CVSA Approves 17 Changes to 2026 Out-of-Service Criteria – What Small Carriers Need to Know Before April 1

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has approved 17 changes to the 2026 North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria ...
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Q&A: Who monitors hazardous materials being hauled on the highway?

Just take a drive on any major road in York County, and you can see trucks with special placards, indicating they are carrying a hazardous substance. It could be chemicals, radioactive materials, ...
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Hazmat Studies: DOT Releases 2016 ERG

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 ...
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Hazmatology: 2020 Emergency Response Guidebook

On Aug. 7, 2020, following a several-month delay that was caused by the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the publication of the 2020 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG), ...
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Cooperative Research for Hazardous Materials Transportation: Defining the Need, Converging on Solutions -- Special Report 283

The federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of 1975 (HMTA) and its reauthorizing legislation define a hazardous material as a substance or material that, if not regulated, may pose an ...