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The Hazardous Materials Table includes thousands of material names. Sometimes, the table lists numerous generic or n.o.s. (“not otherwise specified”) proper shipping names, many of which do not indicate the hazard present or the true nature of the material.
Shippers preparing a shipping paper need to take extra steps when preparing a shipping paper when using the generic or n.o.s. designation.
“G”-identified shipping names. If a shipping paper describes a material by one of the generic or n.o.s. proper shipping names identified by the letter “G” in Column (1) of the Hazardous Materials Table, the technical name(s) of the hazardous material(s) must be entered in parentheses in association with the basic description.
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Organix peroxides. For organic peroxides which may qualify for more than one generic listing, depending on the concentration, the shipper must include the actual concentration or the concentration range for the appropriate generic listing.
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Mixtures and/or solutions. For a hazardous material that is a mixture or solution of two or more hazardous materials, the technical names of at least two of the components most predominately contributing to the hazards of the mixture or solution must be shown.
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