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Hazardous Materials…

HAZMATQuestionsAnswered ONLINE!

it’s a complicated business, working with hazardous materials

(HAZMAT).

Handling, packaging, storing and transporting HAZMAT raise all kinds of thorny questions.

FOReXample…

do you know which documents

to use when shipping?

Do you under-stand packaging requirements?

How do national and international laws relate

to DoD regulations?

Do you know how to get a copy of a

Department of Transportation (DoT) Special

Permit, a Competent Authority Approval (CAA), or a

Certificate of Equivalency

(COE)?

And how about HAZMAT training? What training and

certification do you need and where do

you get it?

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•  Go to the PSCC home page:https://www.logsa.army.mil/pscc/PSCC_WebDev/PSCC/psccindex.htm

•  Click on HAZMAT.•   On the next web page, in the left-hand banner, click on

HAZMAT Question? It’ll take you to an online form that lets you submit questions. Fill out the form, including name, command/activity, mailing address, DSN and commercial phone numbers, email address and your question. Then click the target icon to submit it.

The PSCC Packaging & Transportation (P&T) Division team will research your question and answer it by email. You can also go directly to the HAZMAT Question form with this url:

https://www.logsa.army.mil/pscc/PSCC_WebDev/P&T/HAZMAT/hazmatquestions.htm

Or you can phone DSN 795-7070/7144/ 7685, (570) 615-7070/7144/7685.

As Long As You’re Online And while you’re on the PSCC website, you’ll benefit by looking at a few other web pages: From the home page, click on HAZMAT. The next web page discusses PSCC’s role in HAZMAT:

•  packaging and policy•  transport and storage•  marking, labeling and

placarding •  certification•  training•  on-site guidance and

more In the left-hand banner of the page, you’ll find links to:

•  DoT-E, CAA & COE•  Training•  HAZMAT Regulations•  FAQs

Explore these pages and expand your HAZMAT education.Material Safety Data Sheets

Need material safety data sheets (MSDS)? From the PSCC home page, click on HMIRS. The link takes you to a page that discusses the DoD Hazardous Materials Information Resource System (HMIRS). In the fourth paragraph, click on this web site. You’ll go to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) HMIRS website, where you’ll find MSDS. Of course, you can go directly to DLA HMIRS with this url:

http://www.dlis.dla.mil/hmirs/

Find out what training you need

PSCC answers HAZMAT questions online

Go to the HMIRS website… …to get material safety data sheets

You need people you can trust to give you

straight answers.

You’ll find them at the

USAMC LOGSA Packaging,

Storage and Containerization Center (PSCC)

They’re the HAZMAT experts. They’ll research and answer your

questions.

Here’s how to get

answers…

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