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Feb 7, 2011

Public Hearing Highlights Widespread Dissatisfaction with DOT's Proposed Rules for Transport of Lithium Batteries

The U.S. Department of Transportation ("DOT") Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ("PHMSA") held a well-attended public meeting at DOT headquarters in Washington, D.C. on March 5, 2010, regarding their notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) to greatly increase the safety requirements for transportation of lithium cells and batteries, especially transportation by air.

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Special Report: Hazardous Substance Process Management - Part 1

This is Part 1 of our series on hazardous substance process management.

In this episode we cover:

The problem of e-waste shipped overseas
ROHS
ROHS-type legislation in the United States
Dumping non-ROHS compliant electronics in the United States
Difficulties of meeting ROHS-type legislation
How a new specification IECQ HSPM QC 080000 can help companies meet the requirements of ROHS and other hazardous substance legislation.

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The HSF Mark printed on a product's package provides the confidence that the product was manufactured under the control of a hazardous substance process management system that has been certified as being compliant with the IECQ QC 080000 HSPM specification and indicates a declaration by the manufacturer that the product is compliant with the requirements of RoHS (2002_95 EC), WEEE (2002-96 EC), and REACH (EC) No 1907/2006 directives, as applicable.

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Special Report: Hazardous Substance Process Management - Part 1

In this episode we cover: