PennDOT - Hazardous Materials Endorsement Renewal Manual

Shipping papers also must list an emergency response telephone number.
The emergency response telephone number is the responsibility of the
shipper. It can be used by emergency responders to obtain information
about any hazardous materials involved in a spill or fire.
Shippers also must provide emergency response information to the motor
carrier for each hazardous material being shipped. The emergency response
information must be able to be used away from the motor vehicle and must
provide information on how to safely handle incidents involving the material.
It must include information on the shipping name of the hazardous materials,
risks to health, fire, explosion, and initial methods of handling spills, fires,
and leaks of the materials.
Such information can be on the shipping paper or some other document that
includes the basic description and technical name of the hazardous material.
Or, it may be in a guidance book such as the Emergency Response
Guidebook (ERG). Motor carriers may assist shippers by keeping an ERG
on each vehicle carrying hazardous materials. The driver must provide the
emergency response information to any federal, state, or local authority
responding to a hazardous materials incident or investigating one.
Total quantity must appear before or after the basic description. The
packaging type and the unit of measurement may be abbreviated. For
example:
10 ctns. Paint, 3, UN1263, PG II, 500 lbs.
The shipper of hazardous wastes must put the word WaSTE before the
proper shipping name of the material on the shipping paper (hazardous
waste manifest). For example:
Waste acetone, 3, UN1090, PG II, 500 lbs.
a non-hazardous material may not be described by using a hazard class or
an ID number.
SHIPPERS CERTIFICATION
When the shipper packages hazardous materials, he/she certifies that the
package has been prepared according to the rules. The signed shipper's
certification appears on the original shipping paper. The only exceptions are
when a shipper is a private carrier transporting their own product and when
the package is provided by the carrier (for example, a cargo tank). Unless a
package is clearly unsafe or does not comply with the HMR, you may accept
the shipper's certification concerning proper packaging. Some carriers have
additional rules about transporting hazardous materials. Follow your
employer's rules when accepting shipments.
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