The BOE is a unique membership organization dedicated to helping shippers, carriers, and container manufacturers comply with the hazardous materials regulations. All railroad members of the Association of American Railroads are full members of the BOE. Affiliate memberships are available to:

• Hazardous materials producers and shippers
• Container manufacturers, repair, or reconditioning companies
• Rail, highway, pipeline and marine carriers of hazardous materials
• Anyone interested in the safe transportation and storage of hazardous materials

Some of the benefits of BOE Membership include:

• One complimentary copy of the BOE's reprint of CFR 49, the BOE Tariff 6000 Series (includes three quarterly updates) sent to the members headquarters facility.
• Reduced registration for the annual BOE Hazardous Materials Seminar
• Reduced fees for regulatory compliance audits (U.S., Canada, and Mexico)
• Reduced fees for training services offered by the BOE
• Access to regulatory consulting services by our BOE Inspectors
• Reduced prices for BOE publications - www.boepublications.com

The fee for membership is $500 annually and your membership will expire 12 months from receipt of payment rather than by calendar year. We are also able to extend to our customers a new multi-year membership rate. Multi-year rates are as follows:

(Note: Prices subject to change without notice, Government agencies automatically qualify for member discounts for BOE publications except for the BOE-6000 products.)

BOE Membership List (February 2008)

Major services available to Affiliate Members include the following:

Hazardous Materials Shippers

• Training in the regulations, proper preparation of shipping papers, marking, labeling, placarding and packaging selection
• Training for safe loading and unloading of railcars and other containers
• Independent, unbiased, confidential inspections of loading, unloading, and shipping operations to evaluate regulatory compliance status and opportunities for safety improvement. Inspection results are not shared with any other organization
• Hazardous Materials Safety problem solving and consulting
• Independent, confidential, unbiased inspections to evaluate regulatory compliance status and opportunities for safety improvement
• Quality Assurance Audits as prescribed by the AAR Manual of Standards and Recommended Practices, Specification M-1003
Certification and re-certification inspections of tank car repair facilities to ensure compliance with the AAR Manual of Standards and Recommended Practices, Specification M-1002

Railroads

• Training for employees to meet or exceed federal requirements of 49 CFR 172.704
• Inspections of rail yards to assure that railcars are being accepted for transportation in accordance with DOT regulations. BOE Inspectors follow up with shippers to correct deficiencies
• Independent, confidential regulatory compliance audits for placarding, car placement, documentation and other regulatory requirements
• Monthly electronic updates of hazardous materials shipping descriptions and commodity specific emergency response information for use on shipping papers in conformance with federal regulations

All Affiliate members may call upon the BOE for consulting services to meet special needs such as:

• Risk Management
• Special training for loading, unloading tank cars
• Testing and training for blocking and bracing hazardous materials shipments in trailers and containers
• Emergency response plan development
• Hazardous materials safety research
• Packaging selection
• Regulatory compliance auditing and safety benchmarking

All inspections and/or training provided to members will be charged a flat rate of $890 per day or partial day as compared to the non-member rate of $1780 per day. In addition, we can provide training and inspections to those companies that have facilities in Canada and Mexico*.

*(prices subject to change without notice)

To become an Affiliate Member of the BOE or for more information, please call (719) 584-0749 or e-mail: BOE@aar.com. For information about Railroad Supplier Associate Membership in the Association of American Railroads contact Jim Britton at (202) 639-2201 or e-mail: JBritton@aar.org.
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