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Urgent - Lithium Battery Webinar Your Choice of 2 Sessions - February 2nd or February 4th.
All you need is an internet connection, and a telephone, you'll be able to download materials which include an easy to use regulatory flow-chart application that makes it relatively easy to classify batteries and prepare them for shipment. You'll also get a complete Lithium Battery workbook with easy to use classification and shipping diagrams. If you want your employee to take a certification exam that price is included, or you can just get the information without taking the exam.

January 12, 2010 the US DOT Announced proposals of sweeping new changes in the lithium battery transport regulations that will impact tens of thousands of shippers (and forwarders and carriers). In short, thousand of small lithium batteries that are now considered "excepted" from the rules (and are not considered DG/HazMat in the normal sense) will lose that exception and will be considered Class 9 Dangerous Goods.

Here is why this is important - NOW. Because the DOT rules will SUPERCEDE the IATA rules, and they will not be permanently published in IATA until January 2011 (though IATA may issue an addendum), this is going to be confusing, and risk for shippers (and forwarders and carriers).

For example, a shipment of laptop batteries that now is excepted by the regulations could now become regulated as Class 9 DG when these rules are passed. While there will continue to be some exceptions for VERY small batteries this would be a drastic change in the rules (a 96% proposed reduction in the threshold from 100 Wh to 3.7 Wh per battery). Not the least of this change would be in training, as these items could soon become "HazMat" and employees handling these items would be subject to the full training and certification requirements. Even if your employees are currently certified anyway, you need to know how these rules are going to affect your business and whether you need to send future shipments with a red and white DGD form and Class 9 labeling.

Click here to sign up for one of the instructor-led webinar (3 hours, $175 per student).

New IMDG Ocean Dangerous Goods Training - Full Course (12 to 18 hours). Less time if recurrent training. $295

Click here to purchase IMDG Ocean Course (requires copy of IMDG Regulations).

IATA 2010 51st Edition DGR Changes - Click here to download .pdf of new IATA DG Changes

New "How To" Section (i.e. how to ship a motorcycle...)

IATA Dangerous Goods Training CD - Use for IATA Initial or Recurrent Training.

Click here for new Lithium Battery FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) You must have Adobe Acrobat 6.0 to open.

New Demo of IATA Online Program (disable your pop-up protectors)

Download Blank IATA Dangerous Goods Declaration (DGD) - Fill in .pdf and print out on color printer for IATA HazMat Shipments.

Download DOT North American Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) - PDF Copy.

New Online Courses added

• Complete 49 CFR DOT Ground Training Program (~12-18 hrs required)
• "Will-Not" Carry Airline Training HazMat Program
• FAA Part 121 and 135 "Will Carry" HazMat Training Modules Available now! Complete Turn-Key Program. Call 1-800-949-4834 for details.
• DOT and IATA "Excepted Quantities" Training (173.4 and IATA 2.7)
• Refrigerants Only -- Liquid Nitrogen and Dry Ice
• Motor Carrier Driver Training (Additional Training in Part 177 and 397 of 49 CFR)
• Plus Existing Online training: General Awareness, IATA Acceptance, IATA Diagnostic and Infectious Substances, DOT and IATA Consumer Commodity Training, DOT Security Training

Click here for more information on our online offerings in addition to our IATA Online Dangerous Goods Training Program.

About This Website

This new website is brought to by Transportation Development Group, a logistics and hazardous materials training and consulting company founded in 1992 by Jim Powell and based in the western US.

Each of of the tabs at the top of this site is a link to valuable resources to aid in your hazardous materials/dangerous goods compliance.

Our dangerous goods training courses are available in classroom format or available as Computer Based Training (CBT).

Under the Resources tab you will find links to FREE hazmat/DG training materials as well as 1 page "executive briefing papers" on various topics including the training requirements, Consumer Commodity/ORM-D, Hazmat Security Training, Hazmat Registration and Importers Requirements for Hazmat.

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We provide free Hazmat Tech Support so if you ever have a hazmat question, give us a call at 800-949-4834 or e-mail jim@dgtraining.com

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