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U.S. Department of Transportation takes lithium battery issue to international level

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 22 2011

The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) has filed a proposal with the International Civil Aviation Organization Dangerous Goods Panel (ICAO DGP) to eliminate the exceptions for small, consumer-type lithium ion and lithium metal cells and batteries currently excepted from regulation under the ICAO Technical Instructions

Lithium battery legislation one focus of transportation mark-up

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 18 2011

The House-Senate conference committee on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Reauthorization Bill (H.R. 658) continues to try to reconcile in chambers competing versions of that bill

Attention to lithium and lithium ion battery safety continues and enforcement increases

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 25 2008

The safety of lithium cells and batteries recently has been scrutinized by such agencies and organizations as the Consumer Products Safety Commission, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), United Nations Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, International Civil Aviation Organization and International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA