The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and PHMSA announced that they are NOT extending enforcement discretion specific to hand sanitizers, cleaning agents, and recurrent training requirements as predicted. The formal announcement issued in the spring of this year officially expired on October 31st. As a reminder, these were temporary measures put in place to ease transportation hazmat requirements so that hand sanitizers and certain cleaning agents could be easily distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This means that all hazmat regulations for transportation and storage of these products are once again in effect. Hand Sanitizers, cleaners, and other such hazmat material MUST be hauled only by properly licensed, and hazmat endorsed drivers and carriers.
For more updates as they become available, please visit www.phmsa.dot.gov.
If you need help routing your hazmat shipments with a qualified carrier, please contact the Logistics Plus North American Division (NAD) at 866-335-7623 or by emailing us at quotes@logisticsplus.com.
