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09/16/2022The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Minority Leader ...
READ NOWIME's New President
03/02/2022Washington, D.C. (03/02/2022) – The Institute of Makers of Explosives (IME) is pleased to announce that J. Clark Mica has been selected to become its next President effective March 14, 2022. He...
READ NOWAESC/IME JPG Standard Update
09/20/2021Originally developed in 2008 with DOT/PHMSA, the AESC/IME JPG Standard has been successfully used to process thousands of jet perforating gun systems without the need for costly laboratory testing a...
READ NOW(Updated 5/5/2021) PHMSA Outreach: Requirement to Pass the UN 6(d) Test Expanded
01/27/2021(Updated 5/5/2021) PHMSA Outreach: Requirement to Pass the UN 6(d) Test Expanded to 4 Additional Explosive 1.4S Entries Mandatory Compliance Date (May 10, 2021) Coming Soon Take action now As p...
READ NOWProposed Rulemaking Seeks to Remove Duplicatively Regulated Explosives from CFATS
01/06/2021Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) took an important step toward regulatory rightsizing by publishing an Advanced Notice of Propos...
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