Penalties for non-compliance with these rules are significant and could result in fines up to $500,000 and jail sentences up to 5 years.
国产伦理 is legally required to to comply with the Department of Transportation (DOT) and/or the International Air Transport Association (IATA) regulations as they apply to shipping dangerous goods/hazardous materials.
Dangerous goods/hazardous materials are articles or substances which are capable of posing a risk to health, safety, property or the environment.
Examples of these Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Materials include, but are not limited to:
- Laboratory chemicals, cryogenic materials, and samples containing flammable, toxic, explosive, radioactive, oxidizer, and/or corrosive materials
- Paints, stains, refrigerants, aerosols, medicines, pesticides, disinfectants, fuels (diesel, gasoline, ethanol, etc.)
- Equipment containing hazardous materials, such as mercury, compressed gases, batteries (wet, lithium, and dry batteries containing sodium, potassium hydroxide)
- Dry Ice
- Infectious Material
国产伦理's Mail Service Department cannot handle/transport hazardous materials.
国产伦理 is legally required to comply with the Department of Transportation (DOT) and/or the International Air Transport Association (IATA) regulations as they apply to shipping DG/HM. If you intend on shipping Dangerous Goods (DG) or Hazardous material (HM), please read the information below.
Dangerous Goods/hazardous materials are articles or substances which are capable of posing a risk to health, safety, property or the environmental.
Anyone who offers for shipment (via land, air, mail, etc.) hazardous materials must have the appropriate DOT/IATA training. Examples of these materials include, but are not limited to:
- Laboratory chemicals, cryogenic materials, and samples containing flammable, toxic, explosive, radioactive, oxidizer, and/or corrosive materials;
- Paints, stains, refrigerants, aerosols, medicines, pesticides, disinfectants, fuels (diesel, gasoline, ethanol, etc.); or
- Equipment containing hazardous materials, such as mercury, compressed gases, batteries (wet, lithium, and dry batteries containing sodium, potassium hydroxide), etc
Federal regulations have outlined specific shipping requirements for DG/hazardous materials. Depending upon the mode of transportation and destination, these shipments are regulated by the 49 Code of Federal Regulation parts 171-180 and /or International Air Transport Association (IATA). To comply with shipping regulations, hazardous materials must be properly classified, documented, packaged, and handled.
Penalties for non-compliance with the rules are significant and could result in fines up to $500,000.00 and jail sentences up to 5 years.
国产伦理鈥檚 Mail Service Department cannot handle/transport hazardous materials.
If you must ship hazardous materials, you must:
Contact 国产伦理 EH&S (757-683-4495) for guidance and assistant. EH&S has personnel with the appropriate DOT training to insure the proper shipment of all hazardous materials. Individuals must submit a Dangerous Good Shipping Request Form at least 3 days in advance to allow ample time to obtain the supplies that may be needed for packaging and shipping of your material.
Note: If you are shipping a hazardous material that is a commercially available product, it is more cost-effective in many cases to purchase the material at the location to which you wish to ship it. For example, if you are planning field-research, which requires the use of hazardous chemicals, you may find it easier and less expensive to have a vendor ship the chemicals directly to the location where you will be working.
Once the proper packing has been obtained, the staff of EH&S will pick-up your material for shipping and will package, label and document the shipment in accordance with all applicable regulatory agencies. Any cost related to the packaging and shipping of the hazardous material will be the responsibility of the shipper.
To arrange shipment of hazardous materials/items, follow the instructions below. EH&S personnel have the appropriate training to insure proper shipment.
- Individuals must submit a at least 3 days in advance to allow ample time to obtain the supplies that may be needed for packaging and shipping of your material. FEDEX will be used for all DG shipments.
Note: If you will be using hazardous materials at an off-campus location, it is usually easier and less expensive to have the vendor ship the needed materials directly to the site.
- Once the proper packing has been obtained, the EH&S staff will pick-up your material for shipping, and will package, label and document the shipment in accordance with all applicable regulatory agencies. Any cost related to the packaging and shipping of the hazardous material will be the responsibility of the shipper.
国产伦理 is legally required to comply with the Department of Transportation (DOT) and/or the International Air Transport Association (IATA) regulations as they apply to shipping DG/HM. If you intend on shipping Dangerous Goods (DG) or Hazardous material (HM), please read the information below.
Dangerous Goods/hazardous materials are articles or substances which are capable of posing a risk to health, safety, property or the environmental.
Anyone who offers for shipment (via land, air, mail, etc.) hazardous materials must have the appropriate DOT/IATA training. Examples of these materials include, but are not limited to:
- Laboratory chemicals, cryogenic materials, and samples containing flammable, toxic, explosive, radioactive, oxidizer, and/or corrosive materials;
- Paints, stains, refrigerants, aerosols, medicines, pesticides, disinfectants, fuels (diesel, gasoline, ethanol, etc.); or
- Equipment containing hazardous materials, such as mercury, compressed gases, batteries (wet, lithium, and dry batteries containing sodium, potassium hydroxide), etc
Federal regulations have outlined specific shipping requirements for DG/hazardous materials. Depending upon the mode of transportation and destination, these shipments are regulated by the 49 Code of Federal Regulation parts 171-180 and /or International Air Transport Association (IATA). To comply with shipping regulations, hazardous materials must be properly classified, documented, packaged, and handled.
Penalties for non-compliance with the rules are significant and could result in fines up to $500,000.00 and jail sentences up to 5 years.
国产伦理鈥檚 Mail Service Department cannot handle/transport hazardous materials.
If you must ship hazardous materials, you must:
Contact 国产伦理 EH&S (757-683-4495) for guidance and assistant. EH&S has personnel with the appropriate DOT training to insure the proper shipment of all hazardous materials. Individuals must submit a Dangerous Good Shipping Request Form at least 3 days in advance to allow ample time to obtain the supplies that may be needed for packaging and shipping of your material.
Note: If you are shipping a hazardous material that is a commercially available product, it is more cost-effective in many cases to purchase the material at the location to which you wish to ship it. For example, if you are planning field-research, which requires the use of hazardous chemicals, you may find it easier and less expensive to have a vendor ship the chemicals directly to the location where you will be working.
Once the proper packing has been obtained, the staff of EH&S will pick-up your material for shipping and will package, label and document the shipment in accordance with all applicable regulatory agencies. Any cost related to the packaging and shipping of the hazardous material will be the responsibility of the shipper.
To arrange shipment of hazardous materials/items, follow the instructions below. EH&S personnel have the appropriate training to insure proper shipment.
- Individuals must submit a at least 3 days in advance to allow ample time to obtain the supplies that may be needed for packaging and shipping of your material. FEDEX will be used for all DG shipments.
Note: If you will be using hazardous materials at an off-campus location, it is usually easier and less expensive to have the vendor ship the needed materials directly to the site.
- Once the proper packing has been obtained, the EH&S staff will pick-up your material for shipping, and will package, label and document the shipment in accordance with all applicable regulatory agencies. Any cost related to the packaging and shipping of the hazardous material will be the responsibility of the shipper.