Hazardous Material Training Compliance Now Required

Earlier this year, the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued an enforcement waiver for the reoccurring hazardous material training that CDL drivers with hazardous material endorsements must undergo every three years. PHMSA issued the enforcement waiver due to the forced closures and social distancing limitations imposed by the COVID-19 emergency. PHMSA first issued the training waiver on March 23, 2020 and subsequently extended it through October 31, 2020. PHMSA has not extended the training waiver and any hazardous material drivers or safety sensitive employees who missed recurrent HAZMAT training must now be trained.

As a reminder, FUELIowa partner Infotrac provides FUELIowa members with access to reoccurring hazardous material training materials. Infotrac’s easy to use web-based training program allows your entire driver roster to access PHMSA required hazmat training from home or the office. The hazardous material training curriculum provided via Infotrac meets PHMSA requirements and covers the following:

From EMA

• General Awareness/Familiarization Training

• Function Specific Training

• Safety Training

• Security Awareness Training

• In Depth Security Training

• OSHA and EPA Training

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