U.S. Unveils Online Reporting System for Hazardous Materials Incidents

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he federal government agency responsible for hazardous materials safety, the Research and Special Programs Administration, unveiled an online system for reporting of hazmat incidents.

The agency said in a Nov. 17 Federal Register notice it was “making publicly available a programming tool for companies or individuals to use to electronically file hazardous materials incident reports.”

RSPA spokesman Joe Delcambre told Transport Topics that the system was aimed primarily at “large hazmat companies out there that do multiple or mass filings [of incident reports].



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