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Yesterday, over on CFSN Detailed Analysis I published analysis of two bills introduced in the House earlier this month: 

• HR 10673 Introduced – Li-Battery Placards, and 
• HR 10790 Introduced – CSB Board Composition 

I did do shorter, summary versions of both posts here, but there is more information on the provisions of the bill and more commentary available on CFSN. Paid subscribers received their versions by email yesterday. On Tuesday, free subscribers will receive their copies (same version) by email. 

If you become a free subscriber before 10:00 am EDT on Tuesday, you will also receive your email copy of the two posts. 

Review - HR 10673 Introduced – Li-Battery Placards

Earlier this month, Rep Hageman (R,WY) introduced HR 10673, the Battery Safety Placarding Act. The bill would require DOT to update the Hazardous Materials Regulations to require an external placard to be displayed on any freight container, unit load device, transport vehicle, or rail car transporting a certain quantity of lithium-ion batteries. No new funding is authorized. 

According to a press release from Hageman’s office:  

“The lithium-ion battery market has exploded by more than 20 percent since 2024 with nearly every mode of transportation now involved in carrying this $150 billion dollar industry. A series of recent conflagrations across multiple modes of transit, however, have demonstrated the need to reduce safety risks associated with delivering this highly combustible technology nationwide. The danger presented by lithium-ion battery fires are often exacerbated by thermal runaway, wherein a violent chain of chemical reactions lead to extreme temperatures, toxic gas release, and an occasional explosion.” 

Moving Forward  

Hageman is not a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to which this bill was assigned for consideration. This means that there is probably not sufficient influence to see this bill considered by that Committee. I do not see anything in this bill that would engender any organized opposition. I suspect that there would be some level of bipartisan support for this bill if it were considered by the Committee, but I am not sure that it would be sufficient to see the bill considered by the full House under the suspension of the rules process. In any case, it is probably too late in the session for any action to be taken on this bill. 

For more information on the provisions of this bill, including a commentary on the potential for PHMSA action absent legislation, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-10673-introduced-li-battery-placards - subscription required. 

Review - HR 10790 Introduced – CSB Board Composition

Earlier this month, Rep Perez (D,WA) introduced HR 10790, the Chemical Safety Board Accountability Act. The bill amends 42 USC 7412(r)(6)(B) [pg 19] setting forth the requirements for the appointment of Board members for the Chemical Safety Board (CSB), including requiring one Board member with a labor background. It also establishes a deadline for appointing replacement board members. No new funding is authorized. 

Moving Forward  

Perez is not a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to which this bill was assigned for consideration. This means that there is not likely to be sufficient influence to see the bill considered by that Committee. With the President’s well-known opposition to the Board, I would expect that Republican members of the Committee would not support this bill, particularly the provisions requiring Board Appointments. 

Commentary 

I briefly discussed the problems with requiring Board members with particular, and those comments still stand. 

For more information on the provisions of this bill, including a look at the potential end of the Board on January 15th, 2028, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-10790-introduced-csb-board-composition - subscription required. 

Chemical Transportation Incidents – Week of 9-12-26

Reporting Background 

See this post for explanation, with the most recent update here (removed from paywall). 

Data from PHMSA’s online database of transportation related chemical incidents that have been reported to the agency. 

Incidents Summary  

• Number of incidents – 507 (473 highway, 30 air, 3 rail, 1 water) 
• Serious incidents – 4 (4 Bulk release, 0 evacuation, 0 injury, 0 death, 0 major artery closed, 0 fire/explosion, 32 no release)  
• Largest container involved – 26,425-gal DOT 111S100W1 Railcar {Diesel Fuel? (UN1202)} Vacuum relief valve venting. 
• Largest amount spilled – 2,400-gal DOT 111A100W3 Railcar {Environmentally Hazardous Substances, Liquid, N.O.S.} Tank shell leaking under jacket. 
• Total amount reported spilled in all incidents – 4863.4-gal 

NOTE: Links above are to Form 5800.1 for the incident described. 

Most Interesting Chemical: Maleic Anhydride: Colorless crystalline needles, flakes, pellets, rods, briquettes, lumps or a fused mass. Melts at 113°F. Shipped both as a solid and in the molten state. Vapors, fumes and dusts strong irritate the eyes, skin and mucous membranes. Flash point 218°F. Autoignition temperature 890°F. Used to make paints and plastics and other chemicals. (Source: CameoChemicals.NOAA.gov).  

INSERT UN 2215 Placard 

Review – 5 Advisories and 1 Update Published – 10-15-26

Today, CISA’s NCCIC-ICS published three control system security advisories for products from Guangzhou Juan IoT Technology, Eclipse Foundation, and CISA. They also published two medical device security advisories for products from J4Care and Thermo Fisher. They also updated a control security advisory for products from Red Lion. 

Advisories  

Guangzhou Advisory - This advisory describes three vulnerabilities in the Guangzhou Juan IoT Technology EseeCloud video surveillance software. The vulnerabilities were reported to CISA by Donghyeon Lee of Tokyo University of Science and GMO Flatt Security. CISA notes that: “Guangzhou Juan IoT Technology Co., Ltd. did not respond to CISA's coordination attempts.” 

Eclipse Advisory - This advisory describes five vulnerabilities in the Eclipse Milo OPC UA implementation. The vulnerabilities were reported to CISA by Abhinav Agarwal.  

CISA Advisory - This advisory discusses six vulnerabilities in the CISA Malcolm network traffic analysis tool suite. The vulnerabilities were reported to CISA by Seth Grover of Idaho National Laboratory. 

J4Care Advisory - This advisory describes six vulnerabilities in the J4Care dcm4che open-source toolkit for DICOM. The vulnerabilities were reported to CISA by Abhinav Agarwal. 

Thermo Fisher Advisory - This advisory describes a path traversal vulnerability in the Thermo Fisher Torrent Suite Software. The vulnerability was reported to CISA by Akanksha Raghvesh and Abhinav Agarwal. 

Red Lion Update - This update provides additional information on the N-Tron 700 Series advisory that was originally published on October 8th, 2026. The new information includes updating CVSS V4.0 scores, and broken links. 

For more information on these advisories, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/5-advisories-and-1-update-published-547 - subscription required.