PHMSA Releases 2008 Enforcement Notice for Hazmat Fines and Penalties; Don't Be Caught With Undeclared Hazmat or Without Hazmat Training!

Receiving fines and penalties for improperly declaring hazardous materials (or failure to declare hazmat at all) can unnecessarily drive up the cost of doing business. It can even put you out of business!

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), a division of the U.S. DOT, has published its Enforcement Notice for 2008 regarding fines and penalties incurred on businesses for failing to comply with hazmat regulations.

During the 2008 calendar year, PHMSA has closed 130 cases of Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) violations and served $1,135,256.81 in fines for hazmat compliance failure.

To read the full report on PHMSA's website, click on the link below:

PHMSA 2008 Enforcement Notice

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Avoid Having Your Business Listed on the 2009 PHMSA Enforcement Notice

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ShipHazmat Summer of Safety Awareness Sale begins July 13, 2009 through September 4, 2009

We here, at the Bureau of Dangerous Goods, Ltd., believe that the only way to ship hazmat is to ship it safely. You could be a freight forwarder or shipper of hazardous materials from a chemical or pharmaceutical company, a hospital or medical facility, diesel or gasoline fuel transporter, an automobile manufacturing plant, or a lithium battery distributor. The safe transportation of dangerous goods and hazmat is our primary concern.

To help you achieve and maintain safety, ShipHazmat.NET is proud to present its first annual Summer of Safety Awareness sale!

From Monday, July 13, 2009 through Friday, September 4, 2009, all new and existing Per-Click account users will enjoy our $6.95 summer special!

What that basically means is you only pay $6.95 per each proper shipping name (UN number) added to a completed dangerous goods shipper's declaration form. This is an unprecedented 54% savings for each credit purchased!

In addition, we will be releasing a series of informative blog entries and reference guides regarding the safe transportation of dangerous goods and some helpful hints to proper dangerous goods declaration form data entry.

To get started, simply visit ShipHazmat.NET, create a new account or log into your existing account, purchase your credits as needed and begin creating fully compliant dangerous goods declaration forms for shipping hazmat by aircraft.

To kick off our summer of safety awareness, here is your first safety tip:

Software and Internet applications like ShipHazmat.NET are not meant to be a substitute or replace trained and certified hazmat employees in any business or working environment. While ShipHazmat.NET helps to exponentially simplify the declaration form filling process with its built-in regulatory logic, hazmat employees should always abide by domestic and international regulatory requirements for hazmat training.

The Bureau of Dangerous Goods, Ltd. provides on-site, classroom and now ONLINE hazmat training (via HazmatUniversity.com) to help hazmat employees meet those training requirements and comply with regulatory law.

Look for more safety tips and helpful hints in the following days to come!