Section 9: Hazardous Materials - CDL Study

Hazardous Page 9-1 Section 9: Hazardous Materials Hazardous Materials are products that pose a risk to health, safety, and property during transportation. The term often is shortened to HAZMAT, which you may see on road signs, or to HM in government regulations. Hazardous Materials include explosives, various types of gas, solids, flammable and combustible liquid, and other Materials . Because of the risks involved and the potential consequences these risks impose, the handling of Hazardous Materials is very heavily regulated by all levels of government.

•= Section 172.101, the Hazardous Materials Table. •= Appendix A to Section 172.101, the List of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities. •= Appendix B to Section 172.101, the List of Marine Pollutants. The Hazardous Materials Table. Figure 9-4 shows part of the Hazardous Materials Table. Column 1 tells which shipping mode(s) the

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