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Monday, February 17, 2014

PHMSA Cites 3 Shippers for Misclassified Crude Oil

As part of the on-going "Operation Classification" effort of the USDOT's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), the agency recently announced it had cited three crude oil shippers for allegedly misclassifying crude oil shipped. According to PHMSA's announcement of the Notices of Probable Violation, the agency charges that 11 of 18 samples of crude being loaded onto rail cars were not assigned the proper packing group under the Hazardous Materials Regulations.

The Agency also notes the expansion of the scope of "Operation Classification" to gauge compliance with vapor pressure characterization, corrosiveness, and concentration of entrained gases in materials.

My prior post earlier this year, explains the creation of "Operation Classification" following several accidents involving crude oil shipped by rail.

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