PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-722

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 722

JANUARY 2013
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-722 - Page 26 of 33
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Equipment Can Be HAZMAT Too
Your unit’s HAZMAT certifer is picky about what goes on military shipments.
So, you must prepare your equipment beFore it’s shipped. ±or more on preparing
equipment, see Chap 204 oF DeFense Transportation Regulation (DTR) 4500.9-R,
Part II-Cargo Movement
(Jun 08). You’ll fnd it on the United States Transportation
Command website:
Shipping Commercial Products
Consider
the
commercial
products
you
plan
to
ship.
Some
units
have
bought insecticides, compressed gas and
cleaning supplies that are not HAZMAT
in the US. But overseas they might be
regulated as HAZMAT. IF so, you’ll have
to buy suitable labels and packaging.
Read material saFety data sheets (MSDS)
to
fnd
out
iF
the
items
you
bought
downtown are HAZMAT For shipment.
MSDS
are
available
online
at
the
Hazardous
Materials
InFormation
Resource System (HMIRS):
Who Do You Turn To for Help?
USAMC LOGSA Packaging, Storage and Containerization Center (PSCC) oFFers
packaging and shipping help For your equipment and HAZMAT. PSCC:
• helps you determine what packaging, handling and transportation training you need
• recommends regulations, documents, labels, placards and shipping containers
• advises you on prepping equipment and HAZMAT for shipment
• helps you prepare transportation and certification documents
±or more inFormation, contact the LOGSA PSCC:
toby.pt@us.army.mil
Or phone DSN 795-7070/7105, (570) 615-7070/7105.
Hazardous Materials…
HAZMAT
Questions
Answered
ONLINE!
Prepare equipment
before it’s shipped
Some cleaning supplies are regulated
as HAZMAT overseas
it’s a
complicated
business, working with
hazardous materials
(HAZMAT).
Handling, packaging, storing
and transporting HAZMAT raise
all kinds of thorny questions.
FOR
eXample…
do you know
which documents
to use when
shipping?
Do you under-
stand packaging
requirements?
How do
national and
international
laws relate
to DoD
regulations?
Do you know
how to get
a copy of a
Department of
Transportation
(DoT) Special
Permit, a
Competent
Authority
Approval
(CAA), or a
Certificate of
Equivalency
(COE)?
And how about
HAZMAT training?
What
training and
certification
do you
need and where do
you
get
it?
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