Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road

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Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road

• Transport of Plant Protection Products
• Stephen McGarry
• Inspector
• ADR/RPPS Northern Region
• Health and Safety Authority
• Contact tel. [phone]

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Content

• Legislation
• Safety Advisers
• Duties of participants
• Driver training
• Documentation
• Packaging
• Vehicle equipment and marking
• Quantity exemptions and Limited Quantity
• Examples how much can I carry with exemptions?
• General exemptions and questions

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Legislation

• ADR European Agreement Concerning the
  International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road
  2005
• Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act 1998
• Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations
  2004 (2005 due this year and incorporates Safety
  Advisers)
• Fines Payment in lieu of prosecution or on the
  spot fines 250 per infringement.
• Up to 1900 per offence in the District Court.

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Safety Advisers (DGSA)

• Legal requirement for consignors/carriers
  involved in carriage/loading/unloading (not
  consignees)
• Appionted in writing
• Hold a vocational training certificate
• Duties include annual report, provide advice on
  current legislation, serious accident
  investigation and ensure compliance with ADR.

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Duties of participants

• Who are the duty holders? Consignors/Carriers/Driv
  ers/Loaders/Packers/Fillers/Consignees
• All duty holders must comply with the regulations
  / ADR
• Specific duties listed in regulations..

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Duties of participants

• Consignors
• Transport Documentation/ instruction in writing
  (tremcard)
• Ensure correct classification
• Proper packaging, correct marking,
• Check suitability of driver and vehicle
• others detailed in regs.

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Duties of participants

• Carriers
• Prior to the journey ensure all necessary
  documentation is present.
• Driver is trained
• Provides all necessry safety equipment
  extinguishers, warning signs, first aid, spill
  kit.
• Vehicle marking
• Load segregation from food stuffs
• others detailed in regs.

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Duties of participants

• Drivers
• Carry ADR driver training certificate
• Photographic i.d.
• Read and understand documentation
• Load security
• Keep vehicle marking clean
• Follow emergency procedures
• others detailed in regs.

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Driver Training

• Drivers must complete a training course 3 days
  for packaged goods and 5 days if working on road
  tankers.
• Trainers see HSA web site.
• Exams set by the HSA basic paper and a tanker
  specialisation paper.
• Driver training certificate valid for 5 years.
• Certificates detail what classes are held and
  whether packages only or packages and tanks.

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Documentation

• Transport document consignor details,
  identification of substance, number and size of
  packages and total weight/volume, consignee(s),
• additional information for certain classes
  note any special provisions e.g. for waste or
  empty unclean packaging
• Substance I.d. UN3082,environmentally
  hazardous substance, liquid,n.o.s (technical
  name), 9, PGIII

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Documentation

• Instructions in writing (tremcards)
• Must conform to specific format. It identifies
  the substance, nature of danger, general actions
  to be taken in an emergency, how to deal with
  minor spills, additional equipment.
• Can be obtained from CEFIC authorised outlets
  see HSA website.

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Packaging

• Must conform to ADR requirements
• Choose correct package and note any special
  packaging provisions
• When in use look for UN marking/ UN number
• Ensure correct labelling
• UN approved does not mean it can be used for all
  hazardous goods there is a range of different
  types of packaging.
• Note - reusable plastic containers have a shelf
  life

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Vehicle equipment and marking

• High-visibility jacket
• Hand lamp
• 2 warning signs
• Wheel scotch
• 2 kg6kg extinguishers (serviced annually)
• Items listed on tremcard
• Spill kit / first aid/ eye wash/ ppe

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Vehicle equipment and marking

• Package goods vehicle only mark vehicle with
  ADR blanc orange plates front and rear (
  placards ie class label, for freight containers
  and sea journey)

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Quantity exemptions and Limited Quantity (LQ)

• Quantity exemptions (ADR 1.1.3.6)
• All dangerous goods are assigned a transport
  category, each with a quantity limit, at or below
  which you may avail of certain exemptions, e.g.
  no vehicle marking, no tremcard, no ADR driver
  training, no safety equipment (except 2kg
  extinguisher)

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Quantity exemptions and limited quantity (LQ)

• Limited Quantity (LQ) - small packages but no
  overall limit on quantity.
• Good quality packaging marked with a diamond
  containing LQ or UN number.
• Once you meet the marking and packaging
  requirements no other provisions apply.

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Example

• You wish to transport Product-X,
• UN 2902,4x5 litre, class 6.1, PGIII
• LQ for combination packaging up to 3 litre inner
  pack with 30kg maximum net mass package not LQ.
• Quantity exemption for PGIII is 1000litres may
  be carried under this exemption.

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Example

• Large mixed consignment.
• Identify all LQ shipments and remove from
  equation
• Identify all other hazardous shipments and add
  net quantity together ( multiply PGII goods by 3)
  and if 1000 or less then quantity exemption may
  apply
• If over 1000 then all provisions apply.

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Exemptions

• No certified driver if vehicle is less than 3.5
  tonne gross mass (only until Jan 2007).
• No DGSA required if under quantity exemption
  limits and if transporting lt50 tonne per year and
  no load over 3 x quantity exemption limit.
• No transport document for pesticides class 3
  (FT2) and class 6 (T6 liquid) if less than
  quantity exemption(1.1.3.6).
• Otherwise too numerous to mentionconsult a DGSA
  or the HSA.See details in the regulations.

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Questions..