This is how the release was reported on the WSBT website: With the accompanying text: Read the article yourself here: Crews Respond to Hazardous Materials Leak Behind Lowe’s in South Bend A leak of some sodium hydroxide. Seems pretty…
Bulk Packaging for HazMat Explained!
While there are many different types of HazMat packaging, all of them fall into one of two categories: bulk or non-bulk. The purpose of this article is to define and explain both bulk and non-bulk packagings pursuant to the Hazardous…
Hey! What’s on That Truck? Identification of Hazardous Materials in Transportation
One thing about hazardous materials that can’t be denied is that they move among us all the time. It’s the proximity of hazardous materials in commerce to people that makes adherence to the Hazardous Materials Regulations so important. Since we…
General Placarding Requirements
49 CFR 172.504 – General Placarding Requirements contains the applicability, scope, and general requirements for the use of placards when transporting a hazardous material. §172.504(a) identifies the five (5) types of packagings and modes of transportation that will require placards,…
Use of Placards for HazMat in Bulk Packagings
The placarding requirements for the transportation of hazardous materials can be very confusing. Even during my years of driving a truck for Laidlaw Environmental Services I was often in doubt about placarding requirements. I am frequently asked specific questions about…