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 ...

USA TODAY analyzed a decade's worth of data from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration about the movement of hazardous chemicals across Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan and ...

Robert Burke covers the recent changes to Emergency Response Guidebook aim to make it more useful for first responders. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is celebrating its 50 th anniversary ...

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 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) on Monday announced a new, proposed rule that the agency said would modernize and simplify ...

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 ...

When should a carrier or driver reasonably be expected to know if a shipper has violated hazardous materials transportation laws? That’s basically the question the U.S. Department of Transportation ...