The Missouri Highway Patrol Vehicle Enforcement Division has decided to hold off from enforcing the recent interpretation from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA) changes how you placard a full load of diesel fuel, NA1993.

In a recent response/interpretation from PHMSA they have alerted the industry of how 49 CFR 172.336 is being enforced.  The interpretation would no longer allow a carrier to display the flammable placard with the markings UN1203 when the entire load is diesel fuel, NA1993.

Missouri Highway Patrol Commercial Vehicle Enforcement leadership has decided to hold off on enforcing the interpretation until a determination is finalized on whether this will be permanently changed.  Several groups in Washington DC are working to get this language changed so that carriers could transport diesel fuel, gasoline and heating oil in different compartments in a truck using only a gasoline placard without having to affix or switch multiple placards.

Call Jason Ahten at 573-634-3388 for more details.