DOT Checks Hazmat Permit Wishlists: Comments Welcome by March
Published Date: 2/24/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Transportation is reviewing new special permit requests for safely handling hazardous materials during transport. Companies and transport operators should check these applications and send comments by March 26, 2025. These permits could change how certain materials are moved, possibly speeding up processes without extra costs.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
MAE requalification for pressure vessels
Antech Systems, Inc. applied for a special permit under 49 CFR 180.205(g) to allow composite overwrapped pressure vessels to be requalified using Modal Acoustic Emission (MAE) instead of internal visual inspection and hydrostatic test. The request covers all transport modes (1 Motor vehicle, 2 Rail freight, 3 Cargo vessel, 4 Cargo aircraft only, 5 Passenger-carrying aircraft).
Permit to ship nickel-hydrogen batteries
Enervenue, Inc. applied for a special permit under 49 CFR 173.302(a)(1) to authorize the transport in commerce of individual nickel-hydrogen batteries. The application covers all transport modes (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Transport of infected live rodents (Category B)
Seattle Children's Hospital applied for a special permit under 49 CFR 173.199(a)(4) and 173.199 to authorize transportation in commerce of live rodents infected with a Category B infectious substance. The application is limited to mode 1 (motor vehicle).
Discharge from IBCs and Spec 57 tanks while on vehicle
Apex Water and Process Inc. applied for a special permit under 49 CFR 172.203(a), 172.302(c), and 177.834(h) to authorize discharge of liquid hazardous materials from certain UN Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) and DOT Specification 57 portable tanks without removing them from the vehicle on which they are transported. The application covers mode 1 (motor vehicle).
Ship non‑DOT satellite assemblies with Li-ion & gases
Amazon.com, Inc. applied for a special permit under multiple sections (49 CFR 172.101, 172.102, 172.400, 172.300, 173.27(b)(2), 173.301(f), 173.302a, 173.304a) to authorize transportation in commerce of non‑DOT specification containers (satellite assemblies) containing lithium‑ion batteries and certain Division 2.2 and 2.3 liquefied gases, with alternative hazard communication. The application covers modes 1 (motor vehicle) and 4 (cargo aircraft only).
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