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42 Spray December 2016 Steven Charles Hunt President, ShipMate, Inc. From here to there: Topics in Transportation IATA Proposes New Changes The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has incorporated a number of changes into its 58th Edition of the Dangerous Goods Regulations (IATA DGR). This edition will become effective on Jan. 1, 2017. There is also a two-year transition period, until Dec. 31, 2018, for the new lithium battery mark. Following are synopses of the significant changes and amendments to the 58th Edition, grouped by topic: 1 – Applicability Section 1.4 – Operator Responsibilities. The requirements of Section 1.4.3 have been completely revised to allow for operators to develop a performance-based notification system to advise passengers that reflect the operator’s own capabilities and operations. The details of this notification system must be documented in the operator’s operations or other applicable manual. Section 1.6 – Adequate Instruction. A new paragraph has been added that outlines the requirements for shippers of Section II lithium batteries to meet the conditions for “adequate instruction” of employees who are responsible for the preparation of packages of lithium batteries offered for air transport. 2 – Limitations Section 2.6 – Dangerous Goods in Excepted Quantities. The packing provisions have been revised to allow for the absorbent material to be either in the intermediate packaging or the outer packaging for liquid dangerous goods. Section 2.8 – Operator Variations. There are a number of additions, deletions and amendments to variations submitted by operators. 3 – Classification Section 3.0.1.5 – A new paragraph has been added to set out the provisions for where a shipper identifies, by testing, that a listed substance has a subsidiary hazard not identified in the list of dangerous goods. The new provision identifies that the shipper must, with the approval of the appropriate national authority, either use a “n.o.s.” (not otherwise specified) entry or ship the substance under the listed entry with the addition of the subsidiary hazard. Sections 3.2.6, 3.3.6, 3.6.1.9 and 3.8.4 – New provisions have been added to address substances in Class 2, Class 3, Division 6.1 and Class 8, respectively, that may polymerize during normal conditions of transport. Section 3.4.1.4 – Provisions have been added for the classification of polymerizing substances. The provisions are analogous to those for selfreactive substances. 4 – Identification 4.2 – List of Dangerous Goods. Amendments to the List of Dangerous Goods include: • revision to a number of the entries for aerosols to consolidate all aerosols into packing instructions 203 and Y203; • addition of special provision A209 against entries with “stabilized” in the proper shipping name; • all entries of “engines” have been deleted from UN 3166. UN 3166 in Class 9 now only applies to the proper shipping names for “vehicles.” Engines are now assigned to UN 3528 – UN 3530 in Division 2.1, Class 3 or Class 9, based on the classification of the fuel that powers the engine. Also assigned to UN 3528 – UN 3530 are proper shipping names for “machines,” which are also based on the classification of the fuel used to power the machines; • UN 3480, Lithium ion batteries has been amended to show “forbidden” across columns I/J to identify that these batteries are now restricted to Cargo Aircraft Only. This change became effective April 1, 2016 through an addendum to the 57th edition of the DGR. There is no change to the entries for UN 3481, lithium ion batteries packed with equipment or lithium ion batteries contained in equipment; • all entries for lithium batteries, UN 3090, UN 3091, UN 3480 and UN 3481 have been revised to identify that the hazard label has changed to now be the lithium battery Class 9 label. A new Special Provision A206 has also been assigned to reinforce this new requirement; and, • four new entries, UN 3531–UN 3534 have been added for polymerizing substances. 4.4 – Special Provisions. Special Provisions that have changed include: • A21 and A134 – Have been revised to address the changes to UN 3166 and the new entries for engines and machinery; • A88 – Which applies to prototype or small production run lithium cells and batteries has been revised to now refer to PI 910 in the Supplement to the ICAO Technical Instructions; • A104 – Which was assigned to UN 1230, Methanol, and which allowed packages containing methanol to not bear a Toxic hazard label, been deleted. All packages containing methanol must now bear a Division 6.1 hazard label in addition to the Class 3 label; • A112 – Has been revised to identify that ID 8000, Consumer commodity can now also include aviation regulated substances, UN 3334 and UN 3335; and • A181 – Has been revised to more clearly describe the requirements for packages that contain both lithium batteries packed with equipment and lithium batteries contained in equipment. • A331 – Is a new special provision assigned against UN 3480, Lithium ion batteries to identify the possible requirements for a shipper to meet to obtain an approval to ship lithium ion batteries at a state of charge in excess of 30% of the rated capacity of the battery. 5 – Packing Section 5.0.1.3 – Dangerous goods in unit load devices and freight containers. The provisions have been revised to allow for unit load devices


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