Cargo Tanks Portable Tanks DOT Requirements

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Cargo TanksPortable Tanks DOT Requirements
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Hazmat Employers/Employees

• Employers who use one or more employees in
  connection with
• transporting hazardous materials in commerce
• causing hazardous materials to be transported or
  shipped in commerce

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Hazmat Employers/Employees

• Includes owner-operators who transport hazardous
  materials
• Refers to those who
• represent, mark, certify, sell, offer,
  recondition, test, repair, or modify containers
  as qualified for use in the transportation of
  hazardous materials

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Hazmat Employers/Employees

• Employees who are employed by a Hazmat employer
  who directly affects hazardous material safety
• Includes owner-operators who transport hazardous
  materials

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Hazmat Employers/Employees

• Refers to those who
• load, unload, or handle hazardous materials
• test, recondition, repair, modify, mark, or
  represent containers, drums, or packagings
• prepare hazardous materials for transportation

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Hazmat Employers/Employees

• Refers to those who
• are responsible for safely transporting hazardous
  materials
• operate a vehicle used to transport hazardous
  materials

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Regulations

• 49 CFR Part 390 through 397
• 49 CFR Part 177.800
• 49 CFR Part 177.816(b)
• 49 CFR Part 177.823
• 49 CFR Part 177.834
• 49 CFR Part 180.417

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Properties and hazards of transported materials

• Regulations make a variety of distinctions
  between classes of materials and mixing of loads
• 49 CFR 177.834 through .836
• 49 CFR 177.838 through .844
• 49 CFR 177.848

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Job titles functions using cargo/portable tanks

• Each person who operates a cargo tank or a
  vehicle with a portable tank with a capacity of
  1,000 gallons or more must
• receive required training
• have the appropriate state-issued commercial
  drivers license

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Driver training

• Pre-trip inspections
• Use of vehicle controls and equipment
• Vehicle operation
• Vehicle characteristics that affect stability

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Driver training

• Procedures for maneuvering tunnels, bridges, RR
  crossings
• Vehicle attendance, parking, smoking, routing,
  incident reporting
• No unnecessary delays in shipment

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Emergency situations

• Vehicles may be moved only if
• escorted by a representative of a state/local
  government
• the carrier has permission from DOT
• moving the vehicle is necessary to protect life
  or property

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Emergency situations

• Leaking vehicles must be removed from traveled
  portions of highways

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Emergency situations

• Safely dispose of leaking material to keep it
  from spreading
• Trenches
• Catching the liquid in containers
• Diverting the liquid away from streams/sewers

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Vehicle handling procedures

• Characteristics that can affect vehicle
  stability
• High center of gravity
• Fluids subject to surge
• Effects of surging on braking

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Vehicle handling procedures

• Characteristics that can affect vehicle
  stability
• Stability differences among baffled, unbaffled,
  multi-compartment tanks
• Effects of partial loads on stability

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Loading/unloading procedures

• Segregation tables of hazardous materials 49 CFR
  Part 177.848
• Loading and unloading, general requirements 49
  CFR Part 177.834

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Loading/unloading procedures

• Qualified person must be attending tank during
  loading/unloading
• Be aware of the nature of the hazardous material

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Loading/unloading procedures

• Know what to do in case of emergency
• Be authorized to move the cargo tank

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Testing and inspection requirements

• Who is qualified to be an inspector?
• The items included in the inspection
• How to read the inspection report

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Testing and inspection requirements

• The time intervals between tests
• The conditions for removing equipment from
  service
• The conditions for returning equipment to service

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