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04 Mar 2014

LoBiondo Opens Hearing on Maritime Transport Regs

Frank LoBiondo visits USCG training center in Cape May, August 2013

Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.) chaired today’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Hearing on “Maritime Transportation Regulations: Impacts on Safety, Security, Jobs, and the Environment; Part II” in place of Subcommittee Chairman Duncan Hunter. “The Subcommittee is meeting today for the second part of our two part hearing to review regulations affecting the maritime industry. Today’s hearing will focus on environmental regulations and how such regulations impact the flow of commerce through our ports, and the ability to grow jobs in the maritime sector.

04 Mar 2014

Short-Sea Shippers Warn of New EPA Rules' Unintended Consequences

Rod Jones: Photo credit CSL Group

A new well-intentioned maritime fuel regulation from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is poised to crowd roads and increase onshore air pollution, maintain shipping industry leaders Rod Jones and Bill Terry, President and CEO of the CSL Group and of Eagle Rock Aggregates, respectively. They explain that the rule requires the use of high-cost, ultra-low sulfur fuels in ships operating within the 200 nautical mile (nm) boundary of the North American Emission Control Area (ECA).

28 Feb 2014

Hearing: Environmental Regs’ Impacts on Maritime Transportion

The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), will hold a hearing next week examining the impacts of federal environmental regulations on maritime transportation. This will be the second part of a two-part hearing to review the status and potential ramifications of recent or proposed regulations by the United States Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), and the Maritime Administration (MARAD). Part II will focus on environmental regulations, while Part I focused on safety and commercial regulations. The Subcommittee hearing, entitled “Maritime Transportation Regulations: Impacts on Safety, Security, Jobs, and the Environment; Part II,” is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.

08 Nov 2013

Active Regulatory Projects

The September hearing held by the House subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation centered on maritime transportation regulations and their ultimate impact on safety, security, jobs and the environment. As various industry advocates used the public venue as a vehicle to vent and for elected officials to call attention to various ‘rice bowl’ agendas, the scope and breadth of the regulatory labyrinth being endured by the domestic maritime industry became fully evident. A primary focus of the meeting involved ongoing delays at DHS and the U.S.

10 Oct 2013

FMC Chairman, Commissioner Meet with MARAD

US- China Transportation Forum, Proposed P 3 Alliance, SISI Briefing, U.S.-flag International Fleet. FMC Chairman Mario Cordero and Commissioner William P. Doyle met with Acting Maritime Administrator Paul “Chip” Jaenechin on October 8, 2013. The officials discussed the recent hearing before the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. The hearing titled, Maritime Transportation Regulations: Impacts on Safety, Security, Jobs, and the Environment; Part I, took place on September 10, 2013. They also talked about the upcoming U.S. - China Transportation Forum, the proposed P 3 Alliance, and the U.S.-flag international fleet and synergies in this regard between agencies. The Federal Maritime Commission and the Maritime Administration will participate in the U.S.

22 Jun 2004

HazMat Tranport Regs: Harmonization Internationally

The Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) issued an amendment to a prior rule on harmonization of its hazardous materials (HazMat) transportation regulations with international standards, including the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code. The amendment responds to comments received on the earlier rule and corrects various errors. The rule is effective immediately, but compliance is delayed until October 1, 2004. 69 Fed. Reg. 34604 (June 22, 2004). The agency also published a lengthy proposal to further amend its regulations in order to keep up with continually changing international provisions. Comments on this latest proposal should be submitted by August 23, 2004. 69 Fed. Reg. 34723 (HK Law).

20 Dec 2004

New HazMat Rules Coming

The Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) is making a lengthy (145 page) amendment to hazardous materials (HazMat) transportation regulations in order to maintain alignment with recent changes to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code and other international requirements. The amendments come into effect on January 1, 2005, with required compliance generally delayed until January 1, 2006. 69 Fed. Reg. 76043 (HK Law).

28 Jul 2005

New HazMat Rules

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is amending the Hazardous Materials Transportation Regulations (HMTR) to add a definition for “person who offers or offeror”. Effective October 1, this term will mean any person who performs or is responsible for performing any pre-transportation function required by the HMTR or who tenders or makes hazardous material available to a carrier for transportation in commerce. A carrier is not an offeror when it performs a function as a condition of accepting a hazardous material for transportation in commerce or when it transfers a hazardous material to another carrier for continued transportation without performing a pre-transportation function. 70 Fed. Reg. 43638 (HK Law)