ammo 62

AMMO-62, Technical Transportation of Hazardous Materials. The Army describes it as an 80-hour course whose graduates receive a two-year certification entitling them to certify hazardous materials for safe shipment.

Two years. Students completing the course receive a two-year certification entitling them to certify hazardous materials for safe shipment.

Enter the hazardous materials first, enter them in a clearly contrasting color, or put an "X" (or "RQ") in a column captioned "HM" before the basic description. Under 49 CFR 172.201(a)(1) any one of these three methods is acceptable.

No. The shipping paper must be legible and printed (manually or mechanically) in English, and the required shipping description may not contain any code or abbreviation unless one is specifically authorized.

Three years for hazardous waste and two years for all other hazardous materials, counted from when the initial carrier accepts the material (49 CFR 172.201(e)).

In Roman numerals (I, II or III), as designated in Column (5) of the Hazardous Materials Table. 49 CFR 172.202(a) lists the packing group after the identification number, proper shipping name and hazard class.

Either before or after the basic description. 49 CFR 172.203 requires "RQ" on the shipping paper for each hazardous substance.

"Limited Quantity" or "Ltd Qty". 49 CFR 172.203 requires one of these phrases following the basic description.

"Poison-Inhalation Hazard" or "Toxic-Inhalation Hazard" plus the hazard zone: Zone A, B, C or D for gases, or Zone A or B for liquids (49 CFR 172.203).

"This is to certify that the above-named materials are properly classified, described, packaged, marked and labeled, and are in proper condition for transportation according to the applicable regulations of the Department of Transportation." The words "herein-named" may replace "above-named".

A principal, officer, partner or employee of the shipper or of the shipper's agent; the signature may be manual, by typewriter, or by other mechanical means (49 CFR 172.204(d)).

Immediate health hazards, fire or explosion risks, immediate precautions after an accident, methods for handling fires, initial methods for spills or leaks without fire, and preliminary first aid (49 CFR 172.602(a)). It must be available away from the package.

No. The number must be monitored at all times the material is in transportation, including storage incidental to transportation, and a number that requires a call back does not meet 49 CFR 172.604.

General awareness/familiarization training. 49 CFR 172.704(a)(1) says it provides familiarity with the HMR and enables the employee to recognize and identify hazardous materials.

Within 90 days after employment (49 CFR 172.704(a)(4)).

Company security objectives, organizational security structure, specific security procedures, each employee's security duties and responsibilities, and the actions each employee takes if there is a security breach (49 CFR 172.704(a)(5)).

Yes, but only under the direct supervision of a properly trained and knowledgeable hazmat employee, and the training must be completed within 90 days after employment or a change in job function (49 CFR 172.704(c)(1)).

Three years. A hazmat employee must receive the required training at least once every three years.

It must cover the preceding three years and be kept for as long as the person is employed as a hazmat employee and for 90 days after. It must include certification that the employee has been trained and tested (49 CFR 172.704(d)).

Any quantity. 49 CFR 172.800(b)(1) lists any quantity of a Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 material first among the shipments requiring a security plan.

More than 3,000 kg (6,614 pounds) for solids, or more than 3,000 liters (792 gallons) for liquids and gases, in a single packaging (49 CFR 172.800(b)).

Personnel security, unauthorized access, and en route security (49 CFR 172.802(a)).

Yes. It must be in writing, kept for as long as it remains in effect, and reviewed at least annually (49 CFR 172.802).

The proper shipping name and the identification number, preceded by "UN", "NA" or "ID" as appropriate.

On two opposite vertical sides, pointing in the correct upright direction, in black or red on a white or other contrasting background, with the inner packagings packed closures upward (49 CFR 172.312(a)).

On two opposing sides of the bulk packaging, in association with the required labels or placards (49 CFR 172.313(a)).

On a surface other than the bottom, on the same surface as and near the proper shipping name marking if the package is big enough (49 CFR 172.406(a)).

Next to each other. Placement conforms if the labels are within 150 mm (6 inches) of one another (49 CFR 172.406(c)).

No. 49 CFR 172.502(a) prohibits any sign, advertisement, slogan or device that could be confused with a placard by its color, design, shape or content.

All four: each side and each end, with the placards specified in Tables 1 and 2 of 49 CFR 172.504.

It may replace the separate Table 2 placards on a vehicle with two or more Table 2 categories, but when 1,000 kg (2,205 pounds) or more of one category is loaded at one facility, that category's own placard must be applied (49 CFR 172.504(b)).

Less than 454 kg (1,001 pounds) aggregate gross weight of Table 2 materials (49 CFR 172.504(c)). The exception does not apply to Table 1 materials.

Table 1 includes Divisions 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 explosives, Division 2.3 Poison Gas, Division 4.3 Dangerous When Wet, and Class 7 packages bearing the Radioactive Yellow III label, among others (49 CFR 172.504(e)).

A POISON INHALATION HAZARD or POISON GAS placard, as appropriate, on each side and each end, in addition to any other required placard (49 CFR 172.505(a)).

On the front of the truck-tractor. 49 CFR 172.516 allows the front placarding of a motor vehicle to be on the tractor instead of the trailer.

It must be visible from the direction it faces, kept clear of ladders, pipes, doors and tarpaulins, at least 3 inches (76 mm) from other markings, and its text displayed horizontally, reading left to right (49 CFR 172.516).

At least 250 mm (9.84 inches) on each side, with a solid inner border about 12.5 mm inside the edge (49 CFR 172.519(c)).

A substance or article designed to function by explosion, meaning an extremely rapid release of gas and heat (or one that functions in a similar manner even if not designed to).

Division 1.2 (49 CFR 173.50(b)(2)).

Division 1.3 (49 CFR 173.50(b)(3)).

A minor explosion hazard. The effects are largely confined to the package, and no projection of fragments of appreciable size or range is expected (49 CFR 173.50(b)(4)).

It is a gas at 20 °C (68 °F) or less and is ignitable at 14.7 psia in a mixture of 13 percent or less by volume with air, or has a flammable range of at least 12 points (49 CFR 173.115(a)).

A flammable liquid has a flash point of not more than 60 °C (140 °F); a combustible liquid has a flash point above 60 °C (140 °F) and below 93 °C (200 °F) (49 CFR 173.120).

On contact with water it is liable to become spontaneously flammable or to give off flammable or toxic gas at more than 1 liter per kilogram per hour (49 CFR 173.124(c)).

It may, generally by yielding oxygen, cause or enhance the combustion of other materials (49 CFR 173.127(a)).

It causes irreversible damage to human skin at the site of contact within a specified time, or it has a severe corrosion rate on steel or aluminum (49 CFR 173.136(a)).

Materials that present a hazard in transportation but meet no other class definition, including elevated temperature materials, hazardous substances, hazardous wastes and marine pollutants.

In descending order: Class 7 (radioactive, other than limited quantities), Division 2.3 (poisonous gases), Division 2.1 (flammable gases), then Division 2.2 (nonflammable gases).

Class and describe the material according to parts 172 and 173, and determine that the packaging is an authorized packaging.

Within immediate reach while wearing the lap belt, and either readily visible to someone entering the cab or in a holder on the inside of the driver's door. The paper must be tabbed or placed first if carried with other papers (49 CFR 177.817(e)).

In the holder on the inside of the driver's door, or on the driver's seat (49 CFR 177.817(e)(2)).

Class 1 (explosive), Class 3 (flammable liquid), Class 4 (flammable solid), Class 5 (oxidizing) and Division 2.1 (flammable gas) (49 CFR 177.834(c)).

A qualified person must attend at all times during loading, and during unloading the qualified person must stay within 7.62 m (25 feet) of the cargo tank (49 CFR 177.834(i)).

No. 49 CFR 177.835(a) prohibits loading or unloading Class 1 materials with the engine running.

Bale hooks or other metal tools, rolling packages (except barrels or kegs), and throwing or dropping packages (49 CFR 177.835(f)-(g)).

When the combination has more than two cargo-carrying vehicles, or when any full trailer has a wheel base under 184 inches, among other conditions in 49 CFR 177.835(h).

Cyanides may not be loaded with acids if mixing would generate hydrogen cyanide, and Division 4.2 materials may not be loaded with Class 8 liquids (49 CFR 177.848(c)).

$102,348 per violation, rising to $238,809 if it causes death, serious illness, severe injury or substantial property destruction. Training violations carry a minimum of $617, and each day of a continuing violation is a separate offense (49 CFR 107.329(a), current eCFR; the amounts are inflation-adjusted each year, so older course figures will be lower).

A maximum capacity greater than 450 L (119 gallons). Bulk packaging is packaging in which hazmat is loaded with no intermediate form of containment (49 CFR 171.8).

Minor danger. Packing Group I indicates great danger, Packing Group II medium danger, and Packing Group III minor danger (49 CFR 171.8).