Ensure Compliance and Safety for Your Fleet
Updates to FMCSA Safety Budget for 2025
The FMCSA has identified Hazmat compliance enforcement as a major initiative in their 2025 budget. Review the summary of how the 2025 FMCSA Safety Memo may affect companies that haul hazardous materials. Download the full report here.
Increased Driver and Vehicle Inspections
HazMat haulers will face more frequent inspections, focusing on compliance with both vehicle and driver safety regulations, especially in areas with high crash rates.
Heightened Traffic Enforcement
There will be stronger enforcement of traffic laws targeting unsafe driving behaviors, like speeding or distracted driving, especially for HazMat vehicles.
Focus on Hazardous Materials (HM) Safety
The memo emphasizes increasing safety oversight of HazMat carriers, with a focus on carriers with high out-of-service (OOS) rates and those handling undeclared hazardous materials.
Work Zone Safety
HazMat carriers must be prepared for increased inspections and enforcement in or near construction work zones, as these areas are more prone to accidents involving large trucks.
Compliance Reviews and Investigations
FMCSA will conduct more compliance reviews of HazMat haulers, including checks for possession of the necessary hazardous materials safety permits (HMSP).
Increased Use of Technology
States are encouraged to adopt advanced technology systems for monitoring and improving carrier safety, which may result in more real-time enforcement actions for HazMat carriers.
Driver Training and Drug Interdiction
There is a push for more training on drug interdiction and human trafficking during inspections, meaning more thorough scrutiny of HazMat haulers.
Focus on Cargo Tank Facility Reviews (CTFR)
There will be increased oversight of facilities where cargo tanks are repaired and inspected, ensuring that tanks transporting hazardous materials meet safety standards.
Reduction of CMV Crashes
The memo stresses reducing crashes involving commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), especially HazMat haulers, by targeting high-crash corridors with increased enforcement.
More Robust Hazardous Materials Safety Plans
HazMat haulers may need to update or reinforce their safety plans, particularly in light of more stringent state and federal safety audits.
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