All entities which require Hazmat Safety Permit (U.S. DOT) must obtain PHMSA Hazmat Certificate.
Below is a list containing materials which require Hazmat Certificate Registration when transported in certain quantities:
A highway route-controlled quantity of a Class 7 (radioactive) material, as defined in 49 CFR 173.403. A “highway route-controlled quantity” may be shipped by highway, rail, air, or water.
More than 25 kilograms (55 pounds) of a Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 (explosive) material (see 49 CFR 173.50) in a motor vehicle, rail car, or freight container.
More than one liter (1.06 quarts) per package of a material extremely toxic by inhalation (that is, a “material poisonous by inhalation” that meets the criteria for “hazard zone A” as specified in 49 CFR 173.116(a) for gases or 173.133(a) for liquids).
A hazardous material (including hazardous wastes) in a bulk packaging having a capacity equal to or greater than 13,248 liters (3,500 gallons) for liquids or gases or more than 13.24 cubic meters (468 cubic feet) for solids. Please note that a person who offers or transports a hazardous material in a bulk packaging with a capacity greater than 3,500 gallons or 468 cubic feet must register, even if placards are not required (for example, a Class 9 material).
A shipment in other than a bulk packaging of 2,268 kilograms (5,000 pounds) gross weight or more of one class of hazardous materials (including hazardous wastes) for which placarding of a vehicle, rail car, or freight container is required for that class.
A quantity of hazardous material that requires placarding. The placarding requirements are set forth in 49 CFR 172 Subpart F and summarized on our website. Note that the transportation of any quantity of a hazardous material, other than Division 6.2 and Class 9 materials, in a bulk packaging requires placarding and therefore registration. This includes residues that remain in an un-purged tank truck or rail tank car. Persons who return such packagings are required to register as offerors of a placarded shipment of hazardous materials.
E. Employees of those entities listed above who offer or transport hazardous materials as part of their official duties.
F. Hazmat employees, including the owner-operator of a motor vehicle that transports hazardous materials in commerce if that vehicle, at the time of those activities, is leased to a registered motor carrier under a 30-day or longer lease as prescribed in 49 CFR Part 376 or an equivalent contractual agreement.
G. A person who offers hazardous materials for transportation to the United States solely from locations outside of the United States, when that person:
i. is domiciled outside the United States, in a country that does not
impose registration or a fee on U.S. companies for offering hazardous materials into that country, andis domiciled outside the United States, in a country that does not impose registration or a fee on U.S. companies for offering hazardous materials into that country, and
ii. does not transport hazardous materials to, within, or from the United States in the types and quantities that require registration.
H. A farmer who offers or transports only hazardous materials that are used in direct support of his or her farming operations and who is not engaged in activities included in categories A through E described in “Who Must
Register” above.
Farmers must register if he/she:
1. Offers or transports hazardous materials that require placarding that are not
in direct support of his or her farming operation. For example, a farmer who
offers or transports home heating fuel for commercial purposes in quantities
OR
2. Offers or transports for any purpose any of the hazardous materials included in categories A through E of “Who Must Register” (above). For example, a farmer who transports 55 lbs., or more of a Division 1.1 explosive, even if the explosive is to be used in direct support of his or her farming operations, must register.