PHMSA Special Permit Packaging Continued Use

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-09-28 — Hazardous Materials: Incorporation of ASME Code Section XII and the National Board Inspection Code: cross-connection with hazardous-materials-asme-section-xii: Both rules update the baseline construction/inspection standards for PHMSA-regulated hazmat packagings, affecting which tanks and permits can continue in service. (novelty: 2)
2026-08-04 — Hazardous Materials: Reducing Burdens by Allowing Continued Use of Department of Transportation Special Permit Packagings: PHMSA final rule allows packagings authorized under a manufacturing special permit to remain in service for the useful life of the package, eliminating the need for continued special-permit renewal for those packages and reducing regulatory burden on shippers. (novelty: 2)