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12/16/2013 - Industry Seeks Information About PHMSA Program Priorities and Expenditures
12/13/2013 - International Association of Fire Chiefs Sponsor Ammonium Nitrate Guidelines
12/11/2013 - IME Announces the Retirement of Chris Ronay
12/09/2013 - Legislation Introduced to Clarify EPA?s General Duty Clause
12/08/2013 - Rep. Sam Graves Asks FMCSA for Action on the HMSP Program
11/27/2013 - Ontario To Ban Coal
11/14/2013 - Customs Container Residue Pilot Postponed
11/08/2013 - OSHA Proposes to Publish Employer Injury & Illness Data Online
11/05/2013 - IME Requests DHS to Delay Residue Importation Procedures
10/30/2013 - Dent Requests HMSP Assessment
10/29/2013 - OSHA Extends Deadline on Silica Proposal
10/25/2013 - Senator John Barrasso Opposes RMP Regulation of Ammonium Nitrate
10/24/2013 - Tom Dowling Passes
10/17/2013 - IME Urges Prompt Review of Rulemaking to Incorporate Standards for MBTs in Federal Regulations
10/17/2013 - TWIC Revised Application Form Advances
10/10/2013 - Ronald D. Thomas Joins IME
10/09/2013 - US-Canadian Harmonization
10/09/2013 - TWIC Under the Microscope Again
10/09/2013 - NSSGA Endorses IME's AN Guidelines
09/24/2013 - Proposal for the Safe Transport of Bulk Explosives Clears PHMSA
09/19/2013 - Continuing Appropriations for FY 2014
09/06/2013 - Agencies Issue Advisory on Ammonium Nitrate
08/08/2013 - Arpin Named to Head Explosives Regulatory Division (Canada)
08/03/2013 - Congressional Consideration of FY 2014 Transportation Appropriations Stalled
08/02/2013 - House Passes Regulatory Review Bill
08/01/2013 - Administration Announced Plan to Improve Safety and Security of Nation's Chemical Facilities
08/01/2013 - House Hearing Looks at the Problem of Unidentified Noncompliant Chemical Facilities
07/31/2013 - IME Responds to Agency Best Practice Request for Handling Ammonium Nitrate
07/31/2013 - B. Todd Jones Confirmed to be ATF Director
07/29/2013 - IME Asks CRS to Correct Report on Ammonium Nitrate
07/26/2013 - House Passes Coal Ash Measure
07/25/2013 - Truck/Rail Container Residue Legislation Introduced in the House
07/24/2013 - IMESAFR Training Set for Troisdorf, Germany Sept. 24-26
07/22/2013 - PHMSA Seeks Volunteers for Paperless Pilot Program
07/15/2013 - DOT Offers Free Emergency Response Training in Hagerstown, MD on Sept. 12
07/12/2013 - IME Supports Revisions to TWIC Application Form
07/11/2013 - DOT/IG Initates Audit of PHMSA?s Progress In Improving Its Special Permits and Approvals Program
07/11/2013 - ATF Nominee Backed by Senate Judiciary Panel
07/01/2013 - IME Files Comments on PHMSA's Reg Flex Review of its Special Permits and Approvals Program
06/28/2013 - DOT Gets a New Secretary and Congress Advances FY 14 DOT Appropriations
06/19/2013 - Waxman Explosives Notification Amendment Adopted
06/18/2013 - Legislation Does Not Include Special Permit and Approval User Fees
06/14/2013 - West, TX Hearings Announced in the Senate
06/11/2013 - Former IME President Fred Smith Passes
06/11/2013 - IME Signs AAI Letter of Support for TSCA Legislation
06/09/2013 - JIEDDO Joins IME Efforts to Obtain an Internationally Harmonized Standard for Explosives Track/Trace Markings and Recordkeeping
06/07/2013 - FY 2014 DHS Appropriations Bill Passed the House
06/07/2013 - OMB Urged to Advance the Administration?s Environmental Agenda
06/03/2013 - Passing of Sen. Lautenberg at 89
05/22/2013 - IME submits two INF Papers for the 43rd Session of the UN TDG
05/22/2013 - Bipartisan Bill to Reform TSCA Introduced in the Senate
05/22/2013 - FY 2014 DHS Appropriations Bill Reported from House Committee
05/20/2013 - IME Reissues Emergency Routing Poster
05/09/2013 - Terrorism Gap Amendment Filed to Immigration Legislation
05/09/2013 - IME Opposes Proposed User Fees for Special Permits and Approvals
05/06/2013 - IME Endorses Legislation to Close the Terror Gap Loophole
05/01/2013 - Rahall to Run for Re-election in the House
04/12/2013 - FY 2014 Budget Request ? ATF
04/12/2013 - FY 2014 Budget Request ? DHS
04/12/2013 - FY 2014 Budget Request ? PHMSA
04/01/2013 - Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal of NO2 Standard
03/30/2013 - IME Remembers Dave Lilly
03/26/2013 - SAFEX Issues 1st Quarter 2013 Newsletter
03/22/2013 - FMCSA Assessment of the Hazardous Materials Safety Permit Kicks Off
03/22/2013 - Busy Week for Chemical Security
03/22/2013 - Congress Closes Out FY 2013 Appropriations
03/19/2013 - EPA Delays Perchlorate Rule
03/15/2013 - Congress Gets an Update on CFATS Implementation
03/15/2013 - HMSP Reforms ? Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) Raises the ?ALSR? Issue
03/12/2013 - Senate Appropriations Reports Funding Measure for the Remainder of FY 2013
03/06/2013 - House Appropriations Committee Reports FY13 Continuing Resolution
03/06/2013 - FMCSA Changes CSA HM BASIC Guidance Per IME Request
03/05/2013 - IME Supports Legislation to Disqualify Individuals Names on the TSDB from Possessing Explosives
03/04/2013 - PHMSA Promptly Addresses Engine Requirment for MBT Loading and Unloading Operations
03/04/2013 - McCarty Nominated to Head EPA
03/04/2013 - White House to Nominate McCarthy as New EPA Chief
03/01/2013 - Legislation to Clarify EPA's General Duty Clause Reintroduced in Congress with Industry Support
03/01/2013 - Wicsonsin Senate Narrowly Approves
01/29/2013 - U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces That He Will Not Serve for a Second Term
01/24/2013 - Lautenberg Reintroduces Legislation to Bar Terrorists from Obtaining Explosives Licenses or Permits
01/24/2013 - DC Circuit Declines to Rehear CASPR Suit
01/18/2013 - President Obama to Nominate B. Todd Jones as Permanent Director of ATF
01/16/2013 - CSB to Hold Webcast on 2011 Fireworks Incident
01/15/2013 - HazMat Transportation Safety Symposium
01/11/2013 - Rockerfeller to Retire
01/10/2013 - Magdy El-Sibaie Returns to PHMSA
01/10/2013 - PHMSA's 2013 HazMat Regulatory Priorities
01/09/2013 - House E&E Subcommittee to Split Environmental and Energy Roles
01/07/2013 - PHMSA Names Rick Kowalewski Acting Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety
01/04/2013 - CIE Calls for Papers for 2013 Conference
01/04/2013 - 2012 Regulatory Agenda Released