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The United States Department of Transportation regulates the transportation of hazardous materials. Hazardous materials are such items as explosives, compressed gases, flammable or combustible liquids of all kinds, flammable solids, oxidizers, poisons, radioactive materials and corrosive materials.
Listed below are specific examples of these products. While these are the most common products that are hazardous materials there are still many others not included on this list. To find out if a product is a hazardous material, look at the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for the product under the section entitled "DOT Information" or "Regulatory Information." (You can get an MSDS for the product from the manufacturer, wholesaler or distributor of the product.)
To ship a hazardous material by Young Brothers, the customer must fill out a Bill of Lading for the shipment and also a Young Brothers Hazardous Materials Shipping Certification. This form is available from the Customer Service Department in Honolulu, or from your local YB office on the neighbor islands. Information for filling out the certification can be found on the MSDS. Federal regulations hold the shipper (customer) responsible for the correct documentation, packaging, labeling, placarding, and marking of the hazardous cargo. Federal regulations require Young Brothers to screen shipments of hazardous materials for compliance with federal regulations.
When shipping hazardous waste a customer must furnish a completed "Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest" along with the Young Brothers Hazardous Materials Shipping Certification, and Bill of Lading. Young Brothers' EPA identification number is HIR000060046.
Used oil is not technically speaking a hazardous material, but its transportation is regulated by the State of Hawaii, Department of Health. All used oil shipments require a "Non-Hazardous Waste Manifest" and a Young Brothers Bill of Lading. This documentation must include the Used Oil Permit number and the EPA ID number of the customer, and of Young Brothers. Young Brothers' Used Oil Permit number is UO-010-01.
For further information call the Customer Service Department at 543-9311 or YB's Safety and Environmental Administrator at 543-9398.
Examples of Hazardous Materials
- fireworks
- oxygen
- hazardous waste
- explosives
- ammonium nitrate
- automobiles
- ammunition
- paint
- epoxy products
- acetylene
- solvents
- poisons
- propane
- pesticides
- swimming pool treatment chemicals
- nitrogen
- herbicides
- any product under pressure
- Vikane
- x-ray equipment
- motorcycles
- gasoline
- acids
- some fertilizers
- diesel
- batteries
- road flares
- charcoal
- PCBs
- hot asphalt
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