Loaded Car Inspection Criteria.
This includes, but is not
limited to, the following:
- Load must be properly blocked, braced, and shored in
accordance with Military Standard Transportation and
Movement Procedures (MILSTD) or other military service
drawings.
- Shipment must not contain any combination of explosives
or dangerous articles prohibited by Department of
Transportation (DOT) regulations from being loaded,
transported, or stored together.
- All items must be in good condition and marked
in
accordance with DOT and other applicable regulations.
- Placards must be properly placed.
PLACARD VEHICLES/RAILCARS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CFR 49 AND AR 55-355
Department of Transportation hazardous materials transportation
regulations in CFR 49 and Army Regulation 55-355 require that all
vehicles/railcars transporting hazardous materials must have placards
indicating the nature of their cargo. Every vehicle/railcar with any
quantity of a hazardous material must be placarded on each end and on
each side with the type of placards specified in the CFR 49 tables
reproduced in Figure 1-9.
The various hazardous materials placards
look like larger versions of the hazardous materials labels.
A vehicle/railcar carrying two or more classes of hazardous materials
requiring different placards specified in Figure 1-9, Table 2 may be
placarded DANGEROUS in place of the different placards.
However,
when 5,000 pounds or more of one class of hazardous material is
loaded in a vehicle/railcar, the vehicle/railcar must display the
appropriate placard for that hazardous material in addition to the
DANGEROUS placard.
This regulation does not apply to a portable
tank, cargo tank, or tank car. No placard is required on a vehicle
if it contains less than 1,000 pounds total of any of the materials
listed in Figure 1-9, Table 2.
If your unit is responsible for shipping hazardous materials, you
must provide the carrier with the appropriate hazardous materials
placards. If your unit is a motor or rail transportation unit, you
must obtain appropriate hazardous materials placards from the shipper
at the time the cargo is loaded. If hazardous material is shipped in
freight containers having a capacity of 640 cubic feet or greater,
each freight container must display the appropriate placard.
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