HAZMAT BASICS
How to Use the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), 49 CFR Parts 171-185 – review how to locate specific information in the HMR using the Hazardous Materials Table and to identify: proper shipping name, hazard class/division number, identification number, packing group, packaging references, special provisions, and mode restrictions.
Hazmat Transportation Training Requirements – provides an overview of training requirements found in sections 172.700 to 172.704 of the HMR. Get tips on how to maintain employee training records.
Package Selection, Marking and Labeling Requirements – learn how to select the proper package to transport a non-bulk hazardous material, properly mark the package, and label the package.
Shipping Papers and Emergency Response Information – learn how to properly describe a hazardous material on a shipping paper including additional descriptions and emergency response information.
Placarding Requirements – learn how to determine the required placarding when offering and/or transporting hazardous materials.
Please bring your 49 CFR to the Seminar.
SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE
Transporting Hazardous Materials by Air, Highway, Rail and Water – attend four sessions to review hazmat safety and compliance issues unique to each mode:
Highway: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
Air: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Water: United States Coast Guard (USCG)
Rail: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Inspection Program – review safety and compliance issues related to the inspection of hazmat offerors and those who manufacture, re-qualify, rebuild, repair, recondition, or retest packaging (other than cargo tanks and tank cars) used to transport hazardous materials.
State Hazmat Enforcement – learn how the State, where the seminar is held, enforces the HMR and discuss safety and compliance issues unique to the State.
Legal Review and Update – review recent and pending decisions and issues concerning the relationship between Federal, State, and local hazmat requirements and preemption. Learn how the PHMSA's Chief Counsel's Office supports the inspection process.
HAZMAT ESSENTIALS
How to Use the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) – review how the DOT Emergency
Response Guidebook is organized and how it can be used during the initial phase of a hazmat incident.
Infectious Substances – learn about the requirements for offering and/or transporting infectious substances and Regulated Medical Waste (RMW) and used medical equipment.
Regulatory Process and Update – learn how the HMR is changed and how you can provide input to the regulations. Also discuss proposed and recent regulatory changes to the 49 CFR.
Hazmat Transportation Security Requirements – provides an understanding of the security threat, an overview of the specific requirements of HM-232, and suggestions and guidance on how to comply with the security regulations. Sessions will be provided by representatives from the Transportation Security Administration and PHMSA.
Hazmat Training Product Showcase – discover products that DOT has available to help you comply with the HMR. Learn what is available on PHMSA's hazmat website and how to order publications and training tools.