When Are Shipping Papers Required For Hazmat

172 202 description of hazardous material on shipping papers.

When are shipping papers required for hazmat. Link to an amendment published at 85 fr 83380 dec. Phmsa notice on hazmat shipping paper requirements and social distancing. If more than one hazardous material is in a package one shipping paper must be used listing all materials.

Friday april 10 2020. A carrier of a hazardous material is required to retain a copy of the shipping paper for one year after after the material is accepted by the carrier 49 cfr 177 817 f and loi 09 0285. 172 203 additional description requirements.

Shipping papers also require a plethora of other information depending upon the type of hazardous material the class of hazardous material the amount of hazardous material required permits and. 172 204 shipper s certification. When shipping hazmat a product safety data sheet sds is required by law to be provided to whoever is handling the dangerous materials.

The sds provides guidance to help workers who handle these products become familiar with the materials and also prevent mishandling them. Shipping papers used to describe hazardous materials may be bills of lading invoices manifests or just plain papers. For hazardous waste the shipper and the carrier must keep shipping papers for three years after the initial carrier accepts the material.

Shipper s responsibility to prepare the appropriate shipping paper documentation for each shipment of a hazardous material. Shipping papers might include bills of lading hazardous waste manifests etc. A the shipping description of a hazardous material on the shipping paper must include.

An individual ups shipping paper is required on each hazardous materials package. Phmsa is issuing this notice to clarify the flexibilities provided in the hazardous materials regulations regarding shipper s certification signatures on shipping papers. They may or may not have specific columns to identify the hazardous material but when used to ship a hazardous material they must all meet the same requirements to describe the hazardous material using the.