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t. e. IMDG Code or International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code is accepted by MSC ( Maritime Safety Committee) as an international guideline to the safe transportation or shipment of dangerous goods or hazardous materials by water on vessel. IMDG Code is intended to protect crew members and to prevent marine pollution in the safe transportation ...
The first version of the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods was produced by the ECOSOC in 1956. [ 1] From 1996, the Recommendations were effectively split into two parts: the Model Regulations, which form a suggested drafting for laws and regulations on the transport of dangerous goods; and the Manual of Tests and Criteria ...
The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), enacted in 1975, is the principal federal law in the United States regulating the transportation of hazardous materials. Its purpose is to "protect against the risks to life, property, and the environment that are inherent in the transportation of hazardous material in intrastate, interstate ...
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified meaning a collective entry to which substances, mixtures, solutions or articles may be assigned if a) they are not mentioned by name in 3.2 Dangerous Goods List AND b) they exhibit chemical, physical and/or dangerous properties corresponding to the Class, classification code, packing group and the name and description of the n.o.s. entry [4]
A UN number ( United Nations number) is a four-digit number that identifies hazardous materials, and articles (such as explosives, flammable liquids, oxidizers, toxic liquids, etc.) in the framework of international trade and transport. Some hazardous substances have their own UN numbers (e.g. acrylamide has UN 2074), while sometimes groups of ...
UN 2208. 5.1. Calcium hypochlorite mixtures, dry, with more than 10 percent but not more than 39 percent available chlorine. UN 2209. 8. Formaldehyde, solutions, with not less than 25 percent formaldehyde. UN 2210. 4.2. Maneb or Maneb preparations with not less than 60 percent maneb.
The Dangerous Goods Emergency Action Code List (EAC) lists dangerous goods; it is reviewed every two years and is an essential compliance document for all emergency services, local government and for those who may control the planning for, and prevention of, emergencies involving dangerous goods.
2.2. Ethylene oxide and pentafluoroethane mixture with not more than 7.9 percent ethylene oxide. UN 3299. 2.2. Ethylene oxide and tetrafluoroethane mixture with not more than 5.6 percent ethylene oxide. UN 3300. 2.3. Ethylene oxide and carbon dioxide mixture with more than 87 percent ethylene oxide.