Hazmat Awareness Training Manual

About the Author xi Acknowledgments xiii How Do I Know That I Will Offer or Transport Hazardous Materials? 1(4) Introduction to Shipping Papers, Marking, Labeling, and Placarding 2(3) What Are Hazardous Materials? 5(12) Definitions 5(9) Who Enforces the Hazardous Materials Rules? 14(1) Review Question 15(2) Who Writes the Hazardous Material Regulations? 17(4) Review Questions 19(2) When Do the USDOT HM Regulations Apply? (171.1, 171.2) 21(4) Definition: Transportation and Related Storage 21(3) Review Question 24(1) Do I Have to Register to Transport Hazardous Materials? 25(8) Registration Requirements---Part 107.600 25(6) Review Questions 31(2) How Do I Use the Hazardous Materials Book? 33(4) Introduction to the Format of the Book---Quick Helps 33(3) Review Questions 36(1) How Do I Start? 37(20) Hazardous Materials Table (172.101), Hazardous Substances (Appendix A), Marine Pollutants (Appendix B), and Special Provisions (172.102) 37(1) Marine Pollutant 38(3) Hazardous Substance (RQ) 41(4) HM Table 45(9) Practice Exercises (Using the Hazardous Materials Table) 54(1) Review Questions 55(2) Are There Any Exceptions? 57(4) Parts 173.4, 173.5, 173.6, and 173.29 57(2) Review Question 59(2) How Do I Determine that the Package Is Appropriate? 61(20) First Section of Part 173, Basics of Part 178 (X, Y, Z), Bulk, Non-bulk, Marking, and Labeling 61(1) Portable Tanks 62(2) Cargo Tanks 64(1) Intermediate Bulk Containers 65(2) Non-bulk and Bulk Packaging---Part 178 67(2) Markings 69(3) What Markings Are Required on the Package? 69(1) Non-bulk Packagings Markings 69(1) Radioactive Materials (Part 172.310) 70(1) Poisonous Materials (Part 172.313) 70(1) Consumer Commodities, ORM-D (Part 172.316) 70(1) Explosive Materials (Part 172.320) 71(1) Marine Pollutants (Part 172.322) 71(1) Hazardous Substances (Part 173.324) 71(1) Bulk Packagings Markings 72(4) Marine Pollutants (Part 172.322) 72(1) Elevated Temperature Materials (Part 172.325) 73(1) Portable Tanks (Part 172.326) 73(1) Cargo Tanks (Tank Trucks) (Part 172.336) 74(1) Tank Cars and Multi-unit Tank Car Tanks (1 Ton Cylinders) (Part 172.330) 75(1) Other Bulk Packagings (Part 172.331) 75(1) Labels 76(4) How to Label the Package (Part 172.400) 76(1) Where to Place the Labels (Part 172.406) 76(1) What Do the Labels Look Like? 77(3) Review Questions 80(1) What Is Required on an HM Shipping Paper? 81(16) Parts 172.200 and 172.600 81(1) What Is the Basic Description? (Part 172.201) 82(1) Alternate Basic Description Sequence 82(3) Shipper Certification 85(1) Are There Times When a Certification Is Not Required? 86(1) Are There Special Shipping Paper Requirements for Specific HM? 86(4) Radioactive Materials 87(1) Empty Packagings Containing the Residue of an HM 88(1) Technical Names for ``N.O.S.'' and Other Generic Descriptions 89(1) Marine Pollutants 90(1) Poisonous Materials 90(1) Elevated Temperature Material 90(1) Organic Peroxides (5.2) and Self-reactive Materials (4.1) 90(1) Am I Supposed to Have Some Emergency Response Information with the Shipping Papers? 90(1) What Information Is Required? 91(1) Does the Carrier Have to Give the Driver Special Instructions for Transporting the HM? 91(1) What Are the Requirements for Transporting Hazardous Waste? 91(3) Are the Carriers and Shippers Required to Keep a Copy of the HM Shipping Paper? [Part 172.201(e)] 94(1) Review Questions 95(2) Are There Special Rules for Loading the Truck or Trailer? 97(12) Part 177 97(1) 177.834: General Requirements for Loading and Unloading for Highway Transport 98(1) What Is a Qualified Person? 98(1) Class 1 (Explosives): 177.835 99(1) Restrictions on Vehicles in Combination for Shipments of 1.1 and 1.2 Explosives 99(1) Class 3 (Flammable Liquids): 177.837 100(1) Class 4 (Flammable Solids), Class 5 (Oxidizer and Organic Peroxides) 100(1) Class 8 (Corrosive): 173.839 100(1) Class 2 (Gases): 177.840 100(1) Poisonous (6.1) and Poison Gas (2.3): 177.841 101(1) Radioactive (Class 7): 177.842 102(1) Contamination of Vehicles (Radioactive): 177.843 103(1) Segregation of Hazardous Materials: 177.848 103(4) What About Explosives? 105(2) Review Questions 107(2) How Do I Properly Mark and Placard the Truck or Trailer? 109(12) Marking and Placarding 109(11) Review Questions 120(1) Do I Have Additional Driving Rules When Transporting HM? 121(8) Parts 172.606(b), 177, 397, and 383 121(1) All Hazardous Materials 122(2) Part 383 122(1) Part 392 122(2) Special Rules for Explosives 124(4) Review Questions 128(1) What Training Is Required? 129(6) Parts 172.700 and 177.816 129(1) Who Trains? (Part 172.702) 130(1) What Training Elements Are Required? (Part 172.704) 130(1) Does the Training Require a Test? [Part 172.702(d)] 131(1) When Does an Employee Need to Be Trained? 131(1) Does My Training Have to Be HM Only, or May I Combine It with Other Training? [Part 172.704(b)] 131(1) May I Use the Training Conducted by Other Employers? [Part 172.704(c)(3)] 132(1) Can the Testing Required for the HM Endorsement on the CDL Count? 132(1) What Records Must I Keep and for How Long? [Part 172.704(d)] 132(2) Review Questions 134(1) Do I Need an HM Security Plan and If So, How Do I Complete It? 135(4) Part 172.800 136(1) Do I Need an HM Security Plan? [Part 172.800(b)] 136(1) Okay, I Need a Security Plan. So, What Is Required? [Part 172.802] 136(1) Are There Other Requirements? [Part 172.802(b)] 137(1) May the Requirements for this Security Plan Be Incorporated into Other Required Security Plans? [Part 172.804] 137(1) Review Questions 138(1) Are the Rules Different If It Is an International Shipment? 139(10) Parts 171.12 and 171.12a 139(4) May I Use the IMDG Code within a Single Port Area or Contiguous Harbors? [Part 171.12(c)] 140(1) Shipper's Certification [Part 171.12(a)] 140(1) Emergency Response Information [Part 171.12(b)(16)] 140(1) IMDG Code [Part 171.12(b)] 140(1) What If the IMDG Code Says It Is HM, but the United States Does Not? [Part 171.12(b)(2)] 140(1) What If the United States Says It Is HM, but the IMDG Code Does Not? [Part 171.12(b)(3)] 140(1) What If the United States Says the Material Is Forbidden For Transportation? [Part 171.12(b)(4)] 141(1) Must a Bulk Package Meet the United States Requirement under the HM Table, Column 8c? [Part 171.12(b)(5)] 141(2) Are There Special Requirements for Shipments to and from Mexico? [Part 171.12(e)] 143(1) Are There Special Requirements for Shipments to and from Canada? [Part 171.12(a)] 143(4) What If the TDG Regulations Say It Is HM, but the United States Does Not? [Part 171.12a(b)(1)] 144(1) What If the United States Says It Is HM, but the TDG Regulations Do Not? [Part 171.12a(b)(2)] 144(1) What If the United States Says the Material Is Forbidden for Transportation? [Part 171.12a(b)(3)] 144(3) Review Questions 147(2) What Do I Do When HM Is Spilled? 149(10) Parts 177, 171.15, and 171.16 149(1) The Spill 149(1) What If the Spill Is More Than My HAZMAT Employee Can Handle? 150(1) Who Reports to USDOT? 151(1) What If the Spill Is a Hazardous Substance? 152(6) Review Questions 158(1) What Kind of Trouble Can Occur If I Fail to Follow the Rules? 159(2) Enforcers Are RSPA, FMCSA, FRA, FAA, and the Coast Guard (107.300) 159(2) Which USDOT Administration Oversees Whom? 159(1) Can I Go to Jail for Violating the HM Regulations? 160(1) Can I Be Fined for Violating the HM Regulations? (107.301-107.329) 160(1) What Are the Ranges of Fines? 160(1) Are There Special Insurance Requirements to Transport HM by Motor Carrier? 161(6) Part 387 162(5) Answers to Practice Exercises 167(2) Answers to End-of-Chapter Review Exercises 169(8) Index 177