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HazMat Safety Consulting Welcomes Former PHMSA International Program Director and UN Sub-Committee Chairman, Duane A. Pfund as Senior Consultant

UncategorizedBy lane@bigfishdallas.com August 27, 2025 Leave a comment

Waxahachie, TX – August 27th, 2025 HazMat Safety Consulting (HSC), a leading authority in dangerous goods regulatory compliance and risk management, announced that Duane A. Pfund has joined its team as Senior Consultant. With more than 35 years of leadership in hazardous materials safety at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety…

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HazMat Safety Consulting Announces Leadership Transition: Ryan Paquet Named President as Bob Richard Steps into Senior Advisory Role

UncategorizedBy Kyle June 24, 2025

Waxahachie, TX – June 25, 2025 – Hazmat Safety Consulting (HSC), a leading authority in dangerous goods regulatory compliance, shares a leadership transition as a key milestone in its transformation that aligns with the company’s strategic growth and rebranding initiatives. Effective immediately, Ryan Paquet has been appointed President, succeeding Bob Richard, who will continue with…

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Ensuring Safe and Compliant Battery Logistics: Bluewater Battery Logistics Partners with HazMat Safety Consulting

HazMat Safety ConsultingBy Kyle February 5, 2025

As the demand for lithium battery recycling, resale, and repurposing grows, navigating the evolving regulatory landscape has become increasingly complex. In response, Bluewater Battery Logistics has announced an official partnership with HazMat Safety Consulting, strengthening their commitment to safe and DOT-compliant battery management solutions across the United States. This collaboration, built on two years of…

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What happens when close trading partners and bosom buddies update their GHS classifications but have misaligned transition periods?

Around the Globe, HazMat Safety ConsultingBy Kyle October 7, 2024

By Barbara Lantry-Miller: The U.S. and Canada enjoy the world’s most comprehensive trading relationship, which supports millions of jobs in each country. We are each other’s largest trade partners with nearly $3.6 billion (U.S.$2.7 billion) worth of goods and services crossing the border every day in 2023. (Sept 2024) In 2013 U.S. OSHA signed a…

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Does Your Company Ship Lithium Batteries?

HazMat Safety ConsultingBy Kyle August 17, 2020

Does your company ship lithium batteries? How about lithium battery-powered devices like laptops or cell phones? If yes, you probably know the complexities that come with making shipments in compliance with both US DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations as well as international dangerous goods regulations. Well, you should also know that the regulations have changed recently,…

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Investigators Are People Too! and Other Things I Learned Working With PHMSA Field Ops

HazMat Safety ConsultingBy Ryan July 10, 2020

For 9 months of my career with USDOT / PHMSA, I was asked to oversee the Field Operations Team for the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety. It was a great experienced that provided me with insight and a more complete understanding of the hazardous materials safety system, of which so many of us are a…

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Press Release

HazMat Safety ConsultingBy Kyle May 11, 2020

KULR Technology Group Partners with Hazmat Safety Consulting to Work with Industry and Regulatory Leaders on PPR Battery Safety Technology https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kulr-technology-group-partners-hazmat-130010112.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=ma

Insights From Behind the Scenes

HazMat Safety ConsultingBy Kyle April 1, 2020

As we live through this unprecedented and challenging time in human history, I thought that I would share with you a quick story of how a small government agency (PHMSA) worked with industry and other government agencies to keep Americans safe. In 2014, the US was faced with an issue that it hadn’t dealt with…

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Here We Go!

HazMat Safety ConsultingBy Kyle February 3, 2020

As I enter a new phase of my career, I want to share a few perspectives that I learned from my time working with PHMSA’s Approvals and Permits Division. Firstly, the people of the Approvals and Permits Division and across PHMSA are smart, hard-working, mission-driven people that are truly dedicated to safety. As a Federal…

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FAA proposed fines for Hazardous Material Violations

HazMat Safety ConsultingBy Kyle October 21, 2019

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed civil penalties exceeding $50,000 for alleged Hazardous Materials Violations involving persons and companies that have offered lithium batteries in checked baggage when in fact it should have been shipped as cargo. These violations are taken very seriously with stiff penalties because of the risk posed particularly aboard passenger…

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HazMat Safety Consulting Welcomes Former PHMSA International Program Director and UN Sub-Committee Chairman, Duane A. Pfund as Senior Consultant
Waxahachie, TX – August 27th, 2025 HazMat Safety Consulting (HSC), a leading authority in dangerous goods regulatory compliance and risk management, announced that Duane A. Pfund has joined its team as Senior Consultant. With more than 35 years of leadership in hazardous materials safety at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety…
August 27, 2025
HazMat Safety Consulting Announces Leadership Transition: Ryan Paquet Named President as Bob Richard Steps into Senior Advisory Role
Waxahachie, TX – June 25, 2025 – Hazmat Safety Consulting (HSC), a leading authority in dangerous goods regulatory compliance, shares a leadership transition as a key milestone in its transformation that aligns with the company’s strategic growth and rebranding initiatives. Effective immediately, Ryan Paquet has been appointed President, succeeding Bob Richard, who will continue with…
June 24, 2025
Ensuring Safe and Compliant Battery Logistics: Bluewater Battery Logistics Partners with HazMat Safety Consulting
As the demand for lithium battery recycling, resale, and repurposing grows, navigating the evolving regulatory landscape has become increasingly complex. In response, Bluewater Battery Logistics has announced an official partnership with HazMat Safety Consulting, strengthening their commitment to safe and DOT-compliant battery management solutions across the United States. This collaboration, built on two years of…
February 5, 2025
What happens when close trading partners and bosom buddies update their GHS classifications but have misaligned transition periods?
By Barbara Lantry-Miller: The U.S. and Canada enjoy the world’s most comprehensive trading relationship, which supports millions of jobs in each country. We are each other’s largest trade partners with nearly $3.6 billion (U.S.$2.7 billion) worth of goods and services crossing the border every day in 2023. (Sept 2024) In 2013 U.S. OSHA signed a…
October 7, 2024
Does Your Company Ship Lithium Batteries?
Does your company ship lithium batteries? How about lithium battery-powered devices like laptops or cell phones? If yes, you probably know the complexities that come with making shipments in compliance with both US DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations as well as international dangerous goods regulations. Well, you should also know that the regulations have changed recently,…
August 17, 2020