Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

21.  For Schedule 7, there shall be substituted the following Schedule—

Regulation 18

“SCHEDULE 7 Requirements for the Loading, Stowage, Unloading and Cleaning of Large Containers and Wagons Carrying Certain Dangerous Goods

Part I Packages

General requirements

1.— (1) Packages labelled as containing dangerous goods may be loaded—

(a) in unsheeted, open large containers;

(b) in sheeted, open large containers;

(c) in closed large containers;

(d) in unsheeted, open wagons;

(e) in sheeted, open wagons; or

(f) in closed wagons.

(2) Packages labelled as containing dangerous goods whose packagings are made of materials sensitive to moisture shall be loaded in sheeted, open large containers, sheeted, open wagons, closed large containers or closed wagons.

(3) Packages labelled as containing dangerous goods shall be protected against damage that may be caused by other packages.

(4) Packages labelled as containing dangerous goods shall be loaded into large containers or wagons so that they cannot shift dangerously, tip over or fall.

(5) Packages labelled as containing dangerous goods shall not be thrown or subjected to impact.

(6) Packages labelled as containing dangerous goods with a classification code of 4.1 (other than SELF-REACTIVE SUBSTANCES), 4.2, 4.3, 6.2 or 9 shall be loaded in sheeted, open large containers, sheeted, open wagons, closed wagons or closed large containers.

(7) Packages labelled as containing SELF-REACTIVE SUBSTANCES or dangerous goods with a classification code of 5.2 shall be loaded in closed large containers or closed wagons with adequate ventilation.

Gases: compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure (classification code 2)

2.— (1) Receptacles labelled as containing GASES: COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR DISSOLVED UNDER PRESSURE shall be stowed in large containers or wagons in compliance with the following requirements—

(a) cylinders with a capacity not exceeding 150 litres shall be laid parallel to or at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the large container or wagon, except that those situated near the end walls shall be laid at right angles to the said axis;

(b) short cylinders of diameter 30 centimetres or over may be stowed longitudinally with their valve protective devices directed towards the middle of the large container or wagon;

(c) cylinders which are sufficiently stable or which are carried in suitable devices which prevent them from overturning may be placed upright;

(d) cylinders which are laid flat shall be so wedged, made fast or otherwise suitably and securely fixed that they cannot shift;

(e) receptacles labelled as containing refrigerated liquefied gases shall always be placed in the position for which they were designed and protected against any possibility of being damaged by other packages; and

(f) receptacles designed to be rolled shall be laid with their longitudinal axis parallel to that of the large container or wagon and shall be secured against any lateral movement.

(2) Where pallets loaded with—

(a) UN 1590 AEROSOLS, made of metal; or

(b) UN 2037 RECEPTACLES, SMALL, CONTAINING GAS (GAS CARTRIDGES),

(grouped together in units on trays and sealed with a suitable plastic wrapping) are stacked, each tier of pallets shall be evenly distributed over the lower tier, if necessary by the interposition of a material of adequate strength.

Flammable solids (classification code 4.1)

3.— (1) Packages labelled as containing any of the following goods shall be loaded in large containers or wagons which are closely and adequately ventilated—

• UN 3221 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE B

• UN 3222 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE B

• UN 3223 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE C

• UN 3224 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE C

• UN 3225 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE D

• UN 3226 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE D

• UN 3227 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE E

• UN 3228 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE E

• UN 3229 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE F

• UN 3230 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE F.

(2) Large containers and wagons shall be thoroughly cleaned before they are loaded with packages labelled as containing FLAMMABLE SOLIDS.

(3) Packages labelled as containing FLAMMABLE SOLIDS, other than those listed in sub-paragraph (1) shall be loaded in—

(a) sheeted, open large containers;

(b) sheeted, open wagons;

(c) closed large containers; or

(d) closed wagons.

(4) Packages labelled as containing FLAMMABLE SOLIDS and displaying the subsidiary hazard sign “liable to explosion” shall be loaded so that a free circulation of air within the loading space provides a uniform temperature for the load.

(5) Where the contents of a large container or wagon exceed 5000 kg of packages labelled as containing FLAMMABLE SOLIDS and the packages display the subsidiary hazard sign “liable to explosion”, the load shall be divided into stacks of not more than 5000 kg separated by air spaces of at least 0·05m.

(6) Sub-paragraphs (7) and (8) shall only apply to wagons constructed after 31st December 1996.

(7) Packages labelled as containing FLAMMABLE SOLIDS and displaying the subsidiary hazard sign “liable to explosion”, whether or not loaded in large containers, shall only be carried in wagons which have been fitted with regulation sheet steel spark-guards.

(8) The regulation sheet steel spark-guards referred to in sub-paragraph (7) shall not be fixed directly to the floor of the wagon concerned where that floor is combustible.

Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases (classification code 4.3)

4.   Where packages, labelled as containing substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases, are being carried in a large container or wagon, measures shall be taken to ensure that those packages do not come into contact with water.

Oxidizing substances (classification code 5.1)

5.— (1) Large containers and wagons shall be thoroughly cleaned and in particular be free of any combustible debris before they are loaded with packages labelled as containing OXIDIZING SUBSTANCES.

(2) The use of straw or any other readily combustible material for stowing packages labelled as containing OXIDIZING SUBSTANCES is prohibited.

(3) Where flexible intermediate bulk containers are used for the carriage of any of the following goods—

• UN 1442 AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE

• UN 1450 BROMATES, INORGANIC, N.O.S. of packing group II

• UN 1452 CALCIUM CHLORATE

• UN 1455 CALCIUM PERCHLORATE

• UN 1458 CHLORATE AND BORATE MIXTURES

• UN 1459 CHLORATE AND MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE MIXTURE

• UN 1461 CHLORATES, INORGANIC, N.O.S.

• UN 1473 MAGNESIUM BROMATE

• UN 1475 MAGNESIUM PERCHLORATE

• UN 1481 PERCHLORATES, INORGANIC, N.O.S.

• UN 1484 POTASSIUM BROMATE

• UN 1485 POTASSIUM CHLORATE

• UN 1489 POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE

• UN 1494 SODIUM BROMATE

• UN 1495 SODIUM CHLORATE

• UN 1502 SODIUM PERCHLORATE

• UN 1506 STRONTIUM CHLORATE

• UN 1508 STRONTIUM PERCHLORATE

• UN 1513 ZINC CHLORATE

• UN 2427 POTASSIUM CHLORATE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION

• UN 2428 SODIUM CHLORATE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION

• UN 2429 CALCIUM CHLORATE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION

• UN 2721 COPPER CHLORATE

• UN 2723 MAGNESIUM CHLORATE

• UN 3210 CHLORATES, INORGANIC, AQUEOUS SOLUTION, N.O.S.

• UN 3211 PERCHLORATES, INORGANIC, AQUEOUS SOLUTION, N.O.S.

• UN 3213 BROMATES, INORGANIC, AQUEOUS SOLUTION, N.O.S. of packing group II,

(a) they shall be carried in—

(i) a closed large container,

(ii) an open large container covered with an impermeable and non-combustible sheet,

(iii) a closed wagon,

(iv) a moveable-roof wagon, or

(v) an open wagon covered with an impermeable and non-combustible sheet; and

(b) measures shall be taken to ensure that the goods cannot, in the event of a leak, come into contact with wood or any other combustible material.

(4) Composite intermediate bulk containers containing any of the following goods, where those goods are in solid form, shall be carried in a closed wagon or a closed large container—

• UN 1479 OXIDIZING SOLID, N.O.S. of packing group I

• UN 1491 POTASSIUM PEROXIDE

• UN 1504 SODIUM PEROXIDE

• UN 2466 POTASSIUM SUPEROXIDE

• UN 2547 SODIUM SUPEROXIDE.

Organic peroxides (classification code 5.2)

6.— (1) Large containers and wagons shall be thoroughly cleaned before they are loaded with packages labelled as containing ORGANIC PEROXIDES.

(2) Packages labelled as containing ORGANIC PEROXIDES shall be so loaded that a free circulation of air within the loading space ensures the uniform temperature of the load.

(3) Where the contents of a large container or wagon exceed 5000 kg of packages labelled as containing ORGANIC PEROXIDES, the load shall be divided into stacks of not more than 5000 kg separated by air spaces of at least 0·05 m.

(4) The use of readily combustible material for stowing packages labelled as containing ORGANIC PEROXIDES in wagons or large containers is prohibited.

(5) Sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) shall only apply to wagons constructed after 31st December 1996.

(6) Packages labelled as containing ORGANIC PEROXIDES and displaying the subsidiary hazard sign “liable to explosion”, whether or not loaded in large containers, shall only be carried in wagons which have been fitted with regulation sheet steel spark-guards.

(7) The regulation sheet steel spark-guards referred to in sub-paragraph (6) shall not be fixed directly to the floor of the wagon concerned where that floor is combustible.

Toxic substances (classification code 6.1)

7.— (1) Composite or wooden intermediate bulk containers containing any of the following goods, where those goods are in solid form and of packing group I, shall be carried in a closed wagon or a closed large container—

• UN 1544 ALKALOIDS, SOLID, N.O.S., or ALKALOID SALTS, SOLID, N.O.S.

• UN 1557 ARSENIC COMPOUND, SOLID, N.O.S.

• UN 1570 BRUCINE

• UN 1601 DISINFECTANT, SOLID, TOXIC, N.O.S.

• UN 1655 NICOTINE COMPOUND, SOLID, N.O.S. or NICOTINE PREPARATION, SOLID, N.O.S.

• UN 1692 STRYCHNINE or STRYCHNINE SALTS

• UN 1693 TEAR GAS SUBSTANCE, SOLID, N.O.S.

• UN 1699 DIPHENYLCHLOROARSINE

• UN 2025 MERCURY COMPOUND, SOLID, N.O.S.

• UN 2026 PHENYLMERCURIC COMPOUND, N.O.S.

• UN 2570 CADMIUM COMPOUND

• UN 2630 SELENATES or SELENITES

• UN 2811 TOXIC SOLID, ORGANIC, N.O.S.

• UN 3143 DYE, SOLID, TOXIC, N.O.S.

• UN 3146 ORGANOTIN COMPOUND, SOLID, N.O.S.

• UN 3172 TOXINS EXTRACTED FROM LIVING SOURCES, N.O.S.

• UN 3276 NITRILES, TOXIC, N.O.S.

• UN 3278 ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND, TOXIC, N.O.S.

• UN 3280 ORGANIC ARSENIC COMPOUND, N.O.S.

• UN 3281 METAL CARBONYLS, N.O.S.

• UN 3282 ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND, TOXIC, N.O.S.

• UN 3283 SELENIUM COMPOUND, N.O.S.

• UN 3288 TOXIC SOLID, INORGANIC, N.O.S.

• Halogenated substances, with a flashpoint above 61°C, with the exception of UN 1694 BROMOBENZYL CYANIDES

• Inorganic cyanides

• Pesticides, solid, toxic.

(2) Composite intermediate bulk containers containing the goods UN 2930 TOXIC SOLID, FLAMMABLE, ORGANIC, N.O.S. of packing group I shall be carried in a closed wagon or a closed large container.

Infectious substances (classification code 6.2)

8.   Packages labelled as containing INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES shall be stowed in such a way as to be easily accessible.

Corrosive substances (classification code 8)

9.— (1) Large containers and wagons shall be thoroughly cleaned and in particular be free of all combustible debris before they are loaded with packages labelled as containing any of the following goods—

• UN 1796 NITRATING ACID MIXTURE with more than 50% nitric acid

• UN 1802 PERCHLORIC ACID

• UN 1826 NITRATING ACID MIXTURE, SPENT with more than 50% nitric acid

• UN 2032 NITRIC ACID, RED FUMING

• UN 3084 CORROSIVE SOLID, OXIDIZING, N.O.S.

• UN 3093 CORROSIVE LIQUID, OXIDIZING, N.O.S.

(2) The use of combustible materials for stowing packages labelled as containing any of the goods listed in sub-paragraph (1) is prohibited.

(3) Composite or wooden intermediate bulk containers containing any of the following goods, where those goods are in solid form and of packing group I, shall be carried in a closed wagon or a closed large container—

• UN 1759 CORROSIVE SOLID, N.O.S.

• UN 1905 SELENIC ACID

• UN 2430 ALKYLPHENOLS, SOLID, N.O.S.

• UN 2923 CORROSIVE SOLID, TOXIC, N.O.S.

• UN 3259 AMINES, SOLID, CORROSIVE, N.O.S. or POLYAMINES, SOLID, CORROSIVE, N.O.S.

• UN 3260 CORROSIVE SOLID, ACIDIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.

• UN 3261 CORROSIVE SOLID, ACIDIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.

• UN 3262 CORROSIVE SOLID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.

• UN 3263 CORROSIVE SOLID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.

(4) Composite intermediate bulk containers containing the goods UN 2921 CORROSIVE SOLIDS, FLAMMABLE, N.O.S. of packing group I shall be carried in a closed wagon or a closed large container.

Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles (classification code 9)

10.   Packages labelled as containing the goods UN 3245 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICRO-ORGANISMS shall be stowed in such a way as to be readily accessible.

Part II Empty, Uncleaned Packagings

Flammable solids (classification code 4.1)

11.— (1) Empty, uncleaned packagings (including intermediate bulk containers), which contain the residues of any of the following goods shall not be accepted for carriage unless those residues are so packed that the content of water or other phlegmatizers added to render them inert cannot diminish—

• UN 0154 TRINITROPHENOL (PICRIC ACID), wetted with not less than 10% (mass) water

• UN 0155 TRINITROCHLOROBENZENE (PICRYL CHLORIDE), wetted with not less than 10% (mass) water

• UN 0209 TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT), wetted with not less than 10% (mass) water

• UN 0214 TRINITROBENZENE, wetted with not less than 10% (mass) water

• UN 0215 TRINITROBENZOIC ACID, wetted with not less than 30% (mass) water

• UN 0220 UREA NITRATE, wetted with not less than 10% (mass) water

• UN 0234 SODIUM DINITRO-o-CRESOLATE, wetted with not less than 10% (mass) water

• UN 1310 AMMONIUM PICRATE, WETTED with not less than 10% (mass) water

• UN 1320 DINITROPHENOL, WETTED with not less than 15% (mass) water

• UN 1321 DINITROPHENOLATES, WETTED with not less than 15% (mass) water

• UN 1322 DINITRORESORCINOL, WETTED with not less than 15% (mass) water

• UN 1326 HAFNIUM POWDER, WETTED with not less than 25% (mass) water

• UN 1336 NITROGUANIDINE (PICRITE) WETTED with not less than 20% (mass) water

• UN 1337 NITROSTARCH, WETTED with not less than 20% (mass) water

• UN 1344 TRINITROPHENOL, WETTED with not less than 30% (mass) water

• UN 1347 SILVER PICRATE, WETTED with not less than 30% (mass) water

• UN 1348 SODIUM DINITRO-o-CRESOLATE, WETTED with not less than 15% (mass) water

• UN 1349 SODIUM PICRAMATE, WETTED with not less than 20% (mass) water

• UN 1352 TITANIUM POWDER, WETTED with not less than 25% (mass) water

• UN 1354 TRINITROBENZENE, WETTED with not less than 30% (mass) water

• UN 1355 TRINITROBENZOIC ACID, WETTED with not less than 30% (mass) water

• UN 1356 TRINITROTOLUENE, WETTED with not less than 30% (mass) water

• UN 1357 UREA NITRATE, WETTED with not less than 20% (mass) water

• UN 1358 ZIRCONIUM POWDER, WETTED with not less than 25% (mass) water (a visible excess of water must be present) (a) mechanically produced, particle size less than 53 microns; (b) chemically produced, particle size less than 840 microns

• UN 1517 ZIRCONIUM PICRAMATE, WETTED with not less than 20% (mass) water

• UN 1571 BARIUM AZIDE, WETTED with not less than 50% (mass) water

• UN 2555 NITROCELLULOSE WITH WATER with not less than 25% (mass) water

• UN 2556 NITROCELLULOSE WITH ALCOHOL, with not less than 25% (mass) alcohol and not more than 12·6% nitrogen by dry mass

• UN 2557 NITROCELLULOSE, with not more than 12·6% nitrogen by dry mass, MIXTURE WITH or WITHOUT PLASTICIZER, WITH or WITHOUT PIGMENT

• UN 2852 DIPICRYL SULPHIDE, WETTED with not less than 10% (mass) water

• UN 2907 ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE MIXTURE, with not less than 60% lactose, mannose, starch or calcium hydrogen phosphate or with other phlegmatizers, provided that such phlegmatizers have inerting properties which are at least as effective

• UN 3317 2-AMINO-4,6-DINITROPHENOL, WETTED with not less than 20% (mass) water.

(2) Empty, uncleaned packagings which contain the residues of any of the following goods shall not be accepted for carriage unless steps have been taken to prevent their dangerous decomposition—

• UN 3221 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE B

• UN 3222 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE B

• UN 3223 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE C

• UN 3224 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE C

• UN 3225 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE D

• UN 3226 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE D

• UN 3227 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE E

• UN 3228 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE E

• UN 3229 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE F

• UN 3230 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE F.

Toxic substances (classification code 6.1)

12.   Empty, uncleaned packagings (comprising bags or flexible intermediate bulk containers), which contain the residues of any TOXIC SUBSTANCES shall be placed in boxes or waterproof bags to prevent any leakage of those residues during carriage.

Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles (classification code 9)

13.   Empty, uncleaned packagings (comprising bags) which contain the residues of any MISCELLANEOUS DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES or ARTICLES shall be placed in boxes or waterproof bags to prevent any leakage of those residues during carriage.

Interpretation

14.   In this Schedule, “labelled”, in relation to packages or receptacles, means required to display a danger sign or subsidiary hazard sign in accordance with the CDGCPL Regulations.”.