadores. Esta guía tiene el carácter de ayuda para la capacitación interna en la revisión de sus procedimientos de manejo de materiales peligrosos.
    
• Transporting Infectious Substances Safely (1.7MB)


• UN Cylinders What You Need To Know (141K)


• SafeTravel with Electronic Devices and Batteries (129K)


• Hazmat Employee Resource Book (1.5MB)


• Fumigant Marking Requirements (129K)


• How to Use the HMR (298K)


• ERG2008 Summary of Changes from 2004 (58K)


• Does Your Hazmat Training Measure Up (229K)


• Hazmat Transportation Enhanced Security Requirements (458K)


• Safety Alerts
  
• Safety News - Emergency Response Involving Ethanol and Gasoline Fuel Mixtures (September 19, 2008)
  • New and Revised Proper Shipping Names and Identification Numbers
• Safety News - Orientation Markings for Single Packages with Vented Closures (August 29, 2008)
  • Marking Requirements for Packagings Containing Liquid Hazardous Materials
• Safety News - Ethanol and Gasoline/Ethanol Fuel Blends (July 1, 2008)
  • Advisory Guidance:Offering, Accepting, and Transporting
    
• Superior Propane Safety Notice and Recall
• NPGA Anhydrous Ammonia and Propane Cylinders Safety Alert
• Safety News - Rollover (May, 13, 2008) (pdf -1.5M)
• Tank Truck Drivers!!! This Sign’s For You!
  
• Safety Alert (May 2006) (pdf - 69K)
• Manufacture, Marking, andSale of Untested Compressed Gas Cylinders
  
• Cargo Tank Safety Advisory Notice
  
• Safety Alert (March 2003) (pdf - 94K)
• Don't Ship a PSA, PBE, or EEBD (Contains a Chemical Oxygen Generator) without a DOT Approval
  
• Safety Alert (January 2002) (pdf - 81K)
• Hazmat Transportation Security on Highest Alert during Olympics and Super Bowl
  
• Safety Alert (October 2001) (pdf - 90K)
• Hazmat Transportation Community Urged to Increase Safety Measures
  
• Safety Alert (September 2001) (pdf - 77K)
• Hazmat Transportation Community Urged to Increase Safety Measures
  
• Safety Alert (April 2001) (pdf - 182K)
• This document provides information on requalification of acetylene cylinders.
  
• Safety Alert (January 1998) (pdf - 404K)
• This document provides an overview of the regulations pertaining to oxygen generators. It also includes some COMAT questions and answers.
  
• Safety Alert (January 1998)
  • PBE/Oxygen Generators (January 1998)
    
• Safety Alert (February 1997) (pdf - 281K)
• This document contains summaries of PHMSA rulemakings. Visit our Rulemakings page to view or print the summarized documents.
  


• Other Hazmat Reports
• Identification of Factors for Selecting Modes and Routes for Shipping High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel (pdf - 20.3 MB)
  
• Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Law (pdf - 100K)
  
  • An Overview of the Federal Hazmat Transportation Law (pdf - 317K)
    
• Hazardous Materials Shipments
  
• Reports: Hazardous Materials Incidents Cost Estimates
  
  • Total Reported Hazardous Materials Incidents
    
  • July 27, 1994 White Plains, NY Propane Truck Incident
    
  • March 25, 2004 Bridgeport, CT Tanker Truck Incident
    
• Compressed Gas Cylinders
  
• Information on DOT Specification 3AL Cylinders
• Advisory: Cylinders - Overfilling Prevention Device (OPD) (pdf - 51K)
  
• Biennial Report on Hazardous Materials Transportation -- This is a report sent by the President to Congress which discusses DOT's hazardous materials transportation accomplishments, projections for future years, violations, penalties assessed, and safety record.
  
• 1996 - 1997 Biennial Report
  
  • Full Version (pdf - 4.7M)
    
  • Report without charts and graphs from Chapter 10 "Safety Performance Data" (pdf - 430 K)
    
  Visit the Available Files and Documents page to download the charts and graphs.
  
• 1994 - 1995 Biennial Report (pdf - 500K)
  
• Report on Penalty Actions
  
  • Download Penalty Actions Reports by Mode/Year
    
• Guidance for Conducting Hazardous Materials Flow Surveys
  
• The Dynamics of Tank-Vehicle Rollover and the Implications for Rollover-Protection Devices (UMTRI-98-53)
• A complete copy of the final rule published under Docket HM-200 can be obtained here
• A complete copy of the final rule published under Docket HM-206 can be obtained here.
• Placard Report: The Role of Hazardous Materials Placards In Transportation Safety and Security