ENVIRONMENTAL FINAL GOVERNING STANDARDS ITALY

ITALY - 5 Hazardous Materials
C5.1. SCOPE
C5. CHAPTER 5
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
This Chapter contains standards for the storage, handling, and disposition of hazardous materials.
It does not cover solid or hazardous waste, underground storage tanks, petroleum storage, and
related spill contingency and emergency response requirements, which are covered under other
Chapters. This FGS does not cover munitions.
C5.2. DEFINITIONS
C5.2.1. Compound. A pure chemical consisting of two or more elements that can be
separated into simpler substances by chemical reaction.
C5.2.2. Element. A pure chemical consisting of one type of atom.
C5.2.3. Hazardous Chemical Warning Label. A label, tag, or marking on a container that
provides the following information:
C5.2.3.1. Identification/name of hazardous chemicals;
C5.2.3.2. Appropriate hazard warnings; and
C5.2.3.3. The name and address of the manufacturer, importer, or other responsible
party; and that is prepared in accordance with DoDI 6050.05.
C5.2.4. Hazardous Material. Any substance, compound, mixture or material that is
capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, or the environment if improperly
handled, stored, issued, transported, labeled, or disposed because it displays a characteristic
listed in Table 5.1., “Hazardous Materials Characteristics,” or the material is listed in Appendix
A, “List of Hazardous Waste/Substances/Materials.” Munitions are excluded.
C5.2.5. Hazardous Material Information Resource System (HMIRS). The computerbased
information system developed to accumulate, maintain and disseminate important
information on hazardous material used by the Department of Defense in accordance with, “DoD
Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) Program.”
C5.2.6. Hazardous Material Shipment. Any movement of hazardous material in a DoD
land vehicle, either from an installation to a final destination off the installation, or from a point
of origin off the installation to a final destination on the installation, in which certification of the
shipment is involved.
September 2012 Italy FGS 5-1
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