COSTHA Educational Session: Retail Distribution by Road (Last Mile Delivery) (August 14, 2025)
COSTHA Educational Session 5: Panel Discussion (Webinar)
Retail Distribution by Road (Last Mile Delivery)
Webinar Details:
📅 Date: Thursday, August 14, 2025
⏰ Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am (ET)
📍 Location: Virtual (Teams): contact Anne for webinar login details Anne@costha.com
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Speaker Planning Session:
📅 Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025
⏰ Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am (ET)
📍 Location: Virtual (Teams): contact Chris for planning session details Chris@costha.com
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About this Webinar:
Share challenges with retail distribution by road / last mile delivery. This webinar will explore how challenges in retail distribution and last-mile delivery not only affect individual businesses but also have far-reaching implications for the entire industry. Additionally, we will discuss the pressing need for updated regulations that are long overdue, aiming to address evolving logistical and operational demands.
Invited Speakers & Panelist:
- US DOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):
- Retail Industry COSTHA Members and Guests
- COSTHA Staff
Agenda Topics: US DOT representatives, retail industry experts, COSTHA members and staff, will discuss:
- High-Level Overview: Introduction to the current landscape and how it impacts individual businesses and the broader industry.
- Panel Members:
- Tom Ferguson, Administrator & Chief Regulatory Compliance Officer, COSTHA
- Panel Members:
- Current Activities with US DOT: Overview of new DOT-SP 21427, emerging drone deliveries.
- Panel Members:
- Shane Kelley, Acting Director, International Program, PHMSA
- Veronica Wilson, Director, Hazmat Transportation, Walmart, Inc.
- Ken Miller, Manager, New Entrants Branch (AXH-160), FAA
- Panel Members:
- COSTHA Initiatives: Petition to US DOT and ADR Joint Meeting efforts.
- Panel Members:
- Tom Ferguson, Administrator & Chief Regulatory Compliance Officer, COSTHA
- Julie Prescott, Sr. Regulatory Compliance Specialist, COSTHA
- Richard Bornhorst, Amazon
- Panel Members:
- Open Discussion: Share challenges in retail distribution channels, including direct-to-consumer road and drone deliveries. Considerations across borders: Canada, Mexico.
- What's Next? COSTHA will work with industry on additional deregulation opportunities.
US DOT Special Permit:
- SP 21427 certain hazardous materials transported to final delivery destination
Ongoing Regulatory Initiatives:
- COSTHA Petition to PHMSA
- Ongoing discussions on this issue at the RID/ADR/ADN Joint Meeting led COSTHA to submit following an informal paper at the March 2025 Session of the Joint Meeting (see INF.16 below). Additional time was required to further the development of possible regulatory text to properly frame the issue, an informal working group was formed that would meet between the March and September sessions of the Joint Meeting; the second COSTHA informal paper submitted at this session contained the terms of refence for the informal working group (see INF.49 below).