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Overview

– Who we are

– What we do

– Who our customers are

– How we determine training needs and priorities

– How we reach our customers


Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)

– Created under the Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act (P.L. 108-426) of 2004

– Established PHMSA for pipeline safety and hazardous materials transportation safety operations


Federal Hazmat Law – “protect against the risks to life, property, and the environment which are inherent in the transportation of

hazardous materials in intrastate, interstate, and foreign commerce.”


Responsibilities

– PHMSA is responsible for formulating, issuing, enforcing, and revising hazardous materials regulations (HMR) and issuing exemptions and approvals under the Federal hazmat law

– The HMR (49 CFR Parts 171-180) govern the packaging and safe transportation of hazardous materials by air, highway, rail, and water (except bulk transportation onboard vessels)


Responsibilities (cont’d)

– PHMSA enforces regulations – emphasizing:– Packaging Manufacturers, Retesters and

Reconditioners– Multimodal shippers of hazmat

– Modal administrations (FAA, FMCSA, and FRA) enforce the regulations respective to their mode

– U.S. Coast Guard (Department of Homeland Security) enforces the respective to maritime operations


PHMSA’s Office of Hazardous Materials Safety– Hazmat Standards– International and Interagency

Coordination– Special Permits and Approvals– Inspection and Enforcement– Planning, Analysis and Technical

Support– Hazardous Materials Emergency

Preparedness Grants– Training and Information

Dissemination


Who Are Our Customers?

– Hazardous Materials Carriers

– Hazardous Materials Shippers

– Package Manufacturers, Retesters, and Reconditioners

– State and Local Governments– Law Enforcement– Emergency Responders

and Planners

– The Public


Determining Training Needs and Priorities– Hazardous Materials Transportation

Safety and Security Reauthorization Act 2005 a Legacy for Users (SAFTEA-LU)– Agriculture

– HMR rule changes– Cylinder

requalification– Infectious Substance– Wetlines

– Safety advisories– E85


How We Reach our Customers


Training and Information Dissemination– Enhance hazardous materials

transportation safety through the development and dissemination of instructional and education materials

– Maintain liaisons with the hazmat transportation community

– Provide outreach and technical assistance through Hazardous Materials Safety Assistance Team (HMSAT)


PHMSA Outreach for a Typical Year

– Distribute over 2 million training and information publications

– Receive and respond to more than 12,000 requests for assistance

– Assist more than 31,000 callers requesting information, clarification, or interpretation of the regulations

– Train more than 14,000 in the hazmat community


Hazardous Materials Safety Assistant Team (HMSAT)

http://hazmat.dot.gov/


Hazardous Materials Safety Assistance Team Offers . . .– Training, advice, recommendations to

enhance safety compliance with the HMR and understanding of the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)

– Conduct and/or participate in seminars, workshops and meetings on hazmat transportation Multimodal Seminars One-day Hazmat Transportation Workshops International Association of Fire Chiefs Many more . . .

– Aid in the development of compliance assistance materials


Presentations For the Regulated Community . . .– Overview of PHMSA’s hazmat

program– Use of the HMR– Training Requirements– Package Selection, Marking and

Labeling– Shipping Papers and Emergency

Response Information– Placarding– Security Requirements


For the Emergency Response Community . . .

– Overview of PHMSA’s hazmat program

– How to Use the ERG

– Hazard Communication Requirements – What an Emergency Responder Should Know from the HMR


FY 2007 Upcoming Events Information

– Multimodal Hazmat Transportation Seminars

– Workshops

http://hazmat.dot.gov/training/training.htm


Training and Information Products

– Training Modules on CD-ROM– General Hazmat– Security Awareness

– Hazmat Marking, Labeling and Placarding Guide (Chart 12)

– Training Videos– Materials of Trade– Responding to Incidents

Involving Commercial Explosives


Emergency Response Guidebook

– Provides emergency response guidance to first responders of incidents involving hazardous materials

– Published every 3 – 4 years

– In 2004, PHMSA produced and distributed more than 2.1 million copies at no cost to the nation’s first responders


Hazardous Materials

INFO-LINE1-800-HMR49-22

(1-800-467-4922)Hours of Operation: 9 am – 5 pm EST

E-mail: [email protected]

– Obtain answers to HMR questions

– Request copies of Federal Register, exemptions or training materials

– Report HMR violations

– Fax on Demand


Informational Resources

http://hazmat.dot.gov


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