Certified Dangerous Goods Professional® [CDGP®]

IHMM’s Certified Dangerous Goods Professional (CDGP®) credential is an unbiased verification that a company employs a global multi-modal hazmat transportation expert, as the CDGP recognizes expertise in dealing with the safe, secure, and compliant multi-modal transportation of dangerous goods internationally under the model regulations published by the United Nations, International Maritime Organization, International Civil Aviation Organization, and International Air Transport Association.

Learn more about the IHMM CDGP here

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS/DANGEROUS GOODS

• EPA Toxic Release Inventory Program 

• Changes to TRI Reporting Requirements for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

• Reporting for TRI Facilities

• EASA publishes new recommendations on managing risks of lithium batteries.

• NWRA announces national awareness campaign about battery hazards

• Air-Quality Monitoring Underestimates Toxic Emissions to Salton Sea Communities, Study Finds

• Waste to Foundation: Transforming Construction Waste Into High-Performance Material

• Certain New Chemicals or Significant New Uses; Statements of Findings-March 2025

• Methylene Chloride; Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Compliance Date Extensions

• Course Correction: Supreme Court Steers Toward Greater Predictability in NEPA Reviews

• California Provides Additional Guidance on Mandatory Climate Disclosures

• Significant Changes to the National Environmental Policy Act

• Impact on the Environment and Potentially Greater Impact on Administrative Law – SCOTUS Today

EHS/WORKPLACE SAFETY

• OSHA Shifts Focus in New Inspection Directive

• ANSI/ASSP A10.50: Preventing Workplace Heat Stress

• “Get to Know a Safety Pro Show” – Danyle Hepler

• Texas plans $20B to mitigate looming water crisis

• Guaranteed cost vs. loss-sensitive plans: How the experience modifier impacts construction insurance cost

• Best practices for risk management in construction

• IRA tax credits spur construction, manufacturing in red and blue states

• OSHA Inspectors Spared From Forced Resignations

• Navigating OSHA’s Noise Exposure Standards for Landscaping Equipment Operators

• OSHA Updates Inspection Program For Workplaces With Highest Injury, Illness Rates

• How to Integrate IoT Gas Detectors into Your Safety Workflow

• Forklift safety: Test your knowledge

• Oregon OSHA Fines Contractor for Repeatedly Violating Excavation Safety Rules

• Judge strikes down parts of EEOC guidance on workplace harassment protections

• Cal/OSHA Reissues Urgent Heat Safety Guidance as Temperatures Climb Across California

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.

Senate Expected to Change House-Passed Tax Bill

IHMM/ASAE Campaign for “Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act” CALL TO ACTION

Please take a moment to make your voice heard on this important issue and share this grassroots campaign with your stakeholders to amplify our impact!

IHMM has launched lobbying efforts with our credential holders around the country to gather co-sponsors for the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act (S. 756 / H.R. 1151),

CALL TO ACTION: CONTACT CONGRESS

America Is 

Understanding

Non-Profits – Survey

IHMM/CIC Grassroots Campaign on Nonprofit Organizations and Tax Reform

IHMM Board of Directors Nominations

Heather Waldmann, CHMM, chair of the IHMM Nominating Committee, is pleased to release the Call for Nominations for 2025. IHMM’s Board is filling the CHMP seat beginning January 1, 2026.

If you are a CHMP and are interested in serving on the IHMM Board of Directors, we recommend these documents for your review. A term on the IHMM Board is 4 years in length.

• 2025 IHMM Nominations and Elections Process
• 2025 IHMM Call for Nominations
• 2025 IHMM Fillable Nominations Form
• IHMM Board of Directors Position Description

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…

Jimmy Nguyen [email protected]

Jelian Larbi [email protected]

Kortney Tunstall [email protected]

Kaylene Cagle [email protected]

Rosetta Wilson [email protected]

Gene Guilford [email protected]

Dominique Abney [email protected]

Patricia Buley [email protected]

IHMM Foundation Jobs Board

We invite our participating companies to post their available employment opportunities here. There is no charge for this service. HMS staff reviews each proposed posting for clarity and completeness before posting to the public view and may remove a posting without notice. Go to > https://hazmatsociety.org/post-a-job/

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IHMM Coalition Letters in 2025

• 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.

IHMM and the Community Impact Coalition in Washington

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

April 2025 marked a milestone moment for IHMM! In just one month, we sent over 860,353 messages to thousands of private and public sector entities, amplifying awareness of IHMM, our prestigious credentials, and the dedicated professionals who hold them. Combined with January, February, and March’s outreach, that’s a staggering 2.5 million communications in just four months! IHMM is on its way to over 6 million communications in 2025.

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.

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!

860,353

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!

Beltway Buzz – Ogletree Deakins

DOL to Rescind Biden-era ESG Rule. In a status report filed this week with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) stated that it will no longer defend a legal challenge to the Biden administration’s 2022 ESG (environmental, social, and governance) rule (formally, “Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights”). Instead, the administration will pursue notice-and-comment rulemaking to rescind the regulation. The pending rulemaking will be the latest regulatory back-and-forth on this issue, as the DOL in 2020 finalized a regulation that limited the abilities of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) plan fiduciaries to consider investment factors that “promote non-pecuniary benefits or objectives.” In turn, the 2022 Biden-era rule instituted an “all things being equal” standard that allows plan fiduciaries to consider such factors as “tiebreakers” in investing decisions. There is no timetable for the proposed rule, but the spring regulatory agenda—expected sometime in June or July of this year—should provide some clues.

USCIS Nominee Wants Restrictions on OPT. Last week, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Joseph Edlow to serve as director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). In response to a question from Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) regarding optional practical training (OPT), a program that provides F-1 students with up to three years of work authorization after graduation, Edlow responded with the following:

What I want to see would be essentially a regulatory and sub-regulatory program that would allow us to remove the ability for employment authorizations for F-1 students beyond the time that they are in school.

The statement clearly provides insight not just into the future of OPT, but also on the types of employment-based immigration policies that USCIS will pursue in the future. The committee has not yet voted on Edlow’s nomination.

Consulates to Pause Student Visa Interviews. According to media reports, the U.S. Department of State has instructed U.S. consulates to refrain from scheduling new interviews for applicants seeking visas to study in the United States in preparation for new social media vetting protocols. The State Department will reportedly be issuing guidance as to what such vetting will entail. The increased scrutiny of foreign students’ social media activities is likely rooted in President Donald Trump’s executive order, “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats,” which instructs the secretary of state, the attorney general, the secretary of homeland security, and the director of national intelligence to ensure “that all aliens seeking admission to the United States, or who are already in the United States, are vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible.” Whitney Brownlow and Derek J. Maka have the details.

House Committee Examines DEI on College Campuses. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce’s Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held a hearing last week entitled “Restoring Excellence: The Case Against DEI.” The hearing primarily focused on fallout from the Supreme Court of the United States’ 2023 ruling prohibiting the use of affirmative action in college admissions, including alleged ongoing discrimination in the college admissions process. Witnesses and lawmakers also examined college accreditation standards and medical school curricula, among other topics. The Dismantle DEI Act, introduced in 2024 by then-senator J.D. Vance, was not discussed.

Republican Lawmakers Seek Input on Transparency Reforms for Union Members. Chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce Tim Walberg (R-MI), along with Representative Rick Allen (R-GA), who chairs the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, sent an open letter to stakeholders soliciting feedback on potential revisions to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) “to inform Congress how it can reform the LMRDA to ensure labor organizations adhere to the highest standards of responsibility and ethical conduct.” The letter is divided into the following issue area categories:

• Strengthening Member Governance and Voting Rights (e.g., “Should a union be required to hold a secret ballot vote of membership to ratify a collective bargaining agreement or authorize a strike?” And, “What information should a union be required to share with membership during contract negotiations and before a strike authorization?”)
• Fiscal Transparency and Fiduciary Duty (e.g., “How can Congress clarify or strengthen fiduciary responsibilities of union officers?”)
• Political Expenditures and Member Consent (e.g., “What reforms would give members more direct control over the portion of their dues used for lobbying, campaign contributions, or ballot-measure advocacy?”)
• Digital Disclosure and Data Accessibility
• Enforcement, Compliance Assistance, and Whistleblower Protections (e.g., “Do current criminal and civil penalties under the LMRDA adequately deter embezzlement, vote rigging, and false reporting? If not, how should they be updated?” And, “Should Congress establish a private right of action or a more robust whistleblower protection program to assist members with reporting wrongdoing?”)

The letter requests that all stakeholder feedback be submitted by July 22, 2025. The Buzz expects that this information will eventually lead to the introduction of legislation amending the LMRDA.

Labor Secretary Outlines Priorities on Capitol Hill. As part of the fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations process, Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer testified last week before the Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. John D. Surma has all the details on Secretary Chavez-DeRemer’s testimony on the DOL’s priorities, which touched on the agency’s current staffing levels, the future of workforce training programs, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and the independent contractor rule.

Regulatory Updates

USDOT Seeks Comment on Pipeline and Hazmat Regulatory Relief

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced that the agency is seeking public comment on two Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to reduce regulatory burdens imposed on the energy sector. These ANPRMs are the latest in a series of priority actions PHMSA is taking to implement the President’s “Unleashing American Energy” and “Unleashing Prosperity through Deregulation” Executive Orders. These rulemakings could save hundreds of millions of dollars in regulatory costs.

The full text of the Regulatory Review ANPRMs for pipeline safety and hazardous materials safety are available in the Federal Register.

OSHA Updated Site-Specific Targeting (SST) Program Directive

We want to make you aware that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has updated the inspection program that directs agency enforcement resources to establishments with the highest rates of injuries and illnesses based on injury and illness data submitted in accordance with OSHA’s recordkeeping requirements.

The Site-Specific Targeting (SST) program is OSHA’s primary planned inspection program for non-construction workplaces that have 20 or more employees. Using OSHA Form 300A data from calendar years 2021-2023, establishments may be selected for inspection based on:

• High injury and illness rates from 2023 data.
• Upwardly trending injury and illness rates based on 2021-2023 data at or above twice the 2022 private sector average.
• Injury and illness rates markedly below industry averages.
• Failure to submit an OSHA Form 300A in 2023.

The new directive replaces the previous directive issued on February 7, 2023. For more information, please see the directive and the news release.

IHMM Files Comments – US DOT Regulatory Information Request

OSHA to host public hearing on heat injury and illness prevention proposed rulemaking on June 16

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will host a virtual public hearing on its proposed rule to protect workers from hazardous heat exposure in indoor and outdoor workplaces on June 16, 2025.

The public hearing on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings, will begin on June 16, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. EDT, and continue on subsequent weekdays if necessary.

IHMM Submits Comments on the OSHA Proposed Heat Rule

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:

• 2024 Accomplishments and 2025 Priorities

New 2025 State Legislation Watch List

Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act

One-Page Fact Sheet

Tomorrow’s Workforce Coalition  – IHMM Lobbying Congress

H.R. 1151 / S 756 / Coalition Roster

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