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Does Your Company Ship Lithium Batteries?
Does your company ship lithium batteries? How about lithium battery-powered devices like laptops or cell phones? If yes, you probably know the complexities that come with making shipments in compliance with both US DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations as well as international dangerous goods regulations. Well, you should also know that the regulations have changed recently,…
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Investigators Are People Too! and Other Things I Learned Working with PHMSA Field Ops
Article Summary Written by Ryan Paquet, who oversaw the Field Operations Team for USDOT/PHMSA’s Office of Hazardous Materials Safety for nine months and managed roughly 80 employees and contractors responsible for enforcing Hazardous Materials Regulations compliance, this article shares five practical, insider lessons for surviving a PHMSA hazmat inspection. First, humanize the inspectors: despite their…
