While Column 2 lists the proper shipping name of each
hazardous material in the HMT, there are some entries that
receive special consideration with regards to the proper
shipping names allowed and required to be used on package
marking and shipping paper descriptions. Select each of these
buttons to learn more about the exceptions that guide these
entries and view an example demonstrating that rule.
When a proper shipping name includes a concentration range,
the actual concentration, if it is within the range stated, may be
used in place of the concentration range. For example, an
aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide containing 30 percent
peroxide may be described as Hydrogen peroxide, aqueous
solution with not less than 20 percent but not more than 40
percent hydrogen peroxide or Hydrogen peroxide, aqueous
solution with 30 percent hydrogen peroxide.
- The use of the prefix “mono” is optional in any shipping name,
when appropriate. As an example: Iodine monochloride may
be used interchangeably with Iodine chloride; and Glycerol
alpha-monochlorohydrin may be used interchangeably with
Glycerol alpha-chlorohydrin since the term “mono” is
considered a prefix to the term “chlorohydrin” and may be
deleted.
- The word liquid or solid may be added to a proper shipping
name when a hazardous material specifically listed by name
may, due to differing physical states, be a liquid or a solid. An
example might be a material normally found in a dry, solid
state, but when mixed with a liquid, like water, would be
present in a liquid state. The example shown here are two
entries for Crotonic acid, one in a liquid state and the other in
a solid state.
- If the word waste is not included in the hazardous material
description in Column 2 of the Table, the proper shipping
name for a hazardous waste shall include the word Waste
preceding the proper shipping name of the material. An
example would be a container of Acetone that has been
contaminated with small quantities of another material. When
that container is marked and prepared for disposal, the
shipping paper entry would reflect Waste acetone and not
simply Acetone. The word “Waste” need not precede a
proper shipping name that already includes the word “Waste”.
- A mixture or solution not identified specifically by name,
comprised of a hazardous material identified in the Table by a
technical name and a non-hazardous material, shall be
described using the proper shipping name of the hazardous
material and the qualifying word mixture or solution, unless an
exception is met per the regulation. The example shown here is
for Acetone, a hazardous material, plus water, a nonhazardous
material. If the addition of the non-hazardous
product, water, does not change the hazard class or division or
the chemical properties of Acetone, the proper shipping name
becomes Acetone mixture or Acetone solution.
