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Urgent - DOT Lithium Battery Proposed Changes January 12, 2010 the US DOT Announced proposals of sweeping new changes in the lithium battery transport regulations that will impact tens of thousands of shippers (and forwarders and carriers). In short, thousand of small lithium batteries that are now considered "excepted" from the rules (and are not considered DG/HazMat in the normal sense) will lose that exception and will be considered Class 9 Dangerous Goods. Here is why this is important - NOW. Because the DOT rules will SUPERCEDE the IATA rules, and they will not be permanently published in IATA until January 2011 (though IATA may issue an addendum), this is going to be confusing, and risk for shippers (and forwarders and carriers). For example, a shipment of laptop batteries that now is excepted by the regulations could now become regulated as Class 9 DG when these rules are passed. While there will continue to be some exceptions for VERY small batteries this would be a drastic change in the rules (a 96% proposed reduction in the threshold from 100 Wh to 3.7 Wh per battery). Not the least of this change would be in training, as these items could soon become "HazMat" and employees handling these items would be subject to the full training and certification requirements. Even if your employees are currently certified anyway, you need to know how these rules are going to affect your business and whether you need to send future shipments with a red and white DGD form and Class 9 labeling. Email Jim Powell if you'd like to be added to a distribution list on updates of these proposed rules. IMDG Ocean Dangerous Goods Training - Full Course (12 to 18 hours). Less time if recurrent training. $295 Click here to purchase IMDG Ocean Course (requires copy of IMDG Regulations). IATA 2010 51st Edition DGR Changes - Click here to download .pdf of new IATA DG ChangesNew "How To" Section (i.e. how to ship a motorcycle...)IATA Dangerous Goods Training CBT - Use for IATA Initial or Recurrent Training.Click here for new Lithium Battery FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) You must have Adobe Acrobat 6.0 to open. New Demo of IATA Online Program (disable your pop-up protectors) Download Blank IATA Dangerous Goods Declaration (DGD) - Fill in .pdf and print out on color printer for IATA HazMat Shipments.Download DOT North American Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) - PDF Copy.New Online Courses added
Click here for more information on our online offerings in addition to our IATA Online Dangerous Goods Training Program.About This WebsiteThis new website is brought to by Transportation Development Group, a logistics and hazardous materials training and consulting company founded in 1992 by Jim Powell and based in the western US.Each of of the tabs at the top of this site is a link to valuable resources to aid in your hazardous materials/dangerous goods compliance.Our dangerous goods training courses are available in classroom format or available as Computer Based Training (CBT).Under the Resources tab you will find links to FREE hazmat/DG training materials as well as 1 page "executive briefing papers" on various topics including the training requirements, Consumer Commodity/ORM-D, Hazmat Security Training, Hazmat Registration and Importers Requirements for Hazmat.Free Hazmat Tech SupportWe provide free Hazmat Tech Support so if you ever have a hazmat question, give us a call at 800-949-4834 or e-mail jim@dgtraining.com |
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