Re: Shipping Questions

[Bob Wilson <bmwils2@pop.uky.edu>]

Joey,

I have had DOT inspectors accept the campus police as a 24 hr. emergency
response number, when they could actually be quickly transferred to a
legitimate radiation safety person.  As long as the rad. type knew about
the specific shipment and the rad shipping regs., all should be OK.

Bob

  
At 04:53 PM 5/23/00 , you wrote:
>DOT 172.604 requires an emergency response telephone number.  It says that 
>the person answering the phone must be "either knowledgeable of the 
>hazardous material being shipped and has comprehensive emergency response 
>and incident mitigation information for that material, or has immediate 
>access to a person who has such knowledge and information."
>
>What is your interpretation of the knowledge level required by the person 
>answering the phone?  This would be for a radioactive materials white I or 
>yellow II package.  Is having the info out of the DOT response guide enough 
>or should the person be an HP (or HP Tech.)?  How do other universities 
>handle this requirement?
>
>My second question has to do with type 7A packaging.  Since no one sells 
>'certified' boxes, do you test your own, have it tested by someone else.  In 
>other words how have others found to solve this problem?
>
>You may respond to me directly.
>
>Thank You,
>
>
>Joey Michael
>mailto:joey-michael@uiowa.edu
>University of Iowa
>Health Protection Office
>
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