HAZMAT Registration for Your Business

If you own a company that transports hazardous materials, it might be necessary to complete HAZMAT registration with the U.S. Department of Transportation.  This registration is annual and will include a fee payment.  Funds collected

under this program go towards education and preparation for emergency response for hazardous materials.  This program has been operating since 1992. 

 

Not everyone who transports HAZMAT materials is required to register.  There are 6 categories that need to register:

1.      Anyone transporting a highway route controlled quantity of radioactive material.

2.      Anyone transporting more than 55 pounds of Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosive materials.

3.      Anyone transporting more than one liter per package of material that is toxic if inhaled, needs to register. 

4.      Anyone transporting hazardous material in bulk packaging, that is 13,248 liters or more (for liquid and gas) and 13.24 cubic meters (for solids).

5.      Anyone transporting 2,268 kilograms of hazardous material in something other than a bulk package.

6.      Anyone transporting an amount of hazardous material that demands a placard.  Transportation of these substances can be by road, rail, or air.  Farmers are excempted on many of these requirements.

 

There are a number of exceptions for the required registration:

• Federal government agencies.
• State agencies.
• Agencies of political subdivisions in the states.
• The Indian tribes.
• People employed by the above that have it specifically in their job description that they handle hazardous materials.
• Employees of Hazmat companies.

• under this program go towards education and preparation for emergency response for hazardous materials.  This program has been operating since 1992. 

   

  Not everyone who transports HAZMAT materials is required to register.  There are 6 categories that need to register:

  1.      Anyone transporting a highway route controlled quantity of radioactive material.

  2.      Anyone transporting more than 55 pounds of Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosive materials.

  3.      Anyone transporting more than one liter per package of material that is toxic if inhaled, needs to register. 

  4.      Anyone transporting hazardous material in bulk packaging, that is 13,248 liters or more (for liquid and gas) and 13.24 cubic meters (for solids).

  5.      Anyone transporting 2,268 kilograms of hazardous material in something other than a bulk package.

  6.      Anyone transporting an amount of hazardous material that demands a placard.  Transportation of these substances can be by road, rail, or air.  Farmers are excempted on many of these requirements.

   

  There are a number of exceptions for the required registration:

  • Federal government agencies.
  • State agencies.
  • Agencies of political subdivisions in the states.
  • The Indian tribes.
  • People employed by the above that have it specifically in their job description that they handle hazardous materials.
  • Employees of Hazmat companies.
  • Companies that transport hazardous materials from places around the world to the United States.  This employee has to live outside the United States in a place that does not have Hazmat registration or fees.  This employee also can’t transport hazardous material that fits the descriptions and amounts that require registration.
  • A farmer who uses hazardous material to support his or her farming.

   

  The U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) allows companies to register by mail and online.  If your company registers online, you will be able to print a certificate of registration immediately after payment.  To register by mail, simply fill out the registration forma and mail it in with payment.