Because of heightened security concerns and recent hazmat transportation incidents, the shipping paper has come under more scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and state inspectors ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is celebrating its 50 th anniversary, so it seems only fitting that an updated copy of its go-to manual for hazmat transportation incidents—the Emergency ...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Department of Transportation plans to change the way it regulates hazardous materials by splitting the functions of the Research and Special Programs ...

DOT has pushed back the effective dates for two final rules related to hazardous-materials transportation. As reported in the Federal Register May 26, the deadline for new incident reporting ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Monday announced a new proposed rule the agency said will provide close to $100 million in ...

An aerial view of the Norfolk Southern freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio captured on Feb. 5. (NTSB) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety ...

As part of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation's (DOT) effort to protect the nation against terrorists, transportation secretary Norman Y. Mineta today announced the start of an Intelligent ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and another nonprofit a grant designed to help improve the response to hazardous materials transportation accidents ...

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A new law in Colorado requires the state’s Department of Transportation to conduct a study about whether trucks hauling hazardous materials should be allowed to drive through the Eisenhower-Edwin C.