APPENDIXES are not testable content, but to provide you with additional information only.

In Transporting Pesticides, we reviewed some of the regulations involving transportation of pesticides. This appendix supplies some added
information to that chapter, especially as it pertains to transporting hazardous materials. Still, the regulations are complex and massive so even the added material here only adds up to a brief overview of the rules you must follow. When in doubt, consult experts in the law or the rules themselves.

Hazardous Material Training

The following is a summary of the requirements that go into a hazardous materials training program, which must be implemented when your company is involved in transporting hazardous materials.

• General awareness and familiarization training: This training is to raise your awareness about the rule and your ability to recognize hazards in the workplace.
• Function‑specific training: This training is to teach the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities for each individual’s job function.
• Safety training: Safety training provides information concerning the hazards posed by materials in the workplace, conditions under which accidents are likely to occur, personal protection measures, how to use emergency response information, and any remedial actions necessary after a release occurs.
• Driver training: Drivers who transport hazardous materials must be given training on the safe operation of the motor vehicle which they operate. With the exception of cargo and portable tank operations, attending an official over‑the‑road skill test is not necessary, but employers must be able to document the employee’s driving skills.

The hazardous materials training requirements are broad and objective. In fact, training that employers provide under the HCS (discussed in the chapter “Employee Training”) and CDL could satisfy, either wholly or in part, the training requirements under this rule. For example, if general awareness, function‑specific, and safety training are included in your HCS training program, it is not necessary to provide duplicative training in these areas. Likewise, a person holding a CDL with a hazardous materials endorsement may satisfy the driver training requirement of this rule. However, you must conform to the frequency of training and recordkeeping requirements specified under hazardous material training program.

Emergency Response Information

Here we give some description of what information you need to supply for your emergency response information plan:

• An emergency response phone number, to be included on shipping papers, gives responders immediate access to emergency response information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This number can be that of CHEMTREC (1‑800‑424‑9300) or similar services that provide emergency response information. Before listing such a number on shipping papers, your employer must register with that service provider to make sure they are willing to accept the responsibility of providing the necessary emergency response information for the hazardous materials you intend to transport.
• Emergency response information must provide a description for each hazardous material, the immediate hazards to health, the immediate method for handling spills and fires, and first aid measures. An Emergency Response Guide cross references a chemical’s shipping name with emergency response information. Alternatively, you may use the product’s Material Safety Data Sheet provided the MSDS contains all of the required information.

Shipping Papers

The following is some more information about shipping papers:

• Correctly describe the material by its proper shipping name (i.e., the DOT’s legal description for that material),
• Be clearly identified from other shipping papers that you may have, and
• Be within reach of the driver, preferably located on the driver’s door.

More Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Requirements

Drivers must be at least 18 years of age and have a good driving record for the past 2 years. To drive a commercial motor vehicle across state lines, you must be at least 21 years old and meet federal medical standards. The standards require that you have a physical examination, including a vision test, every 2 years.

Employers are to provide the necessary training to their employees. The CDL ensures that drivers have met specific knowledge and skill (road) tests. All drivers must successfully complete a written examination on their general knowledge of safe driving practices. Special endorsements are required for specific types of operation. For example, drivers transporting hazardous materials in amounts which require placarding need a hazardous materials endorsement on their CDL. To obtain this endorsement, you must pass a separate written test about transporting hazardous
materials. The skills test includes a pretrip inspection and a road test in the kind of vehicle you plan to operate.

Farm Service CDL

A Farm Service CDL allows seasonal employees of the farm service industry (e.g., farm retail outlets, agrichemical businesses, custom harvestors) to operate certain classes of commercial motor vehicles. The specifics of this restricted CDL are as follows:

• Valid for no more than 180 days,
• Operate only within 150 miles of place of work, and
• Does not permit transporting hazardous materials in amounts that require placarding except for the following hazardous materials (but not in combination or at the same time): 1) liquid fertilizer in vehicles or implements of husbandry with total capacities of 3,000 gallons or less, 2) solid fertilizers that are not transported with any organic substance, or 3) 1,000 gallons or less of diesel fuel.

Hours of Service Restrictions

To help ensure that drivers of commercial motor vehicles (includes not only those vehicles described earlier with regard to CDL requirements but also any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more) do not drive when over tired, the DOT has placed limits on how many hours someone can drive.

More Information

We noted in a gray box in Chapter 13 agencies to contact for more information about transportation regulations. We repeat that information here along with the website address for the Federal Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/) where you can find more information as well.

For more information on hazardous material training, call the Federal Highway Administration Office in Madison. For more information on placarding and shipping paper requirements, contact your nearest state patrol district headquarters. For more information on CDL requirements, contact your Department of Motor Vehicles district headquarters or call the CDL hotline.