b'PVA WORKING FOR YOUHow PVA Bene ts YouBy Jen Wilk, Director, Public AffairsPVA Hazardous Materials Training Programand Development Now Available and Accepted by U.S. Coast GuardP VA understands your com-mitment to safe operations. While COVID-19 has brought new safety measures to the forefront, your dedication to ongoing safety procedures is also important to your operation. PVA knows that having the tools and resources available to make it easier for you to meet those require-ments are all the more valuable at this critical time. Recently, PVAs Safety and Security Committee developed a training program for crew aboard ferry vessels that transport hazardous materials (HAZMAT) carrying vehicles. This exclusive PVA program has been tailored to meet the relevant needs of PVAs HAZMAT Training Program includes information about carrying hazardous and flammable goods aboard passenger the U.S. domestic passenger vessel1 industry and can also be personalizedvessels. Photo: PVAto match the unique set-up and circum- the Coast Guards letter of acceptancetraining program meets the require-stances of each individual operation.to PVA, Commander Montemerlo,ments of 49 CFR Part 172.704. The The U.S. Coast Guard has acceptedChief Hazardous Materials Divisiontraining is adaptable to specific PVAs HAZMAT Training Program. Instated, PVAs developed HAZMATaudiences while covering general and function-specifi c aspects of HAZMAT transport, with particular emphasis on transportation by vessel.Which Employees Require HAZMAT TrainingFerry vessels transporting HAZMAT are subject to requirements in 49 CFR, Subchapter C, Part 176, Subpart E, and 49 CFR,176.88 which states that the requirements in this subpart are applicable to transport vehicles containing hazardous materials being transported on board ferry vessels and are in addition to any prescribed elsewhere in this subchapter.[Emphasis added]An employee who requires HAZMAT training is defi ned in regu-lations171.8, as anyone, Employed on a full time, part time, or temporary basis by a hazmat employer and who in the course of such full time, part time or 32JUNE 2020FOGHORN'