94-6943. Corrections Advisory: 1993 DOT Emergency Response Guidebook

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
[Notice No. 94-3]

 

Corrections Advisory: 1993 DOT Emergency Response Guidebook

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Corrections advisory notice.

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SUMMARY: This is to notify distributors, suppliers, and users of 
corrections to the 1993 DOT Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG). 
Corrections identified in this notice should be made to each ERG in a 
permanent fashion.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy J. Burton, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Initiatives and Training, Research and Special Programs 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 
20590, telephone [phone]. Office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOT Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) 
is prepared and distributed, without charge, to fire, police, and other 
public emergency response entities throughout the United States. 
Recently, after more than one million copies of the 1993 edition of the 
ERG were distributed, several errors and omissions were discovered. 
While none were considered sufficient to cause concern in regard to a 
potential for misdirected emergency response actions, RSPA believes it 
appropriate to publish this advisory notice to alleviate concerns that 
have been raised. The corrections in this notice apply to ERG's printed 
as of January 29, 1994. Subsequent printings of the ERG have been 
corrected. The corrections affect the ERG's ID Number Index, Name of 
Material Index, and Table of Initial Isolation and Protective Action 
Distances. Corrections to the ID Number Index (The Yellow-border Pages 
of the Guidebook) are as follows:
    1. For the entry ``1058 12 LIQUEFIED NONFLAMMABLE GAS charged with 
nitrogen, carbon dioxide or air'', revise ``dioxide'' to read 
``dioxide.''
    2. For the entry ``1202 27 GASOLINE'', revise ``1202'' to read 
``1203.''
    3. Add the entry ``2031 44 NITRIC ACID, other than red fuming with 
more than 70% nitric acid'' in the appropriate alpha-numeric order.
    4. Add the entry ``2031 44 NITRIC ACID, other than red fuming with 
not more than 70% nitric acid'' in the appropriate alpha-numeric order.
    5. For the entry ``2742 57 ISOBUTYL CHLOROFOMATE'', revise 
``CHLOROFOMATE'' to read ``CHLOROFORMATE.''
    6. Add the entry ``3077 31 HAZARDOUS WASTE, solid, n.o.s.'' in the 
appropriate alpha-numeric order.
    7. Add the entry ``3082 31 HAZARDOUS WASTE, liquid, n.o.s.'' in the 
appropriate alpha-numeric order.
    Corrections to the Name of Material Index (The Blue-border Pages of 
the Guidebook) are as follows:
    1. For the entry ``GASOLINE 27 1202'', revise ``1202'' to read 
``1203.''
    2. Add the entry ``HAZARDOUS WASTE, liquid, n.o.s. 31 3082'' in the 
appropriate alphabetical order.
    3. Add the entry ``HAZARDOUS WASTE, solid, n.o.s. 31 3077'' in the 
appropriate alphabetical order.
    4. For the entry ``ISOBUTYL CHLOROFOMATE 57 2742'', revise 
``CHLOROFOMATE'' to read ``CHLOROFORMATE.''
    5. Add the entry ``NITRIC ACID, other than red fuming with more 
than 70% nitric acid 44 2031'' in the appropriate alphabetical order.
    6. Add the entry ``NITRIC ACID, other than red fuming with not more 
than 70% nitric acid 44 2031'' in the appropriate alphabetical order.
    7. For the entry ``TETRAETHYL DITHIOPRYOPHOSPHATE and gases, 
mixtures, or in solution (LC50 more than 200 ppm but not more than 5000 
ppm) 15 1703'', revise ``DITHIOPRYOPHOSPHATE'' to read 
``DITHIOPYROPHOSPHATE.''
    Corrections to the Table of Initial Isolation and Protective Action 
Distances (The Green-border Pages of the Guidebook) are as follows:
    1. For the entry ``1703 TETRAETHYL DITHIOPRYOPHOSPHATE and gases, 
mixtures, or in solution (LC50 more than 200 ppm but not more than 5000 
ppm)'', revise ``DITHIOPRYOPHOSPHATE'' to read ``DITHIOPYROPHOSPHATE''.
    2. For the entry ``2407 SOPROPYL CHLOROFORMATE'', revise 
``SOPROPYL'' to read ``ISOPROPYL''.
    3. For the entry ``2742 ISOBUTYL CHLOROFOMATE'', revise 
``CHLOROFOMATE'' to read ``CHLOROFORMATE''.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 21, 1994.
Alan I. Roberts,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 94-6943 Filed 3-23-94; 8:45 am]
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