Re: RAM Shipping Question

["Alan R. Marchand" <radarm@accessnv.com>]

As long as you properly package, mark and label the material. Placardable
material (LSA, SCO or a yellow III material) requires a class A licence for
the driver.

Alan R. Marchand
radarm@accessnv.com
At 10:05 AM 7/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>This may be a stupid question for those in the shipping biz, but it's been
>bugging me for a while.  Can a person put a package of properly packaged (in
>this case limited quantity) RAM in a Personnally Owned Vehicle and "ship" it
>to its destination?  If not, what provision of the DOT regs prohibit this?
>I can't find anything that specifically states that a 'carrier' has to be a
>"for profit" entity that is separate from the 'owner' of the material.  Are
>there any requirements that 'shippers' of RAM have to have some particular
>certification in HAZMAT transport?  Does it matter if the material is not
>licensed by NRC?  We are a DOE site.  Are there any DOE rules that say this
>can't be done?  The person doing the transport would be a representative of
>the owner of the material.
>
>Keith Welch
>Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
>Newport News VA
>welch@cebaf.gov
>Ph: (757)269-7212
>FAX:(757)269-5048
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