Hazmat Security Focus Winds Down, Back To Safety
Shortly after Sept. 11, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration became a security agency as much as a safety agency.
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, the agency shifted its field personnel from safety compliance reviews to hazmat security. Instead of auditing safety performance, inspectors were told to visit hazmat carriers with advice on how to improve their security systems.
Now that effort is starting to wind down, according to an agency spokesman. By the end of January, the agency was close to finishing its required visits to some 30,000 hazmat carriers.
The visits uncovered security weaknesses but showed officials that trucking companies want to improve their systems, the spokesman said.
Officials did find security lapses that needed federal followup. As of early January, the agency staff had referred 110 items of concern to the FBI, mainly personnel matters, the spokesman said.
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