Coast Guard

Coast Guard in its CHRIS manual (35). Two books on transportation emergencies are avadable (36). Immediate information can be obtained from CHEMTREC (37). Interested parties may contact their suppHers for more detaded information on transportation and transportation emergencies. 

Chemical Data Guide forBulk Shipment by Water, United States Coast Guard, Washington, D.C. 

Chemical Placard Response Information System, Commandant Instruction M. 16465.12A, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. 

Department of Transportation regulations. Domestic water shipments are regulated by the U.S. Coast Guard. 

Potassium permanganate under RCRA definition meets the criteria of an ignitable waste, and if discarded is considered a ha2ardous waste. The reportable quantity (RQ) (220) for potassium permanganate is 45.4 kg (100 lbs) and releases into the environment greater than this value must be reported to the U.S. Coast Guard National Response Center. 

The Department of Transportation requires labelling of aH shipments of amines commensurate with the associated hazards. Amine shipments are regulated by the Coast Guard, the DOT, and the International Air Transport Association. AHphatic amines are stored satisfactorily ia carboa steel and stainless steel, but are corrosive to copper, alumiaum, ziac, and their aHoys. 

Transportation Department DOT Coast Guard Eederal Aviation Administration (EAA) highway, railroad, and maritime adininistration hazardous material shipping... 

Before the creation of the U.S. DOT in 1967, the now defunct ICC was authorized to prescribe rules and regulations for rad, tmck, and pipeline safety. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was responsible for air safety, and the U.S. Coast Guard for safety on the inland and coastal waterways. Upon estabHshment of DOT in 1967, the FAA and Coast Guard were transferred to the DOT, which assumed the safety functions the ICC formerly adrninistered. 

Hutchins and co-workers. Nitrate for Biorestoration of an Aquifer Contaminated with Jet Fuel, ReportforJune 1988—Sept. 1990, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in cooperation with Solar Universal Technologies, Inc., NSI Technology Services Corp., Traverse Group, Inc., and 9th Coast Guard District, 1991. 

Ethyl alcohol is a flammable Hquid requiring a red label by the DOT and Coast Guard shipping classifications its flash point is 14°C (Tag, closed cup). Vapor concentrations between 3.3 and 19.0% by volume in air are explosive. Liquid ethyl alcohol can react vigorously with oxidi2ing materials. Ethyl alcohol has found wide appHcation in industry, and experience shows that it is not a serious industrial poison (273—275). If proper ventilation of the work environment is maintained, there is Httle likelihood that inhalation of the vapor will be ha2ardous. 

Some catalysts exposed to air stripping off-gas were subject to deactivation. However, using a catalytic oxidizer at a U.S. Coast Guard faciUty (Traverse City, Mich.) for the destmction of benzene, toluene, and xylene stripped from the groundwater, the catalytic oxidization unit operated at 260 to 315°C, and was able to achieve 90% destmction efficiency (see Groundwatermonitoring). 

Portable tanks for regulated commodities in marine transportation must be designed and Built under Coast Guard regulations (see discussion under Pressure Vessels ). 

Pressure vessels carried aboard United States-registered ships must conform to rules of the U.S. Coast Guard. Subchapter F of Title 46, Code of Federal Regulat ions, covers marine engineering. Of this. Parts 50 through 61 and 98 include pressure vessels. Many of the rules are similar to those in the ASME Code, but there are differences. 

Data can also be gathered experimentally on the compatibility of materials. Incompatibility charts have been published by the U.S. Coast Guard (1994), ASTM (1980) as well as others. See Frurip (Frurip et ah, 1997) for a description of experimental tests and published compatibility charts. 

US Coast Guard, Compatibility Guide for Adjacent Loading of Bulk Liquid Cargoes (Final Report), Report No. USCG-D-156-75. 

US Coast Guard, Compatibility of Cargoes, published in 46 CFR Ch. 1 (10-1-93 ed.)—Part 150 with changes that appeared in the Federal Register dated April 11, 1994 as a Final Rule by Coast Guard (USCG-D-92-100) for Bulk Hazardous Materials. 

Chemical data content is current and generally accepted by science and health agencies such as EPA, OSHA, NIH, NOAA, U.S. Coast Guard, DOT, and others cost and timeliness of updates should be considered. 

Provides chemical information to assist response to emergencies involving spills of hazardous materials. Contains chemical, physical, and biological data, and specific response-oriented information (c.g., countermeasures). Developed by (he U.S. Coast Guard. 

Although there are many referenees on hazardous waste/materials eomplianee, we have ehosen to eoneentrate our efforts on information that has been presented in publie domain doeuments from the DOE, OSHA, National Institute for Oeeupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and the U.S. Environmental Proteetion Ageney (EPA). These doeuments have been summarized for readability. 

Occupational Safety and Health Guidance Manual for Hazardous Waste Site Activities. Prepared by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSHj, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), October 1985, pp. 3-1, 3-4. 

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