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Changes effective August 15, 2013. 78 F.R. 42457, 42477: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) revised the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) applicable to the approval of Division 1.4G consumer fireworks (UN0336 Fireworks) and established DOT-approved fireworks certification agencies that provide an alternative to the approval process for Division 1.4G consumer fireworks. PHMSA is also reformatting the procedural regulations pertaining to certification agencies.

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Changes effective May 10, 2013. 78 F.R. 15303, 15326: PHMSA amended the HMR to make miscellaneous amendments to update and clarify certain regulatory requirements.

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Changes effective April 17, 2013. 78 F.R. 22798, 22800: PHMSA revised the references in its regulations to the maximum and minimum civil penalties for a knowing violation of the federal hazardous material transportation law or a regulation, order, special permit, or approval issued under that law.

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Changes effective March 11, 2013. 78 F.R. 15321: Identified and corrected technical errors.

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Changes effective January 1, 2013. 78 F.R. 1101, 1112: Responded to administrative appeals generated as a result of certain amendments adopted in an international harmonization final rule published on January 19, 2011.

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Changes effective January 1, 2013. 78 F.R. 988, 1072 and 1073: PHMSA amended the HMR to maintain alignment with international standards by incorporating various amendments, including changes to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport quantity limitations, and vessel stowage requirements.

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Changes effective August 29, 2013. 78 F.R. 45880, 45892: The PHMSA amended the HMR applicable to air bag inflators, air bag modules, and seat-belt pretensioners. The revisions incorporate the provisions of two special permits into the regulations. In addition, PHMSA is amending the current approval and documentation requirements for a material classified as a UN3268 air bag inflator, air bag module, or seat-belt pretensioner.

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Changes effective August 15, 2013. 78 F.R. 42457, 42477: PHMSA revised the HMR applicable to the approval of Division 1.4G consumer fireworks (UN0336 Fireworks) and established DOT-approved fireworks certification agencies that provide an alternative to the approval process for Division 1.4G consumer fireworks. PHMSA is also reformatting the procedural regulations pertaining to certification agencies.

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Changes effective May 10, 2013. 78 F.R. 15303, 15326: PHMSA amended the HMR to make miscellaneous amendments to update and clarify certain regulatory requirements.

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Changes effective May 6, 2013. 78 F.R. 14702, 14714: PHMSA amended the HMR in response to petitions for rule making submitted by the regulated community to update, clarify, or provide relief from miscellaneous regulatory requirements.

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Changes effective March 25, 2013. 78 F.R. 17874: Corrections made to the table titled "§ 172.101 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TABLE."

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Changes effective February 6, 2013. 78 F.R. 8431: Correction issued for a table in § 172.101.

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Changes effective January 1, 2013. 78 F.R. 1101, 1112: Responded to administrative appeals generated as a result of certain amendments adopted in an international harmonization final rule published on January 19, 2011.

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Changes effective January 1, 2013. 78 F.R. 988, 1073, 1074, 1085-1092: PHMSA amended the HMR to maintain alignment with international standards by incorporating various amendments, including changes to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport quantity limitations, and vessel stowage requirements.

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Changes effective August 29, 2013. 78 F.R. 45880, 45892: The PHMSA amended the HMR applicable to air bag inflators, air bag modules, and seat-belt pretensioners. The revisions incorporate the provisions of two special permits into the regulations. In addition, PHMSA is amending the current approval and documentation requirements for a material classified as a UN3268 air bag inflator, air bag module, or seat-belt pretensioner.

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Changes effective August 15, 2013. 78 F.R. 42457, 42477: PHMSA revised the HMR applicable to the approval of Division 1.4G consumer fireworks (UN0336 Fireworks) and established DOT-approved fireworks certification agencies that provide an alternative to the approval process for Division 1.4G consumer fireworks. PHMSA is also reformatting the procedural regulations pertaining to certification agencies.

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Changes effective May 10, 2013. 78 F.R. 15303, 15326 and 15327: PHMSA amended the HMR to make miscellaneous amendments to update and clarify certain regulatory requirements.

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Changes effective May 6, 2013. 78 F.R. 14702, 14714: PHMSA amended the HMR in response to petitions for rule making submitted by the regulated community to update, clarify, or provide relief from miscellaneous regulatory requirements.

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Changes effective March 25, 2013. 78 F.R. 17874: Corrections made to the table titled "§ 172.101 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TABLE."

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Changes effective January 1, 2013. 78 F.R. 988, 1073 and 1074: PHMSA amended the HMR to maintain alignment with international standards by incorporating various amendments, including changes to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport quantity limitations, and vessel stowage requirements.

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Changes effective January 1, 2013. 78 F.R. 1101, 1112 - 1116: Responded to administrative appeals generated as a result of certain amendments adopted in an international harmonization final rule published on January 19, 2011.

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Changes effective November 13, 2012. 77 F.R. 41704: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) amends the regulations governing the period during which household goods (HHG) motor carriers must retain documentation of an individual shipper's waiver of receipt of printed copies of consumer protection materials. This change harmonizes the retention period with other document retention requirements applicable to HHG motor carriers. FMCSA also amends the regulations to clarify that a HHG motor carrier is not required to retain waiver documentation from any individual shippers for whom the carrier does not actually provide services. This rule responds to a petition filed by the American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA).

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Changes effective October 18, 2012. 77 F.R. 64050: FMCSA provides notice of the agency's new policy concerning enforcement of its HHG motor carrier and broker regulations.

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Changes effective March 14, 2013. 78 F.R. 16189, 16194: FMCSA promulgates the regulatory exemptions for the "transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies" and for "covered farm vehicles" and their drivers enacted by sections 32101(d) and 32934, respectively, of the MAP–21. Although prior statutory exemptions involving agriculture are unchanged, some of these exemptions overlap with MAP–21 provisions. In these cases, regulated entities will be able to choose the exemption, or set of exemptions, under which to operate. They must, however, comply fully with the terms of each exemption they claim.

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Changes effective May 28, 2013. 78 F.R. 24684: FMCSA amends its commercial driver's license (CDL) rules to eliminate the requirement for drivers to notify the state licensing agency that issued their commercial learner's permit (CLP) or CDL of out-of-state traffic convictions when those convictions occur in states that have a certified CDL program in substantial compliance with FMCSA's rules.

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Changes effective April 24, 2013. 78 F.R. 17875 - 17881: FMCSA amended its May 9, 2011, final rule in response to certain petitions for reconsideration. The 2011 final rule amended the CDL knowledge and skills testing standards and established new minimum federal standards for states to issue the CLP. The agency received thirty-four petitions for reconsideration that covered a wide range of issues.

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Changes effective March 14, 2013. 78 F.R. 16189, 16194: FMCSA promulgates the regulatory exemptions for the "transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies" and for "covered farm vehicles" and their drivers enacted by sections 32101(d) and 32934, respectively, of the MAP–21. Although prior statutory exemptions involving agriculture are unchanged, some of these exemptions overlap with MAP–21 provisions. In these cases, regulated entities will be able to choose the exemption, or set of exemptions, under which to operate. They must, however, comply fully with the terms of each exemption they claim.

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Changes effective October 26, 2012. 77 F.R. 65497: FMCSA withdrew its August 27, 2012, direct final rule (DFR) amending the definition of "gross combination weight rating" (GCWR) in 49 C.F.R. parts 383 and 390. The DFR would have taken effect on October 26, 2012. However, the agency received several adverse comments in response to the DFR and will, therefore, develop a notice of proposed rule making to request public comments on proposed changes to the GCWR definition.

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Changes effective October 26, 2012. 77 F.R. 51706-02: The FMCSA amended the definition of GCWR in its regulations.

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Changes effective October 23, 2015. 78 F.R. 52654: The FMCSA amended its regulations to require interstate motor carriers, freight forwarders, brokers, intermodal equipment providers (IEPs), hazardous materials safety permit (HMSP) applicants, and cargo tank facilities under FMCSA jurisdiction to submit required registration and biennial update information to the agency via a new electronic online Unified Registration System (URS). The final rule implements statutory provisions in the ICC Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA) and the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, 2005 (SAFETEA–LU).

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Changes effective September 23, 2013. 78 F.R. 55618, 56620: FMCSA amends its HMSP rules to update the current incorporation by reference of the "North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria and Level VI Inspection Procedures and Out-of-Service Criteria for Commercial Highway Vehicles Transporting Transuranics and Highway Route Controlled Quantities of Radioactive Materials as defined in 49 C.F.R. Part 173.403." The rules currently reference the April 1, 2012, edition of the out-of-service criteria and through this final rule, FMCSA incorporated the April 1, 2013, edition.

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Changes effective November 23, 2012. 77 F.R. 64759: The FMCSA amended the FMCSRs to remove the provision indicating that the agency will consider a ten-day extension of the forty-five-day period after which passenger and hazardous materials carriers must cease operation after receiving a proposed unsatisfactory safety rating.

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Changes effective October 23, 2015. 78 F.R. 52654: The FMCSA amended its regulations to require interstate motor carriers, freight forwarders, brokers, IEPs, HMSP applicants, and cargo tank facilities under FMCSA jurisdiction to submit required registration and biennial update information to the agency via a new electronic online URS. The final rule implements statutory provisions in the ICC Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA) and the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, 2005 (SAFETEA–LU).

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Changes effective March 14, 2013. 78 F.R. 16189, 16194: FMCSA promulgates the regulatory exemptions for the "transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies" and for "covered farm vehicles" and their drivers enacted by sections 32101(d) and 32934, respectively, of the MAP–21. Although prior statutory exemptions involving agriculture are unchanged, some of these exemptions overlap with MAP–21 provisions. In these cases, regulated entities will be able to choose the exemption, or set of exemptions, under which to operate. They must, however, comply fully with the terms of each exemption they claim.

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Changes effective October 26, 2012. 77 F.R. 65497: FMCSA withdrew its August 27, 2012, DFR amending the definition of GCWR in 49 C.F.R. parts 383 and 390. The DFR would have taken effect on October 26, 2012. However, the agency received several adverse comments in response to the DFR and will, therefore, develop a notice of proposed rule making to request public comments on proposed changes to the GCWR definition.

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Changes effective October 26, 2012. 77 F.R. 51706-02: The FMCSA amended the definition of GCWR in its regulations.

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Changes effective March 14, 2013. 78 F.R. 16189 - 16195: FMCSA promulgates the regulatory exemptions for the "transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies" and for "covered farm vehicles" and their drivers enacted by sections 32101(d) and 32934, respectively, of the MAP–21. Although prior statutory exemptions involving agriculture are unchanged, some of these exemptions overlap with MAP–21 provisions. In these cases, regulated entities will be able to choose the exemption, or set of exemptions, under which to operate. They must, however, comply fully with the terms of each exemption they claim.

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Changes effective October 23, 2015. 78 F.R. 52654: The FMCSA amended its regulations to require interstate motor carriers, freight forwarders, brokers, IEPs, HMSP applicants, and cargo tank facilities under FMCSA jurisdiction to submit required registration and biennial update information to the agency via a new electronic online URS. The final rule implements statutory provisions in the ICCTA and the SAFETEA–LU.

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Changes effective October 25, 2013. 78 F.R. 58915: FMCSA and PHMSA amended the FMCSRs and HMRs, respectively, to prohibit a driver of a commercial motor vehicle or of a motor vehicle transporting certain hazardous materials or certain agents or toxins (hereafter collectively referenced as "regulated motor vehicle") from entering onto a highway–rail grade crossing unless there is sufficient space to drive completely through the grade crossing without stopping.

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Changes effective July 12, 2013. 78 F.R. 41852: FMCSA revised its April 4, 1997, regulatory guidance concerning the conditions that must be met in order for a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver to record meal and other routine stops made during a work shift as off-duty time. The agency reviewed the guidance and determined that it included language that was overly restrictive and inconsistent with the hours-of-service (HOS) regulations.

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Changes effective July 11, 2013. [78 F.R.] 41716: The waiver was effective July 11, 2013, and expired on October 9, 2013. FMCSA grants a limited ninety day waiver from the thirty minute rest break provision of the federal HOS regulations for the transportation of livestock.

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Changes effective March 14, 2013. 78 F.R. 16189, 16194: FMCSA promulgates the regulatory exemptions for the "transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies" and for "covered farm vehicles" and their drivers enacted by sections 32101(d) and 32934, respectively, of the MAP–21. Although prior statutory exemptions involving agriculture are unchanged, some of these exemptions overlap with MAP–21 provisions. In these cases, regulated entities will be able to choose the exemption, or set of exemptions, under which to operate. They must, however, comply fully with the terms of each exemption they claim.

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Changes effective March 14, 2013. 78 F.R. 16189, 16194: FMCSA promulgates the regulatory exemptions for the "transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies" and for "covered farm vehicles" and their drivers enacted by sections 32101(d) and 32934, respectively, of the MAP–21. Although prior statutory exemptions involving agriculture are unchanged, some of these exemptions overlap with MAP–21 provisions. In these cases, regulated entities will be able to choose the exemption, or set of exemptions, under which to operate. They must, however, comply fully with the terms of each exemption they claim.

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Changes effective May 10, 2013. 78 F.R. 15328: PHMSA amended the HMR to make miscellaneous amendments to update and clarify certain regulatory requirements.

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Changes effective May 6, 2013. 78 F.R. 14714 and 14715: PHMSA amended the HMR in response to petitions for rule making submitted by the regulated community to update, clarify, or provide relief from miscellaneous regulatory requirements.

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Changes effective January 1, 2013. 78 F.R. 1096 and 1097: PHMSA amended the HMR to maintain alignment with international standards by incorporating various amendments, including changes to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport quantity limitations, and vessel stowage requirements.

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Changes effective February 12, 2013. 78 F.R. 9845, 9846: The FRA revised its regulations to reflect amendments to certain statutory civil monetary penalty provisions effected by the MAP–21, which was enacted on July 6, 2012. These statutory amendments became effective on October 1, 2012.

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Changes effective July 11, 2013. 78 F.R. 16100 - 16116: The FRA amended the track safety standards and passenger equipment safety standards to promote the safe interaction of rail vehicles with the track over which they operate under a variety of conditions at speeds up to 220 m.p.h. The final rule revises standards for track geometry and safety limits for vehicle response to track conditions, enhances vehicle/track qualification procedures, and adds flexibility for permitting high cant deficiency train operations through curves at conventional speeds.

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Changes effective July 1, 2013. 77 F.R. 13978: The effective date for the final rule published November 30, 2011, at 76 F.R. 74586, and originally effective on May 1, 2012, was delayed until July 1, 2013. The final rule mandates that roadway workers comply with specified on-track safety procedures that railroads must adopt to protect those workers from the movement of trains or other on-track equipment on "adjacent controlled track," and requests comments on the petitions for reconsideration of the final rule that FRA has received.

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Changes effective June 5, 2013. 78 F.R. 33754: The effective date for the final rule published November 30, 2011, at 76 F.R. 74586, and delayed on March 8, 2012, at 77 F.R. 13978, is further delayed until July 1, 2014. The final rule mandates that roadway workers comply with specified on-track safety procedures that railroads must adopt to protect those workers from the movement of trains or other on-track equipment on "adjacent controlled track."

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Changes effective May 6, 2013. 78 F.R. 14217, 14224: In 1985, FRA implemented a post-accident toxicological testing (post-accident testing) program to test railroad employees who had been involved in serious train accidents for alcohol and certain controlled substances (marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), and selected opiates, amphetamines, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines). This final rule adds certain noncontrolled substances with potentially impairing side effects to its standard post-accident testing panel. FRA intends to keep the post-accident test results for these noncontrolled substances confidential while it continues to obtain and analyze data on the extent to which prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drug use by railroad employees potentially affects rail safety.

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Changes effective December 26, 2012. 77 F.R. 75896: The Federal Railroad Administrator (administrator) determined that the minimum annual random drug testing rate for the period January 1 through December 31, 2013, will remain at twenty-five percent of covered railroad employees. In addition, because the industry-wide random alcohol testing violation rate has remained below 0.5 percent for the last two years, the administrator has determined that the minimum random alcohol testing rate will remain at ten percent of covered railroad employees for the period January 1 through December 31, 2013.

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Changes effective January 1, 2013. 77 F.R. 71354: This rule increases the rail equipment accident/incident reporting threshold from $9,500 to $9,900 for certain railroad accidents/incidents involving property damage that occur during calendar year 2013.

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Changes effective October 24, 2013. 78 F.R. 58830: The hours of service laws are federal railroad safety laws that govern such matters as the maximum on-duty periods and minimum off-duty periods for railroad employees performing certain functions. In this document FRA supplements its existing interpretations of the hours of service laws by stating the agency's interim position on some additional interpretive questions primarily involving two provisions of those laws that were added in 2008.

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Changes effective March 15, 2013. 78 F.R. 16423: Changes effective dates for compliance dates with ENS sign requirements.

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Changes effective January 1, 2013. 78 F.R. 1092: PHMSA amended the HMR to maintain alignment with international standards by incorporating various amendments, including changes to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport quantity limitations, and vessel stowage requirements.

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Changes effective January 1, 2013. 78 F.R. 1117: Responded to administrative appeals generated as a result of certain amendments adopted in an international harmonization final rule published on January 19, 2011.

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Changes effective January 1, 2013. 78 F.R. 1093-1096: PHMSA amended the HMR to maintain alignment with international standards by incorporating various amendments, including changes to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport quantity limitations, and vessel stowage requirements.

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Changes effective January 1, 2013. 78 F.R. 1117: Responded to administrative appeals generated as a result of certain amendments adopted in an international harmonization final rule published on January 19, 2011.

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Changes effective May 10, 2013. 78 F.R. 15330: PHMSA amended the HMR to make miscellaneous amendments to update and clarify certain regulatory requirements.

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (commission) amends the instructions on page 700 of FERC Form No. 6 (Form 6) to ensure that oil pipelines report interstate-only barrel and barrel-mile data on lines (11) and (12) of page 700 and not a combination of interstate and intrastate throughput.

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The commission is modifying page 700 of Form 6 to facilitate the calculation of an oil pipeline's actual return on equity for preliminary screening purposes.

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Removes "WAC 480-75-630 (Incident Reporting)" from list of WAC chapters referenced.

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Changes adopted in 2007 by National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

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Corrects title to be "The Regulations to Govern the Preservation of Records of Electric, Gas, and Water Utilities."

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Adds chapter titles to WAC chapter numbers for consistency.

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The commission is revising its regulations to foster competition and transparency in ancillary services markets. The commission is revising certain aspects of its current market-based rate regulations, ancillary services requirements under the pro forma open access transmission tariff (OATT), and accounting and reporting requirements.

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The NEC addresses the installation of electrical conductors, equipment, and raceways; signaling and communications conductors, equipment, and raceways; and optical fiber cables and raceways in commercial, residential, and industrial occupancies.

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The current versions of these documents are no longer available at the commission.

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Errata 70-14-1 include various textual and formatting changes to remove confusion.

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Eliminates confusion by adding the names of the WACs the reference is used in.

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Eliminated confusion by removing superfluous lettering in a web address.

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Identifies documents that are available for inspection at the commission.