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COHMED - Cooperative Hazardous Materials

Enforcement Development (202) 366-4900

 Program

Headquarters (DC) (202) 366-4700

Eastern Region (NJ) (609) 989-2256

Central Region (IL) (847) 294-8580

Western Region (CA) (909) 483-5624

Southwest Region (TX) (713) 718-3950

Southern Region (GA) (404) 305-6120

Exemptions & Approvals (202) 366-4511

Grants Program (202) 366-0001

Incident Reports (202) 366-4484

INFORMATION CENTER (800) 467-4922

Registration (202) 366-4109

Science & Engineering (202) 366-4545

Training & Publications (202) 366-2301

We will return your phone calls before

the end of the next business day.

We will mail training materials and

publications within one week of receipt of

your request.

We will investigate all reports of

noncompliance with the Hazardous

Materials Regulations to aid in reducing the

cost of unfair competition.

We will inform you of exemptions and

approvals through the Hazardous Materials

Safety Website and provide you with a

selection of downloadable information.

We will add your name to our mailing list

when requested. You will receive safety

notices, public meeting notices, training

seminar announcements, etc.

We will offer four Multimodal Awareness

Seminars at locations nationwide each year

to provide you with the latest information on

hazardous materials transportation.

We will continue to increase the number

of hazmat training publications available for

download from our website at no cost to

help you reduce your training costs.

We will hold public meetings as needed

to hear your comments and suggestions on

the elimination of unnecessary or

burdensome regulations. We will also hold

public meetings when we are considering

the need for new or amended regulations.

RESEARCH AND SPECIAL

PROGRAMS

ADMINISTRATION

U.S. Department of Transportation

Hazardous

Materials Safety

Website:

http://hazmat.dot.gov

E-mail:

GRANTS@rspa.dot.gov

INFOCNTR@rspa.dot.gov

REGISTER@rspa.dot.gov

TRAINING@rspa.dot.gov

WELISTEN@rspa.dot.gov

U.S. Department of Transportation

Research and Special Programs

Administration

Hazardous Materials Safety

400 Seventh Street, S.W.

Washington, DC 20590-0001

FAX (202) 366-7342

Our

Commitments

to You...

How to Reach Us

RSPA welcomes your comments

and suggestions. Please write,

fax, or e-mail us.

In Support of

Small Business

12/99
The Regulated Community:

Brokers

Carriers

Cylinder Retesters

Packaging Manufacturers

Shippers

Third-party Certifiers

The Research and Special Programs

Administration's Office of Hazardous

Materials Safety coordinates the

Department of Transportation's

multimodal hazardous materials

transportation safety program.

We develop and issue the Hazardous Materials Regulations. We evaluate

requests received from industry, government agencies, and you to determine

the need for new or amended regulations and to identify and eliminate

unnecessary or burdensome regulations. We encourage your participation

and consider it essential in the rulemaking process.

We issue exemptions to regulations when unusual shipping situations and

technological advances cannot be addressed in existing regulations.

Periodically, exemptions are converted to general regulations which extend

the benefits of the exemptions by allowing you to use containers or shipping

practices previously authorized only under an exemption.

We manage the Hazardous Materials Registration Program which provides

funding for the Emergency Preparedness Planning and Training Grants. We

provide grants to states, U.S. territories, and Native American tribes to support

local emergency planning committees and train emergency personnel.

Emergency planning and training helps your community prepare for a spill,

incident, or other hazardous materials emergency that may occur.

We maintain the Hazardous Materials Information System (HMIS), a national

database which includes incident reports. HMIS data on incident reports and

other safety-related hazardous materials information are available to you

upon request.

We sponsor the Cooperative Hazardous Materials Enforcement

Development (COHMED) program, an outreach effort which promotes

national uniformity of Federal/State and local regulations and enforcement

activities. We encourage your attendance at COHMED conferences to help

you identify areas to minimize risks and facilitate trade.

We inspect hazardous materials shipments, packaging manufacturers,

and related certifying, retesting and reconditioning facilities. Our inspectors

assigned to the Washington, DC headquarters and regional offices can also

provide you with technical assistance.

We provide you, upon request, with training materials, fact sheets, and

other safety information to help you understand and comply with the

Hazardous Materials Regulations.

What We Do For You

We promote the safe and efficient

transportation of hazardous

materials by air, highway, rail, and

water through uniform national and

international safety programs.

Who We Are

Our Customers

Our Purpose