Question on February 13, 2018: Daniel – Is clothing (scrubs) contaminated with friable asbestos dust and fibers (< 1 pound of asbestos per package) being transported to a laundry facility using in commerce roadways regulated by DOT as a hazardous…
Q&A: Are distilled drinks like whiskey a HazMat? May they be transported in wooden barrels?
Here’s one of those questions I love to get. Back on January 29, 2018: Hi there, Just wondering… May distilled drinks , such as, e.g., whiskey, be transported in wooden barrels of 250, 300 or 400 liters? What would it…
The Lithium Battery Test Summary
The regulations for the transportation in commerce of lithium cells and batteries requires each cell or battery to be of the type proved to meet the requirements of specific test procedures of the United Nations. Under current regulations it is…
Exceptions From USDOT Regulations for Compressed Gases
A compressed gas meeting the defining criteria of 49 CFR 173.115 must comply with the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) of the USDOT/PHMSA when transported, or offered for transport, in commerce. However, there are some exceptions from full regulation for certain…
Q&A: What are the the specifications in the IMDG Code and USDOT/PHMSA regulations for the Division 4.1 Flammable Solid placard?
This email came from India on February 12, 2019: (India!) Dear Sir, Good Morning! We are the manufacturer of Aluminium powder (UN1309, Aluminum powder, coated, 4.1, PG II). We request your help to know the details from the Hazardous material…
Owners of Northwest’s Largest Electronics Recycling Firm Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud Conspiracy—Secretly Exposed Foreign Workers to Mercury Waste to Increase Corporate Profits and Enrich Themselves
The Bullet: The owners and Chief Executive Officers of Total Reclaim, the Northwest’s largest recycler of electronic waste, were sentenced on April 23, 2019 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 28 months in prison and three years of supervised…
Q&A: How can I ship a Class 3 Combustible Liquid by air?
A question via email on January 19, 2018 that was a follow-up to a telephone conversation: Hi Dan, I am following up on our phone conversation this morning on shipping combustible liquid. Also, wondering if pharmaceutical drug products are exempt…
Q&A: How long must a shipper of HazMat retain testing reports of their Performance Oriented Packaging?
A question from an environmental consulting firm I work with on January 18, 2018 regarding one of their clients: Dan, We have a client who asked what the duration of time that was required to maintain what he called, “UN…
Q&A: Do I have to provide the placard with the identification number on it?
A question from someone who had recently attended my Onsite Training (01.18.18): I just had your DOT training this month, and I ask which placards to use when shipping our product(with a UN 3190 self heating solid). I am still…
Mixing Hazardous Waste with Non-Hazardous Waste Under the Generator Improvements Rule
Generators of hazardous waste are required to conduct a hazardous waste determination and to count the hazardous waste generated in order to determine their hazardous waste generator category. If a generator mixes its hazardous waste with a solid waste (i.e.,…