Hazardous Materials Incident Reports must be sent to which federal agency?

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Why

PHMSA, short for Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, is the U.S. Department of Transportation agency that collects these written incident reports. They are not filed with the EPA or the FMCSA.

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Topic: Hazardous materials   License: CDL

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