Get Hazardous Material Certificatedoc

You must register if you are a person that offers for transportation or transports in commerce a shipment containing any of the following categories of hazardous materials (including hazardous wastes): A. A highway route controlled quantity of a Class 7 (radioactive) material, as defined in 49 CFR 173.403.

Hazmat certification is required for workers who handle, remove or ship hazardous materials. This includes careers in transportation and shipping, emergency rescue and firefighting, construction and mining, and waste treatment and disposal.

Who needs DOT hazardous materials training? The Department of Transportation (49 CFR 172.704) makes training mandatory for almost anyone who handles hazardous materials, regardless of the amount.

If required, prepare a shipping paper that contains a description of the hazmat, including the UN identification number, proper shipping name, hazard class, and packing group, quantity, number and type of packages, emergency contact information, and a shipper's certification.

However, placards would be required when the aggregate gross weight is 1,001 lb or more. For example, if 700 lbs of Hazard Division 2.1 (flammable gas) and 200 lbs of another material specified in Table 2 of 49 CFR 172.504 let's say Class 8 (corrosive material) are being transported, no placard would be required.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) requires you be trained and certified before shipping hazardous materials. Even if someone else handles your shipment for you, you are responsible for packaging and labeling of hazardous materials correctly, and providing the reqiured documentation.

Red placards indicate the material is flammable; Green placards indicate the material is non-flammable; Yellow placards indicate the material is an oxidizer; Blue placards indicate the material is dangerous when wet; White placards indicate the material is an inhalation hazard and/or poison;

A placard is required if the chemical is in a quantity or concentration for which an ERAP is required. If 500 kg or more of a quantity is being transported of one hazard class a placard is required. (b) are a liquid or a gas in direct contact with the large means of containment.