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Hazardous Materials
- Click here for a fillable Young Brothers Hazardous Materials Shipping Certification form.
- Click here for instructions on how to complete the Young Brothers Hazardous Materials Shipping Certification.
- Click here to be redirected to 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 100-185 (49 CFR 100-185).
- Click here to be redirected to 49 CFR 172.101, which contains the complete Hazardous Materials Table.
The United States Department of Transportation regulates the transportation of hazardous materials under Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 100 to 185 (49 CFR 100-185). Hazardous materials are such items as explosives, compressed gases, flammable or combustible liquids of all kinds, flammable solids, oxidizers, poisons, radioactive materials and corrosive materials.
These federal regulations hold the shipper (customer) responsible for the correct documentation, packaging, labeling, placarding, and marking of the hazardous cargo. Federal regulations require Young Brothers to screen shipments of hazardous materials for compliance with federal regulations.
To find out if a product is regulated as a hazardous material, look at the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for the product under the section titled "Transportation Information." (You can get an MSDS from the product's manufacturer, wholesaler or distributor.)
Listed below are specific examples of these products. While these are the most common hazardous material products there are still many others not included on this list.
Examples of Hazardous Materials (This list is not comprehensive. Please check 49 CFR Table 172.101, Appendix A and Appendix B):
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- fireworks
- oxygen
- hazardous waste
- explosives
- ammonium nitrate
- automobiles
- ammunition
- paint
- epoxy products
- acetylene
- solvents
- poisons
- propane
- pesticides
- swimming pool treatment chemicals
- nitrogen
- herbicides
- any product under pressure
- Vikane
- x-ray equipment
- motorcycles
- gasoline
- acids
- some fertilizers
- diesel
- batteries
- road flares
- charcoal
- PCBs
- hot asphalt
To ship a hazardous material with Young Brothers, the customer must fill out a Young Brothers Hazardous Materials Shipping Certification (along with the standard Young Brothers Bill of Lading required for non-containerized LCL cargo). This form is also available from the Customer Service Department in Honolulu, or from your local YB office on the neighbor islands. Information for filling out the YB Hazardous Materials Shipping Certification can be found on the MSDS, section titled "Transportation Information." Please make sure you and your agents are properly trained in accordance with 49 CFR 172.700 and can perform functions as described in 49 CFR Parts 172 for Shipping Papers, Marking, Labeling, and Placarding, and Part 173 for Packaging of hazmat cargo tendered to YB.
Young Brothers will be required to reject any incorrect or incomplete shipping paper and accompanying cargo. We provide basic instructions on how to complete the Hazardous Materials Shipping Certification, but it is the shipper's responsibility alone to make sure that the form and hazardous materials cargo tendered to Young Brothers is in compliance with 49 CFR 100-185.
Hazardous Waste
Hazardous Waste is one specific type of hazardous material. When shipping hazardous waste, a customer must furnish a completed "Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest" along with the Young Brothers Hazardous Materials Shipping Certification, and Bill of Lading. Please include Young Brothers' EPA identification number (HIR000060046), along with the customer's own EPA identification number, on the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest.
Non-Hazardous Waste
Used oil is not considered a "hazardous material," but its transportation is regulated by the State of Hawaii, Department of Health. Therefore, all used oil shipments must be accompanied by a "Non-Hazardous Waste Manifest", along with a Young Brothers Bill of Lading. Customers must include the following information on both the Non-Hazardous Waste Manifest, as well as on the Bill of Lading:
1) YB's EPA ID number (HIR000060046)
2) YB's Used Oil Permit number (UO-013-11); and
3) Customer's own EPA ID number.
For further information
If you need further assistance, please call your local Young Brothers office.