U. S. Coast Guard

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. 

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. 

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). 

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. 

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. 

Sponsors U.S. Coast Guard and the Gas Research Institute. Reference Snirer T and J Havens, 1989. Cost Free. The source and executable versions of the code may be di d from... 

Schneider, A. 1999. Personal communication from Dr. Alan Schneider, U.S. Coast Guard, to S. S. Grossel (June 2, 1999). 

Originally the classification of materials was derived from tests of proprietary explosion-proof (flameproof) enclosures. There were no published criteria. Equipment was approved relative to the lowest ignition temperature of any material in the group (Magison 1987). In about 1965 the U.S. Coast Guard asked the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to form a panel to classify 200 materials of commerce. The Electrical Hazards Panel of the Committee on Hazardous Materials was formed by the NAS. The Panel studied many ways to estimate the hazard classification of materials. The Panel finally reported to die U.S. Coast Guard in 1970 that no workable, predicdve scheme could be defined, and it then proceeded to assign tentative classifications to the 200 materials. 

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