Hazardous Material

This page is accessed via Order Management > Hazardous Material Management > Hazardous Material.

The Hazardous Material page stores information pertaining to the chemical properties of the material and other U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)-required information about the material needed for storage and transport. This information is required to produce a Bill of Lading for transport of the hazardous shipment.

A hazardous material and all related information about that material can be assigned to hazardous item. Hazardous material information can be propagated to order lines. If there is conflicting default information from the Hazardous Material window and the Hazardous Item window, then the Hazardous Item information will take precedence.

Hazardous Material

1. The Hazmat Generic ID is the link between a hazardous material and a hazardous item. You can use this ID to create multiple hazardous items with the same hazardous material.
2. The Proper Shipping Name for the hazardous material is similar, but not identical to, the Hazardous Technical Name of the material. Enter the name in this field.
3. The UN/NA Number is the United Nations identification number for the classification of hazardous cargo. Enter the number in this field.
4. The Subsidiary Hazard represents a DOT-specified code pertaining to the cleanup of a spill of a hazardous material. For example, if calcium carbide was being transported in a hopper car and the car derailed, the material would have to be cleaned up by being shoveled instead of washed away with water because exposing this material to water creates acetylene gas in explosive proportions. The Subsidiary Hazard code would have to indicate these cleanup instructions. Enter a Subsidiary Hazard if applicable to this material.
5. The Hazardous Classification ID is the numeric class of the hazardous material as specified by DOT regulations. Enter the Hazard Class in this field.
6. Select a Compatibility Group from the drop-down list. The compatibility group indicates what other items can be shipped with the hazardous item.
7. The Packaging Group denotes the classification of hazardous packaging for this material based on the reportable quantity of the material (explained below), with I indicating the least dangerous and III indicating the most dangerous. Select the packaging group from the drop-down list.
8. Regulatory Agency Data Source are agencies such as the US-DOT, IATA, IMDG, ICAO, TDG, ADR/RID, etc.
9. Enter Special Provisions that are listed in the IATA, ICAO, IMDG and 49CFR regarding packaging and transport, if required.
10. If you are shipping to Port of Singapore, enter the PSA Singapore Group. Enter a I, II, OR III. This regulates the cost of hazardous charge/cost at the Singapore destination.
11. Enter a page number in the ERG (Emergency Response Guide) field. The page number is required for documentation purposes. It is placed on shipping documents in case of a spill or leak so on-site personnel knows what page in the emergency guide to reference, thereby aiding in a quick response to the scenario.
12. Enter a page number in the EMS (Emergency aboard Ship) field. This is required for the same reasons as the ERG page number above.
13. If you are shipping by air, enter the page number for the emergency guide in the ERG AIR field. This is required for the same reasons as the ERG page number above.
14. The Emergency Response Info is a number associated with the International Maritime Organization, which promulgates, encourages, and enforces the highest standards of marine safety in vessel transport. Enter an IMDG Emergency Response Number for this hazardous material.
15. Check the Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) indicator if the material is composed of other chemicals not specified at this page. These chemicals can fall under different NOS categories, such as liquid NOS or petroleum product NOS categories. After checking this indicator, you specify the names of the chemicals that comprise the material on the Hazardous Items Manager page (if more than two chemicals comprise the material, specify the two chemicals with the largest concentration percentage).
16. Check the Marine Pollutant (MP) indicator if the material contains mixtures of other materials that are classified as marine pollutants.
17. Check the Toxic Inhalation check box if the material poses a toxic inhalation hazard. More detail on Toxic Inhalation Hazard severity is provided on the Indicator Details help page.
18. Select an Inhalation Hazard Zone from the drop-down list. This zone indicates the area of a toxicity hazard based on the concentration of the hazardous material, as follows.

Zone	Toxicity Hazard
A	LC50 less than or equal to 200 ppm*.
B	LC50 greater than 200 ppm* and less than or equal to 1000 ppm*.
C	LC50 greater than 1000 ppm* and less than or equal to 3000 ppm*.
D	LC50 greater than 3000 ppm* and less than or equal to 5000 ppm*.

* - parts per million

If a material is spilled and it is diffused into the air, ground, or water in a relatively small area, the zone would be A. The remaining zones denote a progressively larger area of diffusion of the material, with D being the largest zone.

19. Check the Passenger Aircraft Forbidden indicator if the material cannot be transported on passenger aircraft. If this material is attached to a hazardous item for shipment, this message appears on the Bill of Lading.
20. Check the Commercial Aircraft Forbidden indicator if the material cannot be transported on commercial aircraft. If this material is attached to a hazardous item for shipment, this message appears on the Bill of Lading.