Hazmat Chem Chpt 6

What is the Emergency Response Guide Book?

A DOT publication that provides emergency actions for implementation at hazardous materials transportation mishaps

What does bulk packaging mean, per DOT?

A maximum capacity greater than 119 gal (450 L) for a liquid receptacle A maximum net mass greater than 882 lb (400 kg) for a solid receptacle A water capacity greater than 1000 lb (454 kg) as a gas receptacle

The DOT regulations refer to an elevated-temperature material as which of the following?

A solid at a temperature equal to or greater than 464 F (240 C)

In accordance to 49 C.F. R. 172.510, a rail car transporting placard poisoning materials are required to have what type of identifying marking?

A square with a white background and black lettering and border

The section within the DOT Emergency Response Guidebook that lists alphabetically the names of the hazardous materials with their corresponding UN/NA identification numbers uses which reference color?

Blue

Which of the following statements regarding the location of the shipping papers carried during highway transportation is incorrect?

DOT allows for the drivers of motor vehicles transporting hazardous materials and each carrier using the vehicles to store their shipping papers with the other transportation paperwork in order to have ease of locating it in an emergency.

How should you placard a shipment of multiple packages of materials?

Display a "DANGEROUS" placard unless the aggregate gross is greater than 2205 lbs. (1000kg) of materials having a single hazard class listed in Table 6.9

What does DOT require in terms of placarding of materials in transport?

Display in plain view one or more warning placards on each side and each end of the bulk packaging, freight container, unit load device, transport vehicle, or rail tank car used to transport hazardous materials

How must a vessel that has separate compartments be marked?

Display the identification numbers of the hazardous materials on the ends of the tank and on the sides in the same sequence as the compartments containing the materials they identify

What does the term proper shipping name refer to?

For the purpose of the DOT regulations, the name in Roman print assigned to a hazardous material listed in the Hazardous Materials Table published at 49 C.F.R. §172.101

What is covered in the orange section of the ERG?

It contains 172 individual guide numbers, each of which constitutes a two-page summary of information concerning the potential hazards of the referenced hazardous material, recommended actions that relate to public safety, and recommended emergency-response actions to be implemented during a transportation mishap involving the material in question.

What is covered in the green section of the ERG?

It contains information concerning initial isolation and protective-action distances for small and large spills of hazardous materials that are highlighted in the yellow and blue sections. It also provides a list of dangerous-when-wet materials.

What is covered in the yellow section of the ERG?

It provides a listing of the individual identification numbers and the hazardous materials having that number. A guide number that refers the user to the Orange Section is also provided.

What are the two types of markings that are required during transport?

Manufacturers' specification Shippers to legibly mark containers

A carrier transporting a Division 6.1 hazardous material shall display a placard with what wording on it during transportation?

POISON GAS OR POISON INHALATION HAZARD

What is the importance of packing groups?

The grouping of hazardous materials according to the collective degree of hazard that is posed by exposure to them

What is included in the definition of a material's "shipping description"?

The material's identification number Proper shipping names Primary hazard class and division

Packaging refers to what?

The receptacle and any other components or materials necessary for the receptacle to perform its containment function and to ensure compliance with packing requirements

A hazardous material is defined by DOT as

a designated substance or material that has been determined by the Secretary of Transportation to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce