
Bush seeks funds for carrier safety
April 1, 2004 By LP Gas
The feds want states to beef up their watch of hazmat carriers, and they’re asking Congress for hundreds of millions of dollars to help states do the job.
Read MoreThe feds want states to beef up their watch of hazmat carriers, and they’re asking Congress for hundreds of millions of dollars to help states do the job.
Read MoreThe bobtail tax will be lowered and those who overpaid likely can get refunds.
Read MoreEveryone agrees on the need to improve hazardous material transportation security in the wake of September 11. But ensuring that changes actually make an impact is much more difficult than grasping at the first legislative, regulatory, or policy solution, or buying the latest piece of technology that promises safety miracles.
Read MoreTurn the final page of your trusty, worn calendar and say goodbye to 2001 –- if you can. As much as this nation wants to put the terror and tragedy of these past three months behind us, we will always cling to that historic turning point when life as we knew it forever shifted.
Read MoreIf you haven’t received a friendly visit from the feds lately, you likely will soon. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is making rounds of almost all the nation’s hazmat carriers “to increase the level of awareness of hazardous materials carriers to terrorist threats.â€
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