Hazardous Materials Regulations
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Hazardous Materials Regulations are U.S. federal rules that govern the safe transportation of dangerous goods by air, highway, rail, and water to protect people, property, and the environment.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T597000 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hazardous Materials Regulations Context triple: [Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, issues, Hazardous Materials Regulations]
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A.
Toxic Substances Control Act
The Toxic Substances Control Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the manufacture, import, distribution, and use of chemical substances to protect human health and the environment.
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B.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the management, treatment, storage, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment.
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C.
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations to ensure the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound transportation of energy products and other hazardous materials.
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D.
NESHAP
NESHAP stands for National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, a set of U.S. federal regulations that limit emissions of toxic air pollutants from industrial and commercial sources.
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E.
Annex 12 Chemicals of Emerging Concern
Annex 12 Chemicals of Emerging Concern is a component of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement that addresses the identification, assessment, and management of newly recognized or insufficiently regulated chemical substances that may pose risks to Great Lakes ecosystems and human health.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hazardous Materials Regulations Target entity description: Hazardous Materials Regulations are U.S. federal rules that govern the safe transportation of dangerous goods by air, highway, rail, and water to protect people, property, and the environment.
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A.
Toxic Substances Control Act
The Toxic Substances Control Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the manufacture, import, distribution, and use of chemical substances to protect human health and the environment.
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B.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the management, treatment, storage, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment.
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C.
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations to ensure the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound transportation of energy products and other hazardous materials.
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D.
NESHAP
NESHAP stands for National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, a set of U.S. federal regulations that limit emissions of toxic air pollutants from industrial and commercial sources.
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E.
Annex 12 Chemicals of Emerging Concern
Annex 12 Chemicals of Emerging Concern is a component of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement that addresses the identification, assessment, and management of newly recognized or insufficiently regulated chemical substances that may pose risks to Great Lakes ecosystems and human health.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal regulations
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transportation safety regulation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | HMR ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Federal Aviation Administration
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ⓘ Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ⓘ United States Coast Guard ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
carriers of hazardous materials
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hazmat employees ⓘ shippers of hazardous materials ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| enforcedBy |
Federal Aviation Administration
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ⓘ Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ⓘ United States Coast Guard ⓘ |
| goal | minimize risks associated with hazardous materials in transportation ⓘ |
| includes |
hazardous materials classification criteria
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hazardous materials table ⓘ incident reporting requirements for hazardous materials ⓘ operating rules for hazardous materials transportation ⓘ packaging authorization requirements ⓘ registration requirements for hazardous materials transporters ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Hazardous Materials Transportation Act ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
protection of people from hazards of hazardous materials transportation
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protection of property from hazards of hazardous materials transportation ⓘ protection of the environment from hazards of hazardous materials transportation ⓘ |
| regulates |
classification of hazardous materials
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emergency response information for hazardous materials ⓘ hazard communication for hazardous materials ⓘ hazardous materials labels ⓘ hazardous materials markings ⓘ hazardous materials placards ⓘ hazardous materials training requirements ⓘ packaging of hazardous materials for transport ⓘ security plans for hazardous materials transportation ⓘ shipping papers for hazardous materials ⓘ transportation of hazardous materials by air ⓘ transportation of hazardous materials by highway ⓘ transportation of hazardous materials by rail ⓘ transportation of hazardous materials by water ⓘ |
| requires |
proper documentation for hazardous materials shipments
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training for hazmat employees ⓘ use of authorized packagings for hazardous materials ⓘ |
| sector | transportation safety ⓘ |
| subjectOf | federal rulemaking by the United States Department of Transportation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hazardous Materials Regulations Description of subject: Hazardous Materials Regulations are U.S. federal rules that govern the safe transportation of dangerous goods by air, highway, rail, and water to protect people, property, and the environment.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations
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contains
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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration regulations
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linked to: Hazardous Materials Regulations
linked to: Hazardous Materials Regulations