BOE Membership Benefits

The BOE is a unique membership organization dedicated to helping shippers, carriers, and container manufacturers comply with the hazardous materials regulations. All railroad members and associate 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

BOE Membership List (August 2008)

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:

2 – Year Membership $840
3 – Year Membership $1,050

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 provided to members will be charged a rate of $1100 per day or partial day as compared to the non-member rate of $2190 per day. All training provided to members will be charged a rate of $1590 per day or partial day as compared to the non-member rate of $3170.

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

BOE Membership Application

Transportation Technology Center, Inc.

55500 DOT Road, Pueblo, CO 81001

Telephone: +1-719-584-0750 Fax: 719-584-0711 General Information: ttci_marketing@ttci.aar.com