Transport

The key provisions encompassing federal standards are:

• Procedures and Policies
• Material Designations & Labeling
• Packaging Requirements
• Operational Rules

The regulations apply essentially to all persons involved in the preparation of the transportation of hazardous materials, including anyone who:

• Transports hazardous materials in commerce;
• Causes hazardous material to be transported in commerce;
• Designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a package, container, or packaging component that is represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for use in transporting hazardous material in commerce;
• Prepares or accepts hazardous material for transportation in commerce;
• Is responsible for the safety of transporting hazardous material in commerce;
• Certifies compliance with any legal and safety requirement; or
• Misrepresents whether such person is engaged in any activity under the above requirements.