DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 172 and 173

[Docket No. PHMSA–2025–0090 (HM–268B)]

RIN 2137–AG04 Hazardous Materials: Reducing Costs to Domestic Shippers and Carriers of Limited Quantities

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This final rule removes undue regulatory burdens by allowing regulated entities to use a reduced sized marking for limited quantity shipments of hazardous materials by highway, rail, or vessel.

DATES: This final rule is effective September 3, 2026.

READ MORE: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-04/pdf/2026-15805.pdf