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Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2024 6:28 am
The Impacts of Complying with PHMSA Compliance
During the voluntary compliance period, manufacturers will be required to create test summaries for all previously manufactured lithium cells and batteries that they do not currently have, and manufacturers will be required to create test summaries for newly manufactured cells and batteries.
PHMSA estimates that this rule will “result in an overall increase in the burden moj database imposed by the proposed requirement to create a test summary for lithium cells and batteries manufactured after January 1, 2008.”
PHMSA has estimated a total recordkeeping requirement of 4,572.4 hours - a significant manpower burden for companies.
Reducing the Burden
As lithium battery regulations become more complex, compliance with those regulations is becoming more challenging. This means that collecting, managing and using the necessary information across the supply chain can be a significant burden and cost for companies.
The task of achieving compliance with the lithium battery test summary regulations can be daunting, but the good news is that help is available. To ease the burden of complying with this complex regulation, CHEMTREC offers CRITERION™, a document management system for lithium battery test summaries. Criterion provides a central source for maintaining lithium battery test summary reports and can be made available to users upon request.
Key Features and Benefits CRITERIA:
Acquire, manage and distribute thousands of test summaries
Ability to use service links that can be added to company websites for easy test summary distribution
Easily share information between everyone in the supply chain with one central database
Customize your account to meet the company's needs
The summary testing rules are already in effect worldwide, meaning the transition period in PHMSA’s final rule does not extend a voluntary compliance period for international shippers. Businesses that ship internationally should already be meeting the requirements, which is why many are already taking advantage of CRITERIA.
During the voluntary compliance period, manufacturers will be required to create test summaries for all previously manufactured lithium cells and batteries that they do not currently have, and manufacturers will be required to create test summaries for newly manufactured cells and batteries.
PHMSA estimates that this rule will “result in an overall increase in the burden moj database imposed by the proposed requirement to create a test summary for lithium cells and batteries manufactured after January 1, 2008.”
PHMSA has estimated a total recordkeeping requirement of 4,572.4 hours - a significant manpower burden for companies.
Reducing the Burden
As lithium battery regulations become more complex, compliance with those regulations is becoming more challenging. This means that collecting, managing and using the necessary information across the supply chain can be a significant burden and cost for companies.
The task of achieving compliance with the lithium battery test summary regulations can be daunting, but the good news is that help is available. To ease the burden of complying with this complex regulation, CHEMTREC offers CRITERION™, a document management system for lithium battery test summaries. Criterion provides a central source for maintaining lithium battery test summary reports and can be made available to users upon request.
Key Features and Benefits CRITERIA:
Acquire, manage and distribute thousands of test summaries
Ability to use service links that can be added to company websites for easy test summary distribution
Easily share information between everyone in the supply chain with one central database
Customize your account to meet the company's needs
The summary testing rules are already in effect worldwide, meaning the transition period in PHMSA’s final rule does not extend a voluntary compliance period for international shippers. Businesses that ship internationally should already be meeting the requirements, which is why many are already taking advantage of CRITERIA.