Hazardous Materials: Harmonization With International Standards

What it does

PHMSA proposes to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations to adopt certain international regulations and standards related to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport quantity limitations, and vessel stowage requirements. These amendments are intended to maintain consistency with the latest international standards and regulations, and to reduce costs to entities or individuals within the United States or to otherwise lower the cost of regulations on the United States economy.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

7 parts of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

49 CFR 171, 49 CFR 172, 49 CFR 173, 49 CFR 175, 49 CFR 176, 49 CFR 178, 49 CFR 180

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2137-AF64 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Comments must be received by April 13, 2026. To the extent possible, PHMSA will consider late-filed comments while a final rule is developed.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket PHMSA-2023-0111 on Regulations.gov
• Title 49 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register