DOT Seeks Public Input on New Hazardous-Materials Transport Permits
Published Date: 10/19/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Transportation is reviewing new requests to allow special permits for safely moving hazardous materials in different ways, like by truck, rail, or plane. Companies and transporters dealing with dangerous goods should check these applications and send comments by November 18, 2026. These changes could make transporting hazardous materials easier and safer without extra costs right now.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Raytheon seeks argon container permit
Raytheon Company applied (Application No. 22398-N) for a special permit to authorize transportation in commerce of certain non‑DOT specification containers holding compressed argon by modes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. If granted, this permit would allow those specific non‑DOT containers to be moved by motor vehicle, rail freight, cargo vessel, cargo aircraft only, and passenger aircraft.
Recyclers request lithium packaging approval
Electronic Recyclers International Inc. (Application No. 22399-N) applied to authorize the manufacture, mark, sale, and use of UN specification packagings for lithium‑ion cells and batteries (including those in equipment) for disposal or recycling, covering modes 1 and 2 (motor vehicle and rail freight).
Manufacturer seeks non‑DOT 2Q can authorization
Jiangus Huanqiu Can Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Application No. 22400-N) applied to authorize the manufacture, mark, sale, and use of non‑DOT specification, non‑refillable containers that conform with regulations applicable to a DOT specification 2Q container for transporting hazardous materials by modes 1, 2, and 3 (motor vehicle, rail freight, cargo vessel).
Raytheon requests composite cylinder transport
Raytheon Company (Application No. 22402-N) applied to authorize transportation in commerce of certain composite fiberglass‑wrapped stainless steel high‑pressure cylinders containing compressed argon for modes 1, 3, 4, and 5 (motor vehicle, cargo vessel, cargo aircraft only, passenger aircraft).
Non‑DOT cylinders for flammable gas transport
South 8 Technologies, Inc. (Application No. 22408-N) applied to authorize transportation in commerce of non‑DOT specification cylinders containing Division 2.1 hazardous materials under mode 4 (cargo aircraft only), citing 173.301.
Prototype lithium battery transport request
American Lithium Energy Corp. (Application No. 22412-N) applied to authorize transportation in commerce of prototype lithium‑ion battery packs that have not been tested in accordance with the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria, Section III, Subsection 38.3, for mode 4 (cargo aircraft only).
Alternative pressure vessel requalification
Techknowserv Corporation (Application No. 22414-N) applied to authorize transportation in commerce of certain composite overwrapped pressure vessels requalified by Modal Acoustic Emission (MAE) testing in lieu of hydrostatic requalification across modes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Radioactive cargo separation waiver request
Bygone Aviation LLC (Application No. 22419-N) applied to authorize transportation in commerce of radioactive materials aboard cargo‑only aircraft that exceed the combined transport index when required separation distances cannot be met (mode 4), citing 175.700(b)(2)(ii) and 175.702.
BIC seeks lighter shipping relief by air
BIC Corporation (Application No. 22404-N) applied to authorize transportation in commerce of lighters without a test report identifier on the shipping paper and packaging for mode 4 (cargo aircraft only).
Korean Air seeks one‑time explosives move
Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (Application No. 22406-N) applied to authorize a one‑time movement of certain Division 1.1 and 1.2 explosives—items normally forbidden aboard cargo‑only aircraft—under mode 4 (cargo aircraft only), citing regulatory sections 172.101(j)(1), 173.27(b)(2), and 175.30(a)(1).
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