Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration November 10, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Interested parties are invited to comment on an application by the Healthcare Waste Institute (Institute) for an administrative determination as to whether Federal hazardous material transportation law preempts regulations of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) which apply to the transportation of regulated medical waste in commerce, including the packaging of regulated medical waste for transportation; marking and labeling of containers of regulated medical waste offered for transportation or transported; the description of regulated medical waste on documents accompanying shipments of regulated medical waste and the use and retention of such documents; and the marking of vehicles which transport regulated medical waste.