Title: F M C S A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1F M C S AFederal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
2United States Department Of Transportation
(USDOT) Agencies
Office of the Secretary Of Transportation
(OST) Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA) Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) Maritime
Administration (MARAD) Surface Transportation
Board (STB) Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation (SLSDC) Office of the Inspector
General (OIG) Research and Innovative Technology
Administration (RITA) Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)
3Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Mission Our primary mission is to reduce
crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large
trucks and buses.
- Roadside Inspections
- Safety Audits
- Compliance Reviews
- Education Outreach
4HM TRAINING
- Applicability
- Definitions
- Training Requirements
- Recordkeeping Requirements
5172.702Applicability and responsibility for
training and testing.
- (a) A hazmat employer shall ensure that each of
its hazmat employees is trained in accordance
with the requirements prescribed in this subpart. - (b) Except as provided in 172.704(c)(1), a
hazmat employee who performs any function subject
to the requirements of this subchapter may not
perform that function unless instructed in the
requirements of this subchapter that apply to
that function. It is the duty of each hazmat
employer to comply with the applicable
requirements of this subchapter and to thoroughly
instruct each hazmat employee in relation
thereto. - (c) Training may be provided by the hazmat
employer or other public or private sources. - (d) A hazmat employer shall ensure that each of
its hazmat employees is tested by appropriate
means on the training subjects covered in
172.704.
6HAZMAT DEFINITIONS
- HAZMAT EMPLOYEE
- A person who is employed by a hazmat employer and
who in the course of employment directly affects
hazardous materials transportation safety. This
term includes an owner-operator of a motor
vehicle which transports a hazardous material in
commerce. This term includes an individual,
including a self-employed individual, employed by
a hazmat employer who, in the course of
employment (1) Loads, unloads, or handles
hazardous materials (2) Manufactures, tests,
reconditions, or repairs, modifies, marks, or
otherwise represents containers, drums, or
packages as qualified for use in the
transportation of hazardous materials (3)
Prepares hazardous materials for transportation
(4) Is responsible for safety of transporting
hazardous materials or (5) Operates a vehicle
used to transport hazardous materials.
7HAZMAT DEFINITIONS
- HAZMAT EMPLOYER
- A person who uses one or more of its employees in
connection with transporting hazardous materials
in commerce causing hazardous materials to be
transported or shipped in commerce or
representing, marking, certifying, selling,
offering, manufacturing, reconditioning, testing,
repairing or modifying containers, drums, or
packaging as qualified in the transportation of
hazardous materials. This term includes an
owner-operator of a motor vehicle which
transports hazardous materials in commerce. This
term includes any department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States, a State, a
political subdivision of a State, or an Indian
tribe described in the first sentence of this
definition
8HAZMAT DEFINITIONS
- OFFEROR
- The term offeror means any person who performs,
or is responsible for performing, any of the
pre-transportation functions required under the
HMR for transportation of a hazardous material
tenders or makes a hazardous material available
to a carrier for transportation in commerce or
both performs, or is responsible for performing,
pre-transportation functions and tenders or makes
a hazardous material available to a carrier for
transportation
9HAZMAT DEFINITIONS
- Pre-Transportation Function means a function
specified in the HMR that required to assure the
safe operation of a HM in commerce including- - 1) Determining the hazard class of a hazardous
material. - 2) Selecting a hazardous materials packaging.
- 3) Filing a hazardous materials packaging,
including a bulk packaging. - 4) Transloading a hazardous material at an
intermodal transfer facility from one bulk
packaging to another bulk packaging for purposes
of continuing the movement of the hazardous
material in commerce. - 5) Securing a closure on a filled or partially
filled HM package or container or on a package or
container containing a residue of a HM. - 6) Marking a package to indicate that it
contains a hazardous material. (ID Numbers)
10HAZMAT DEFINITIONS
- 7) Labeling a package to indicate that it
contains a hazardous material. - 8) Preparing a shipping paper.
- 9) Providing and maintaining emergency response
information. - 10) Reviewing a shipping paper to verify
compliance with the HMR or international
equivalents. - 11) For each person importing a hazardous
material into the United States, providing the
shipper with timely and complete information as
to the HMR requirements that will apply to the
transportation of the material within the United
States. - 12) Certifying that a hazardous material is in
proper condition for transportation in
conformance with the requirements of the HMR. - 13) Loading, blocking, and bracing a hazardous
materials package in a freight container or
transport vehicle. - 14) Segregating a hazardous materials package in
a freight container or transport vehicle from
incompatible cargo. - 15) Selecting, proving, or affixing placards for
a freight container or transport vehicle to
indicate that it contains a hazardous material.
11HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Training Requirements
12HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Training Requirements
- 49 CFR Part 172.704
- a)(1) General awareness/familiarization training
- (a)(2) Function-specific training
- (a)(3) Safety training
- (a)(4) Security awareness training.
- (a)(5) In-depth security training.
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- Driver Training 177.816
13General awareness and familiarization training
- is intended to raise the hazmat employees'
awareness of the HMR and the purpose and meaning
of the hazard communication requirements. - All hazmat employees must have this training.
14(No Transcript)
15Function-specific training
- is intended to teach the necessary knowledge,
skills and abilities for an individual's job
function.
16Safety training
- provides information concerning the hazards posed
by materials in the workplace and personal
protection measures.
17Security Training
- Each hazmat employee must receive security
awareness training. This training must include an
awareness of security risks associated with
hazardous materials transportation and methods
designed to enhance transportation security. - New hazmat employees must receive this training
within 90 days of employment.
18In-depth security training
- In addition to security awareness training,
hazmat employees of employers that are required
to have a security plan must receive in-depth
security training on the security plan and its
implementation.
19Driver training
- no carrier may transport, or cause to be
transported, a hazardous material unless each
hazmat employee who will operate a commercial
motor vehicle has been trained in the applicable
requirements of 49 CFR parts 390 through 397 and
the procedures necessary for the safe operation
of that motor vehicle.
20The USDOT does not certify training courses,
instructors and/or schools.
- It is the hazmat employer's responsibility to
determine the adequacy of the training being
presented. Training may be in any appropriate
format including lecture, conference, self paced
instruction, interactive video, etc.
21INITIAL TRAINING
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- A new hazmat employee who changes job
functions may perform those functions prior to
completion of training, provided the employee
performs those functions under the direct
supervision of a properly trained and
knowledgeable hazmat employee and the training
is completed within 90 days after employment or
job function.
22RECURRENT TRAINING
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- Employees must receive the required training
every three years or any time there is a change
in job function.
23RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS
- A record of current training, inclusive of the
preceding three years, in accordance with this
subpart, shall be created and retained by each
hazmat employer for each hazmat employee for as
long as that employee is employed by that
employer as a hazmat employee and for 90 days
thereafter. The record shall include (1) The
hazmat employee's name (2) The most recent
training completion date of the hazmat employee's
training (3) A description, copy or the location
of the training materials used to meet the
requirements (4) The name and address of the
person providing training and (5) Certification
that the hazmat employee has been trained and
tested as required by this subpart.
24Subpart I-Security Plans
- 172.800 Purpose and applicability.
- Purpose. This subpart prescribes requirements for
development and implementation of
plans to address security - risks related to the transportation of
hazardous materials in commerce. - Applicability. By September 25, 2003, each person
who offers for transportation in commerce or
transports in commerce one or more of the
following hazardous materials must develop and
adhere to a security plan for hazardous materials
that conforms to the requirements of this
subpart - (b)(1) A highway route-controlled quantity
of a Class 7 (radioactive) material, as defined
in 173.403 of this subchapter, in a motor
vehicle, rail car, or freight container - (b)(2) More than 25 kg (55 pounds) of a
Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 (explosive) material in
a motor vehicle, rail car, or freight container - (b)(3) More than one L (1.06 qt) per package
of a material poisonous by inhalation, as defined
in 171.8 of this subchapter, that meets the
criteria for Hazard Zone A, as specified in
173.116(a) or 173.133(a) of this subchapter - (b)(4) A shipment of a quantity of hazardous
materials in a bulk packaging having a capacity
equal to or greater than 13,248 L (3,500 gallons)
for liquids or gases or more than 13.24 cubic
meters (468 cubic feet) for solids - (b)(5) A shipment in other than a bulk
packaging of 2,268 kg (5,000 pounds) gross weight
or more of one class of hazardous materials for
which placarding of a vehicle, rail car, or
freight container is required for that class
under the provisions of subpart F of this part
25 172.802 Components of a security plan
- The security plan must include an
assessment of possible transportation security
risks for shipments of the hazardous materials
listed in 172.800 and appropriate measures to
address the assessed risks. Specific measures put
into place by the plan may vary commensurate with
the level of threat at a particular time. At a
minimum, a security plan must include the
following elements - (a)(1) Personnel security. Measures to confirm
information provided by job applicants hired for
positions that involve access to and handling of
the hazardous materials covered by the security
plan. Such confirmation system must be consistent
with applicable Federal and State laws and
requirements concerning employment practices and
individual privacy. - (a)(2) Unauthorized access. Measures to address
the assessed risk that unauthorized persons may
gain access to the hazardous materials covered by
the security plan or transport conveyances being
prepared for transportation of the hazardous
materials covered by the security plan. - (a)(3) En route security. Measures to address the
assessed security risks of shipments of hazardous
materials covered by the security plan en route
from origin to destination, including shipments
stored incidental to movement. - (b) The security plan must be in writing and must
be retained for as long as it remains in effect.
Copies of the security plan, or portions thereof,
must be available to the employees who are
responsible for implementing it, consistent with
personnel security clearance or background
investigation restrictions and a demonstrated
need to know. The security plan must be revised
and updated as necessary to reflect changing
circumstances. When the security plan is updated
or revised, all copies of the plan must be
maintained as of the date of the most recent
revision.68 FR 14521, Mar 25, 2003
26Helpful Websites
27- Pagina de FMCSA (Ingles)
- http//www.fmcsa.dot.gov
- Pagina de FMCSA (español)
- http//www.fmcsa.dot.gov/español/index.htm
28- Paginas de Materiales Peligrosos
- http//www.phmsa.dot.gov
- http//hazmat.dot.gov
- http//www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/
hazmat/hm-theme.htm - Registrar para Materiales Peligroso
- https//hazmatonline.phmsa.dot.gov/services
- Publicaciones sin costo sobre Materiales
Peligroso - https//hazmatonline.phmsa.dot.gov/services/Pub_Fr
ee.aspx
29- Guía para empezar un plan de seguridad.
- (Versión Ingles solamente)
- http//www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety-security/hazmat/se
curity-plan-guide.htm - Hazmat talking points for Security Sensitive
Visit (SSV) - Ingles http//www.fmcsa.dot.gov/english/SSV_Talk_
Pts_Update.htm - Españolhttp//www.fmcsa.dot.gov/español/SSV_Talk_
Pts_Update.htm
30F M C S A
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 5810
San Bernardo Suite 290 Laredo, TX 78041 Ph
(956) 712-1385 Fax (956) 723-1479
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