Katherine Rooney, FLS

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TRAINRO/1-PPT/25

Dangerous Goods
Katherine Rooney, FLS

• First Training Course of Regional Officers
• (FLS and ATM Regional Officers)
• (Montreal, 16 27 November 2009)

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Dangerous goods questions

• Why are we here?
• Whos involved?
• What should you be looking for?
• Where do you find information?

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Some accidents and incidents

• Declared DG as cargo
• Undeclared DG as cargo
• COMAT (company material)
• Passengers
• Checked baggage
• Carry on baggage
• Suspected DG

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Declared DG (nitric acid) as cargo
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Declared DG (safety matches) as cargo
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Declared DG as cargo
Batteries were packaged together in same box.
Package caught fire in air cargo sort facility.
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Undeclared DG as cargo (laundry equipment)
Chemical reaction between sodium hydroxide and
hydrogen peroxide solution
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COMAT Valujet, 11 May 1996
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Passenger with hydrogen peroxide in checked
baggage
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Laptop with Lithium-ion battery in carry-on
baggage
Started burning in the overhead bin in the
passenger cabin. Fire extinguished on the ramp.
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Passenger with sulphuric acid in carry-on baggage
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Suspected DG
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Annex 18

• Foreword
• In order to assist in achieving compatibility
  with the regulations covering the transport of DG
  by other modes of transport, the provisions in
  this Annex are based on the Recommendations of
  the UN Committee of Experts on the Transport of
  Dangerous Goods and the Regulations for the Safe
  Transport of Radioactive Materials of the
  International Atomic Energy Agency

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International Transport of Dangerous Goods
ICAO
UN Recommendations
ICAO TI
State Variations
RID
ADNR
ADN
ADR
Operator variations
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DGP MEMBERSHIP
Bangkok APAC Office
Mexico NACC Office
Lima SAM Office
Nairobi ESAF Office
Cairo MID Office
Paris EUR/NAT Office
Dakar WACAF Office
AUS, China, Japan, NZ, Rep. of Korea
Brazil
Canada United States of America
BEL, FRA, GER, IT, NL, RU, SP, U.K.
United Arab Emirates
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Designation of national authority

• 2.7 National Authority
• Each Contracting State shall designate and
  specify to ICAO an appropriate authority within
  its administration to be responsible for ensuring
  compliance with this Annex

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As a minimum.

• Title (of person or position)
• Address
• Phone number
• Facsimile number
• E-mail address
• Website address (if applicable)

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In addition.

• ...contact information for other agencies
  responsible for specific classes (e.g.
  radioactive material, infectious substances) or
  for specific actions (e.g. issuance of approvals
  or exemptions) should be included

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What to look for.

• Training
• Accident and incident reporting
• Inspections
• Knowledge of approvals and exemptions

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Training

• Technical Instructions, Part 1 Chapter 4
• Content of training courses, including those for
  operators not carrying DG as cargo
• Initial and recurrent DG training programmes for
  operators must be subjected to review and
  approval by the appropriate authority of the
  State of the Operator

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DG accidents and incidents

• Notification of accidents
• Investigation of accidents
• Reporting of accidents
• DG incidents
• Undeclared or misdeclared DG in cargo
• TI Supplement, Part S-7, Chapter 4

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Inspections

• Organization and procedures
• Consignment inspection
• Export and import
• Operations manual
• Training
• Results
• Frequency of inspections
• TI Supplement, Part S-7, Chapter 5

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Approvals and exemptions

• Under normal conditions, the Technical
  Instructions are applicable
• Dangerous goods identified as forbidden under
  normal circumstances may be transported with the
  approval of the States of Origin and the Operator
  
• Only if a specific reference allowing the
  granting of an approval is provided

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Exemptions

• To enable transport when not permitted under
  normal circumstances or in conditions which are
  different to those prescribed in the Technical
  Instructions
• Larger quantities
• Different packaging
• Passenger aircraft only available

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May only be granted

• Extreme urgency
• Humanitarian relief
• National or international security
• Other forms of transport inappropriate
• Length of journey
• Infrastructure
• Routeing
• Contrary to public interest
• New technologies

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Where to find information

• www.icao.int/anb/FLS/DangerousGoods/
• Dangerous goods home
• Addenda/Corrigenda/Guidance material
• DGP
• Working papers
• Reports
• FLS/Dangerous goods
• Katherine Rooney
• Lynn McGuigan
• Fabiola Chouha

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A final why we are here
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The remains of the cylinder..