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to read a MSDS and how to properly handle the
Warning labels are also required for products that
chemicals in your workplace.
Check with your
contain asbestos.
The labels must include this
environmental officer or training people for more
statement:
information about this plan.
DANGER. CONTAINS ASBESTOS FIBERS.
SECTION XI. WASTE DISPOSAL
AVOID CREATING DUST. CANCER AND
11-1. Identify Hazardous Waste. Some waste, such
as used motor oil, can be recycled. However, if the oil
LUNG DISEASE HAZARD.
is contaminated with things like antifreeze, the recyclers
can't use it. Then it becomes hazardous waste.
Contact your local environmental officer for other
state or federal requirements on identifying hazardous
Keep
wastes
waste.
from being mixed by
using separate
11-2. How to Turn In Hazardous Waste. Hazardous
containers that are
waste turned in to your local Defense Reutilization and
clearly marked.
Marketing Office (DRMO) must be placed in Department
of Transportation (DOT) authorized containers. The
If an item's not identified properly or packaged
containers should be non-leaking and sturdy enough to
correctly, it could lead to spills that jeopardize life and
withstand normal handling or your turn-in could be
the environment. You could also be charged with
rejected. See Appendix B for some DOT authorized
environmental and transportation violations.
container NSNs.
The
containers
are
Here's how to turn in hazardous property:
required to be marked
with a hazardous waste
a. Make out a DD Form 1348-1 turn in document
label or marking that
with complete and accurate information.
includes the name of
the unit, address, space
You'll also need a copy of the MSDS to send
for
the
manifest
along with your turn in document.
document
number
(which is added before
transporting the product
off post), and the
hazardous
waste
statement.
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