August 3, 2010

Customer Advisory / Alert: For Dangerous Goods actively in transport on/or after October 1, 2010

• The United States Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced new revised regulations, HM 206F, regarding emergency response information required on the DG Declaration /shipping papers.
• According to the new regulation, shippers (Offerors) who made contractual arrangements for use of an emergency response information (ERI) provider, such as Chemtrec, must provide either the company’s name who contracted with the emergency response provider, or the contract number.
• The information must be entered on the DG Declaration / shipping paper immediately before, after, above or below the emergency response telephone number in a clearly visible manner. [Unless the name is entered elsewhere on the shipping paper in a prominent, readily identifiable, and clearly visible manner that allows the information to be easily and quickly found].
• PHMSA- Final Rule can be found at: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-24799.pdf.
• Please feel free to contact the Compliance Department regarding this matter, Toll Free
  1–800–609–3221 [Press 5; then Press 1]