Certified Safety Management Practitioner™  [CSMP™]

Educated by experience. Developed by discipline. Addicted to progress. Energized by excellence. Welcome home, you are among those who highly respect your skills. IHMM’s Certified Safety Management Practitioner (CSMP™) credential recognizes workplace safety and health professionals who have a less formal education but can demonstrate a mastery of workplace safety and labor law regulations earned through training and experience. Gain the trust and confidence of your colleagues and management with a CSMP™ credential.

Learn more about the CSMP

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS/DANGEROUS GOODS

• New Hampshire governor signs leachate management bill

• The science of landfill compaction

• EPA Announces Reduction in Force, Reorganization Efforts to Save Taxpayers Nearly Three-Quarters of a Billion Dollars

• RGGI Third Program Review Significantly Strengthens GHG Targets, Expands Cost Containment Reserve, Eliminates Offsets, and Makes Other Changes to RGGI Model Rule

• FAA Revamps Its NEPA Procedures

• California Passes Major CEQA Reforms: Key Takeaways for the Regulated Community

• EPA Continues Focus on Antimicrobial Pesticide Enforcement in 2025

• What the New Executive Order on “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations” Means for Environmental Criminal Enforcement

• Supreme Court Clarifies Venue Requirements for Clean Air Act Actions

• DOE Announces Pilot Program to Build Advanced U.S. Nuclear Fuel Supply Lines: What You Need to Know Now

• Executive Order 14294 Impacts HazMat Industry

• BAMA updates transport guide for aerosols with new 2025 edition

• Model predicts long-term effects of nuclear waste on underground disposal systems

EHS/WORKPLACE SAFETY

• Interest rate fog stalls construction momentum

• White House announces infrastructure priorities, permit updates

• How construction companies can minimize legal risk

• Builders say One Big Beautiful Bill Act will fuel construction activity

• Why a women-owned firm developed PPE for women

• Why fall protection rentals are on the rise in construction — and what smart contractors are gaining from it

• Nearly 9% of younger workers use alcohol or drugs at work, study shows

• OSHA Expands 70% Penalty Reduction for Small Businesses

• Driving safer workplaces: ASSP launches innovative Safety Trekr AI

• Pave the Way for a Safer Build: A Standard Approach to Construction Training

• 7 Leadership Lessons from the Military That You Can Apply in Safety

• Effective Policies and New Technologies Are Helping Workers Manage Heat Stress

• Trump Administration Proposes Roll-Back of 60 workplace safety regulations

• OSHA Cuts Penalties for Small Employers

• Safety 2025: ASSP Hosts More Than 200 Breakout Sessions at Annual Conference

Those Who Participate in the 

IHMM Business Leaders Academy

Will be eligible for up to 40 CMPs

IHMM Business Leaders Academy Coming This September

The IHMM Foundation’s Professional Development Committee is pleased to announce that, starting this September 2025, we will be introducing the IHMM Business Leaders Academy. This comprehensive 10-week program enhances and transforms your existing or aspiring business leader skills. Here is a synopsis of what the IHMM Business Leaders Academy delivers. The IHMM Business Leaders Academy offers benefits to our CHMM, CHMP, CSHM, CSMP, AHMM, CSSM, CPPS, and ASHM credential holders.

Institute of Safety and Systems Management [ISSM] Is a Friend of the Institute

We thank the Institute of Safety and Systems Management [ISSM] for its ongoing support of the IHMM Foundation and for being a Friend of the Institute.

Generosity is more than a gift; it is a statement of an individual’s commitment and dedication to growing the hazmat and EHS communities of practice.

Thanks to friends like ISSM, the Foundation can provide certificants with access to vital educational and training programs, professional development opportunities, academic scholarships, networking, and more.

Together, we’re building a safer, stronger future.

Learn more about becoming a Friend of the Institute.

IHMM, ISF Advocacy for U.S. Chemical Board Funding

As we reported last week, the Trump Administration has proposed to close the U.S. Chemical Safety Board [CSB].

IHMM met with the Intersociety Forum last week and presented the attached letters for the roughly 50 other organizations in the ISF to sign on as well. That process started today. AIHA will sign on, and Larry Sloan is joining me to ask others to do the same.

If anyone has any issues with these letters, which are identical except for the addressees, please let me know by Friday, August 15, 2025.

The sign-on form is here > Funding the CSB Sign On Letters

• Letters to Congressional Committees of Jurisdiction
• Letters to Congressional Appropriators

The IHMM Foundation Jobs Board

We invite our participating companies to post their available employment opportunities here. There is no charge for this service. IHMM Foundation/HMS staff reviews each proposed posting for clarity and completeness before posting to the public view and may remove a posting without notice. Go here to post your jobs available.

Connect. Collaborate. Get Hired!

Losing a job is tough—but you don’t have to navigate the next steps alone. IHMM’s COLLABORATION platform is more than just a place to network; it’s a community where environmental health, hazardous materials, and workplace safety professionals come together to connect, collaborate, and find new opportunities.

Today, IHMM launched its “Open to Work” online COLLABORATION community exclusively for IHMM certificants looking to connect, share resumes, and discover job opportunities together in a supportive environment.

• Go to IHMM’s Collaboration platform > https://community.ihmm.org/home

• Scroll down to the OPEN FOR WORK Community

• Post your resume, preferred work location[s], and experience there

Thousands will see your availability for work so we will do everything we can to facilitate your job search.

Whether you are a government worker who has recently been displaced from your job, looking for your next role, just exploring your options, or an employer seeking top talent, IHMM’s “Open to Work” COLLABORATION community can help you build meaningful connections. It’s a place where you can exchange knowledge, support one another, and advance careers together.

Be part of something bigger. Join today!

Access to Collaboration is through the same username and password as your access to your MYIHMM account. If you forgot it, please contact any one of the following for assistance…

IHMM Coalition Letters in 2025

• IHMM, ISF Advocacy for U.S. Chemical Board Funding

• IHMM NSC Coalition Letter to Congressional Appropriators

• 460 Friends of NIOSH Coalition Letter Here

• Read the final SWANA End of Life Op-Ed here

• OSHA 25-Member Coalition Letter Here

• Here is the Intersociety Forum “Driving Business Growth and Profitability Through Modern Occupational Environmental, Health and Safety Practices” document.

Celebrating Excellence in EHS Leadership – Nominate a Trailblazer Today!

The Excellence in EHS Management Award is a prestigious honor recognizing an outstanding Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) manager who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, innovation, and dedication to the profession. This is your opportunity to spotlight a true champion of workplace safety and environmental responsibility!

Presented by the Institute for Hazardous Materials Management (IHMM), this award will be showcased at the National Safety Council Congress & Expo—one of the most influential safety events of the year.

What the Winner Receives:

A distinguished commemorative plaque
Recognition in an official press release and IHMM member communications

Nominate an EHS Leader

Nominations are open from March through July each year, and the 2025 award presentation will take place at the National Safety Council Congress & Expo, September 12-14, in Denver!

Help us honor the best in the field—nominate a deserving EHS leader today!

For more information and the Excellence in EHS Management Award Nomination Form Go Here

IHMM’s Unprecedented Outreach: Elevating Excellence Worldwide

2025 marks another milestone moment for IHMM! In our first 6 months, we have sent 4.39 million messages to thousands of private and public sector entities, amplifying awareness of IHMM, our prestigious credentials, and the dedicated professionals who hold them.

Looking back at 2024, IHMM reached an all-time high with over 3.29 million messages sent—an unprecedented level of engagement in our history and we surpassed all of 2024 by May 2025.

This momentum is more than just numbers; it’s a testament to our unwavering mission. Every day, across 50 states and 85 countries, IHMM champions the critical role of credentialed professionals, setting standards of excellence in environmental, health, and safety fields. Together, we are shaping the future—one message, one connection, one breakthrough at a time!

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IHMM 2024 Salary Survey Results

IHMM is pleased to release the 2024 survey of salaries underlying the hazardous materials/dangerous goods credentials salaries by job totle, as well as the 2024 survey of salaries underlying the workplace safety credentials salaries by job title. You may download these surveys as linked below.

• 2024 IHMM Hazmat/Dangerous Goods Credentials Salary Survey

• 2024 IHMM Workplace Safety Credentials Salary Survey

IHMM In Its 40th Year

On December 3, 1984 the Institute of Hazardous Materials Management was created with the Certified Hazardous Materials Manager® [CHMM®] credential.  John H. Frick, Harold M. Gordon, John J. McCambridge, and Richard A. Young created what would become an Institute that offers 11 professional credentials across Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods and EHS Work Place Safety communities of practice in all 50 of the United States and 85 other countries.

IHMM thanks its hundreds of volunteer leaders, thousands of certificants and companies who support IHMM through strengthening its ability to extend its reach and allow us all to live up to why we exist our vision, and our mission…

Why We Exist

Our Vision

Our Mission

Upholding Integrity: The Updated IHMM Code of Ethics

At IHMM, integrity isn’t just a principle—it’s the foundation of everything we do. Our Code of Ethics is the guiding standard for all IHMM Certificants, ensuring that professionals in hazardous materials, dangerous goods, environment, health, and safety uphold the highest levels of honor, trust, and responsibility in their work.

By committing to this Code, Certificants reinforce their dedication to excellence, ethical conduct, and public safety. Violating these standards isn’t an option—those who do may face disciplinary action from a peer review panel, including credential suspension or revocation.

We’ve recently updated our Code of Ethics to reflect evolving industry standards and best practices. Stay informed, stay accountable, and continue leading with integrity.

📜 Explore the updated IHMM Code of Ethics here: IHMM Code of Ethics

🎥 Watch the latest Code of Ethics video below!

IHMM CONFERENCES For 2025

IHMM will attend the following conferences and trade shows in 2025. Please be sure to drop by the IHMM booth and say hello to the staff while you are there, we would like to meet you! So far in 2025, IHMM has been with AIHA Connect, COSTHA, and the Ohio Safety Conference. Below is what we have coming up!

Are there conferences you believe IHMM should attend in 2025 that are not named here? If so, let us know by sending an email to [email protected]

EHS Hazmat Summit 2025

September 8-11, 2025

IHMM Executive Director Eugene A. Guilford, Jr., CAE makes a presentation on IHMM Government Affairs at 8 am on the 11th

The Galt House, Louisville, KY

2025 NSC Safety Congress & Expo

September 12-14, 2025

Denver, CO

FET Annual Conference & Exhibition 2025

October 28-30, 2025

Milwaukee, WI

IHMM Organizing Broader Government Affairs Activities – Call for Volunteers

In strategic planning on August 17, 2023 IHMM created a strategic imperative to create a broader government affairs operation on behalf of, and with the assistance of, all of IHMM’s certificants.

• Federal Government  – Regulatory
  We need a group of people watching Federal regulatory developments to advise when taking action can be helpful and raise our visibility in the agencies.
• Federal Government – Congress
  We need a group of people watching legislation to advise us when taking action can be helpful and raise our visibility in Congress.

• State Governments – Regulatory
  We need a group of people watching state regulatory developments to advise when taking action can be helpful and raise our visibility in the agencies.
• State Governments – Legislatures
  We need a group of people watching legislation to advise us when taking action can be helpful and raise our visibility in state legislatures.

If you want to make a difference in the recognition of your credentials and build on the successful record we have achieved thus far – we need you to volunteer. Learn more by visiting our Government Affairs Committee page, and get involved with government affairs. You can volunteer for one, two, three or all four of the segments of the committee’s work. That’s up to you!

Regulatory Updates

PHMSA’s ANPRM: Mandatory Regulatory Reviews – IHMM Seeks Certificant Input

Lithium Battery Air Safety Advisory Committee Concludes

The Lithium Battery Air Safety Advisory Committee (Committee) was disbanded on May 9, 2025, as required by statute. The Committee met biannually for five years and facilitated communication between the Department and representatives from a diverse group of lithium battery stakeholders, including battery and product manufacturers, air carriers, pilots, and shippers.

The Committee provided a forum for discussing new technologies and transportation safety practices, receiving feedback for discussions at international forums, and offered mechanisms to increase awareness of relevant transport requirements and incidents involving lithium batteries in air transport.

PHMSA extends its appreciation to the members of the Committee whose expert insights, collaborative spirit, and commitment to safety provided outputs that have informed policy and helped advance practical solutions to complex safety challenges.

Please see the Committee homepage for more information on members, meeting minutes, and the Committee’s Report to Congress.

Hazardous Materials Deregulatory NPRMs

On July 1, 2025, PHMSA published 17 new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) documents in the Federal Register. These NPRMs are part of a DOT-led effort to eliminate outdated, unnecessary, and overly burdensome regulatory requirements within the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR). The comment period for these NPRMs closes on September 2, 2025. This list of NPRMs includes:

• HM-268A: Reducing Burdens on Domestic Aerosol Shippers Proposes to revise the aerosol definition in § 171.8 to remove the requirement that it contain a liquid, powder, or paste. This would let small quantities of gas be shipped in aerosol containers instead of more costly cylinders or needing a special permit, aligning with international standards—helping U.S. companies compete globally.
• HM-268B: Reducing Costs to Domestic Shippers and Carriers of Limited Quantities Proposes allowing a smaller limited quantity marking in § 172.315(a)(2), reducing packaging and labeling costs and helping carriers move more packages per trip.
• HM-268C: Reducing Burdens on Domestic Companies Using Battery-Powered Equipment in Trades Proposes updating § 173.6 to increase the amount of lithium batteries allowed under the Materials of Trade (MOTs) exception. This would help companies using battery-powered equipment, like landscapers, to transport needed tools.

• HM-268D: Hazardous Materials: Reducing Burdens to Domestic Carriers Proposes allowing emergency response information to be displayed electronically, removing the current requirement for printed copies and easing compliance for shippers.
• HM-268E: Remove Redundant List of U.S. EPA CERCLA Hazardous Substances Proposes referencing the
  40 CFR § 302.4 hazardous substance list instead of duplicating it, eliminating 27 pages of duplicative regulatory text in the 49 CFR.
• HM-268F: Reducing Burdens by Allowing Continued Use of DOT Special Permit Packaging Proposes allowing the continued use of DOT special permit packaging for its full lifespan, even if the permit is not renewed or the original holder no longer exists.
• HM-268G: Improving Efficiencies for Special Permits and Approvals Renewals Proposes removing the rule requiring special permit renewal applications sixty days before expiration. This would reduce paperwork and allow permit use provided the renewal is filed before expiration.
• HM-268H: Modernizing Payments to and From America’s Bank Account Proposes requiring electronic payment for registration fees, eliminating outdated provisions allowing certified checks to improve payment efficiency.
• HM-268I: Removing Paperwork Burdens on Domestic Motor Carriers Proposes removing the requirement in § 107.620 for motor and vessel carriers to carry paper copies of their registration. Digital verification would be allowed as an additional option, reducing unnecessary paperwork.
• HM-268J: Reduce Training Burdens for American Farmers Proposes raising the income threshold for farmers exempt from security training from $500,000 to $825,000 to reflect inflation and ease burdens on small and mid-size farms.
• HM-268K: Removing Burdensome Rail Reporting Requirements Proposes removing outdated rail regulations and reporting requirements, such as references to steam-era materials and unnecessary reporting to non-federal groups like the Bureau of Explosives.
• HM-268L: Adopt DOT Special Permits 12412 and 11646 into the HMR Proposes adopting special permits allowing DOT-specification intermediate bulk containers (IBC) and drums to be unloaded while still on transport vehicles when specific safety control measures are followed, easing burdens for various small businesses.
• HM-268M: Adopt DOT-SP 21287 into the HMR Proposes adopting a special permit allowing small refrigerating machines with low-risk flammable gases (A2L) to be transported like non-flammable refrigerant gasses, easing compliance burdens.
• HM-268N: Adopt DOT-SP 21379 into the HMR Proposes adopting a special permit allowing large refrigerating systems with A2L gases to be transported under the same rules as systems using non-flammable refrigerant gases, reducing compliance burdens.
• HM-268O: Adopt DOT-SP 14175 into the HMR Proposes extending the requalification interval for certain gas cylinders from 5 to 10 years, reducing testing costs for companies using these cylinders.
• HM-268P: Adopt DOT-SP 21478 into the HMR Proposes allowing empty IBCs with only residue to be transported like non-bulk packages, reducing costs for the IBC reconditioning industry.
• HM-268Q: Allow Fireworks Certification Agencies (FCAs) to Approve Professional Fireworks Proposes allowing
  FCAs to approve both consumer and professional fireworks, speeding up approvals and easing the workload on federal staff.

Dept of Labor – OSHA – July 1 FR – IHMM Collects Comments

On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration [OSHA] published 4 rulemakings for public comment. IHMM is requesting certificant input into whether we should submit comments on one or more of these proposal rulemakings and what we should submit. Each proposed rulemaking is briefly described below.

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USDOL – OSHA – Amending the Medical Evaluation Requirements in the Respiratory Protection Standard for Certain Types of Respirators

Deadline: September 2, 2025

The U.S. Department of Labor/ posted a notice on July 1, 2025, concerning amendments to the Medical Evaluation Requirements in the Respiratory Protection Standard for Certain Types of Respirators. The Federal Register notice for which is here.

Dept of Labor/OSHA – The 4 Above Aren’t All That is Coming

While the four proposed OSHA rules set up above for IHMM certificant comment by September 2, 2025, those 4 aren’t all that is coming. Here is the complete list of the proposed rules OSHA has released.

• Construction Standards: Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (Final Rule)
• 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• 1,3-Butadiene (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• 13 Carcinogens (4-Nitrobiphenyl, etc.) (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Acrylonitrile (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Amending the Medical Evaluation Requirements in the Respiratory Protection Standard for Certain Types of Respirators (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Asbestos (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Benzene (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Cadmium (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Coke Oven Emissions (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Construction Illumination (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Cotton Dust (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Ethylene Oxide (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Formaldehyde (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• House Falls in Marine Terminals (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Inorganic Arsenic (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Lead (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Methylene Chloride (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Methylenedianiline (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements (Withdrawal of proposed rule; termination of rulemaking)
• Occupational Safety and Health Standards; Interpretation of General Duty Clause: Limitation for Inherently Risky Professional Activities (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Open Fires in Marine Terminals (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Rescission of Coordinated Enforcement Regulations (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Safety Color Code for Making Physical Hazards; Textiles; Sawmills; Safety Color Code for Making Physical Hazards for Shipyard Employment (Proposed rule; request for comments)
• Vinyl Chloride (Proposed rule; request for comments)

PHMSA Announces Public Meetings For International Standards On The Transport Of Dangerous Goods

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced on March 12, 2025, that its Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS) will host four public meetings during 2025 in advance of certain international meetings. The second meeting will be held in preparation of the 66th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) scheduled for June 30 – July 4, 2025, in Geneva, Switzerland. The third meeting will be held in preparation of the 30th session of the ICAO DGP (DGP/30) scheduled for October 6 – 10, 2025, in Montreal, Canada. The fourth meeting will be held in preparation of the 67th session of the UNSCOE TDG scheduled for November 24 – December 3, 2025, in Geneva, Switzerland. PHMSA will solicit public input on current proposals for each of these meetings. PHMSA states that each public meeting will take place approximately two weeks preceding the international meeting at the headquarters for the Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C.

Federal Register

Professional Certification Coalition

IHMM is a member of the PCC. The PCC monitors state and federal legislative and regulatory activity affecting professional certification on an ongoing basis.

2025 State Legislatures are underway, and our 2025 Watch List is below:

• 7th Year Accomplishments and Prospectus 2025-2026

New 2025 State Legislation Watch List

Important Stories for IHMM Certificants

IHMM Credential Recognition

The highest priority of IHMM’s Government Affairs Committee is the recognition of IHMM’s credentials by government. We have made substantial progress in the two years we have undertaken this endeavor, as outlined in detail here > https://ihmm.org/credential-recognition/

In this project we have 45-in-5, increasing the number of states that recognize IHMM credentials.

• We have already succeeded in 13 states – New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Indiana, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Minnesota, Arkansas, Oklahoma. Ohio, North Dakota, and Georgia. [Red states in the map above]. These are states where IHMM credentials are cited or 40 CFR 312.10 is cited by reference.
• We have partially succeeded in another 16 states – Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Florida, Delaware, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine. [Orange/Black Stripe states in the map above] These are states where the requirements of an “environmental professional” or QEP are cited that coincide with an IHMM credential so that relatively little work would need to be done to clarify the desired outcome.
• We have 21 states where no reference to an IHMM credential is made in either statute or regulation, nor is there anything defined in the area of an environmental professional. These states will require legislation or regulatory work. [Yellow states in the map above].

in January 2022 Gene Guilford released the 40 CFR § 312.10 EPA regulation that states a private certification that meets or exceeds the requirements of the regulation is an Environmental Professional under the regulation. Here is the crosswalk between the 40 CFR § 312.10 EPA regulation and the Certified Hazardous Materials Manager [CHMM] blueprint. The CHMM meets or exceeds the requirements of an Environmental Professional.

Here’s what we ask each volunteer to do:

• Watch legislative and regulatory developments in your state that provide an opportunity for us to create amendments or other interventions
• Be willing to speak with regulators and legislators in your area about the recognition efforts we craft together

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