To placard or not to placard

If it's over 8820 lbs and there are no other hazmats in the load then it gets bulk placards, regardless of the individual container size. I've had arguments with shipping clerks over 55 gallon drums before. See page 30 in the Hazardous Materials Compliance Pocketbook.

 

I stand corrected after reviewing the regulations.

 

Unless it was considered 'limited quantity'.....

bottles of perfume are class 3 but if packaged in small enough amounts and listed as limited quantity then it is exempt from placards, and HM driver requirements BUT not IMCO. We load consumer products for export. Lots of small quantities of cleaning products, etc. and it is all limited quantity yet to get accepted on the pier they need special placards, no writing or numbers just a white center with top and bottom black triangles; the international placard for limited quantity haz mats.

 

I remember hauling loads of Ether/Starter Fluid out Philadelphia to CLT Radiator Specialties.
43,000lbs of Ether and it was ORMD that required no placards or HM endorsement.

A lot more volatile than lighter fluid, but it's all in the way it's classified.

 

It's like that for car batteries. The rules say you don't need placards as long as they are secured so they can't start a fire. But what about the thousands of pounds of sulfuric acid a load of batteries adds up to? Somebody paid somebody.

 

ORM [ OTHER REGULATED MATERIALS ] became class 9 so it is placarded today.

ORM D was 'domestic' and covered boxes of butane lighters, charcoal ignighter, etc.

 

Does your company have a HM hotline?

 

I i understand-different scenario then.