Date: May 10, 2018 Subject: Corrosive example for placarding on the website Message Body: UN 3264, Waste Corrosive Liquid, Acidic, Inorganic, n.o.s (Hydrochloric Acid, Hydrogen Peroxide), 8, II – 6 x 55 gallon drums @ 600 lb/drum = 3,600 lbs…
Q&A: Are placards required for the transport of this two-part resin system?
A question from someone who had recently attended one of my USDOT/PHMSA HazMat Employee Training Webinars (05.17.18): Hi Daniel! We have a product in totes (Product Name part A, ###A) which is a DOT HazMat class 9 (UN: NA3082, PG…
Q&A: Which are required to be displayed on IBCs: placards or labels?
A question from a repeat customer on June 8, 2017. (I’m frequently contacted by customers in the interim between their periodic training to answer questions). Hi Dan, I hope this finds you doing well. During the training session back in…
Placarding for Subsidiary Hazards
The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT/PHMSA) mandate the display of placards on certain vehicles and packagings when they contain a hazardous material (HazMat). Compliance is relatively…
Visibility Requirements for Hazardous Material Placards on a Rail Car
In the general placarding requirements of 49 CFR 172.504(a) of the USDOT/PHMSA Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), it states that when required each bulk packaging, freight container, unit load device, transport vehicle, or rail car “must be placarded on each side…
Q&A: Do I have to placard the vehicle if placards are visible on IBCs?
A question (09.22.17): if you are carrying 2 – totes of sulfuric acid on flatbed rail side truck and the totes are placarded correctly with the un# bulk placards. Does the truck also have to be placarded with the same…
Q&A: Is my tote a bulk packaging? Is it subject to regulation when shipped empty?
A question from a former coworker on August 29, 2017: Good morning Dan. We have a client that has soaps coming to the facility that are corrosive in totes. They have contracted a recycling service to come pick up the…
What’s in/on those trucks?
The transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat) is all around us. Below are images taken during my travels when I’ve come across the transportation in commerce of a hazmat. In each situation I know little about the shipper or the carrier other…
What’s on/in those trucks?
The transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat) is all around us. Below are images taken during my travels when I’ve come across the transportation in commerce of a hazmat. In each situation I know little about the shipper or the carrier other…
Q&A: Must placards be affixed to a vehicle if visible on the packaging in transport?
Question from the HazMat transportation community (01.13.17): Is it stated anywhere that the placards have to be mounted to the vehicle? If I’m carrying job site bulk tanks on a high flat can the tanks be visibly placard on 2…