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Industry
Questions & Answers:
Q: What do the letters and numbers
on the U.N. birthmark mean?
A: For example- UN
1A1/Y1.4/150/00/USA/XXXX
UN: United
Nations
1A1: Steel, Tight Head Drum
Y: Mid Level Hazardous
(Packaging Group)
1.4: Specific Gravity of The Liquid
Contents
150: Test Pressure Drum Has Passed (In
Kilo Pascals)
00: Year Drum Was
Manufactured
USA: Country Drum was Made In
XXXX: Name of Drum Manufacturer
Q: What is an RCRA empty container?
A: A drum is empty if:
1. All the material
which can be removed is removed using commonly employed
emptying practices.
2. Under any
circumstances, no more than one inch of hazardous material residue
remains in the container.
Q: What are the U.N./HM-181
Classifications & Divisions?
A:
Explosives:
Class 1
Flammable
Gases:
Class 2, Division 2.1
Nonflammable
Gases: Class 2,
Division 2.2
Poisonous
Gases:
Class 2, Division 2.3
Flammable
Liquids:
Class 3
Flammable
Solids:
Class 4, Division 4.1
Spontaneous Combustible: Class 4,
Division 4.2
Dangerous-When-Wet:
Class 4, Division 4.3
Oxidizers:
Class 5, Division 5.1
Organic
Peroxides:
Class 5, Division 5.2
Poisons:
Class 6, Division 6.1
Infectious
Substances: Class 6,
Division 6.2
(Including Medical Waste)
Radioactive
Materials: Class 7
Corrosive
Materials:
Class 8
Miscellaneous
Hazards Class 9
(Including Hazardous Wastes)
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