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UN PROGRAM
Transport of Dangerous Goods and Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
European Headquarters of the United Nations
Slide2Member Companies
Slide3LIAISON CLASS MEMBERS
Slide4What …
IME is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that participates in the work of two closely related UN groups:
UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (TDG)UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
Slide5… and Why
The work of these two UN groups:
impacts the safe use and handling of dangerous goods in transport and other sectors such as the workplace and public commerce andare the basis of globally harmonized international regulations including the:
Hazardous Materials Regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation (49 CFR Parts 100 – 185) and the Hazard Communication Standard of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (29 CFR 1910.1200)
Slide6What they Produce
Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations (TDG)
Manual of Tests and Criteria (TDG)
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
Slide7Related to transportation:
Dangerous goods classification
Security of dangerous goodsPackaging of dangerous goodsHazard communication
PlacardingLabelingMarkingShipping papers
Model for US
Hazardous Materials Regulations
(DOT)
Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations (TDG)
Slide8Related to transportation and other sectors:
Managed by the TDG’s Working Group on Explosives (EWG)
Logic for dangerous goods classificationTests and acceptance criteria to support dangerous goods classification
Required under Hazardous Materials Regulations (DOT) for explosives classification and approval
Manual of Tests and Criteria (TDG)
Slide9Related to transportation and other sectors:
Defers to TDG Model Regulations for transport
Provides guidance for other sectorsGlobally harmonizes hazard communication elements such as labels and safety data sheets
Model for US Hazard Communication Standard (OSHA)
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
Slide10Where we fit in at the UN
IME works within
this group
(see next slide)
Advisory (as needed)
Slide11Structure & Operations
Operate on an odd/even biennial basis (i.e., 2019/2020)
Sub-committees meet 4 times per biennium (EWG meets 2 times per biennium)
Summer (June/July): Sub-committees and EWGWinter (November/December): Sub-committees only
Committee meets at end of biennium (December) to ratify work completed by sub-committees
Committee of Experts
on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
and on the Globally Harmonized System
of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
TDG Sub-Committee
GHS Sub-Committee
Slide12How the Sub-Committees Work
Delegations submit documents for debate within the sub-committees:
Working Documents (formal proposals)Informal Documents (preliminary proposals and comments on formal proposals)Proposals are refined throughout one or more bienniaSub-committee
accepts, notes, or rejects proposal (TDG, simple majority & GHS, consensus)Accepted proposals are reviewed and ratified by the CommitteeModel Regulations
and
the GHS
document are
normally published
during first half of following biennium,
the test
manual is published as needed (amendments issued in the interim)
Recommendations are then considered by national, international, and modal authorities for incorporation into their regulations (this may take another one to two years.
Slide13The EWG
Working Group on Explosives
Due to the specialized nature of
explosives issues, TDG Sub-committee assigns proposals addressing explosives and related issues to its Working Group on Explosives (EWG).
EWG meets separately during the TDG meeting and reviews
assigned issues and
makes recommendations for further developing, rejecting, and/or accepting proposals.
Work of the EWG is summarized in a report that is delivered to TDG Sub-committee at beginning of
the 2
nd
week.
TDG Sub-committee endorses
continuing work and approves or rejects proposal recommendations
.
EWG serv
es in an advisory capacity to GHS on explosives hazards.
Slide14Participation in the Sub-Committees
Governments
USAPHMSAOSHA
OthersSpecialized Agencies & International Governmental BodiesICAO – air
IMO – maritime
IAEA – atomic energy
WHO – world health
Others
Slide15Participation in the Sub-Committees
Non-Governmental Organizations
IME – commercial explosivesAEISG – Australian commercial explosivesSAAMI – sporting ammunition DGAC – dangerous goods
COSTHA – safe transportation of hazardous materialsIATA – air transportOthers
Slide16IME Representation
UN Consultant (contractual)
IME’s head of delegationCurrently serves as EWG secretaryMaintains IME UN-related webpages:
https://www.ime.org/content/ime_unwork Fully supported by IME under contractCurrently assigned: David Boston (IME member
Owen Oil Tools, LP)
Subject Matter Experts/Advisers (voluntary)
Supports UN Consultant
Provides technical expertise on specialized topics
Partially supported by IME as approved by IME president
Currently assigned: Noel Hsu (IME member Orica USA, Inc.) and Jackson Shaver (IME
member
Daicel Corporation
)
Current IME Delegation at the UN
(l to r) Jackson Shaver, David Boston, Noel Hsu
Slide17Current Projects
Review of test manual in the context of the GHS
EWG project.Remove transport specificity where not required and make more general to apply to all sectors covered by GHS.Status: Completed and approved 2017/2018
biennium. 7th rev. of the test manual should be available end of 2019.Implementation: Must be implemented by national, international, and modal authorities before becoming effective, most likely on 1/1/2021.
Slide18Current Projects
Review of GHS Chapter 2.1 (explosives)
Under review by GHS informal correspondence group (ICG) and EWGRemove classification related to transport and make more appropriate for all sectors2 new proposed GHS classification categories:1 – explosives that have not been assigned transport classification
2 – explosives that have been assigned transport classification. Sub-divided into 2A (high hazard), 2B (medium hazard) and 2C (low hazard)Accepted by EWG and ICG at 55
th
TDG and 37
th
GHS (Summer 2019)
Status: Expected completion in 2019/2020 biennium. Updates yet to be completed: GHS labels, GHS SDS, text of GHS chapter 2.1.
Slide19Current Projects
Clarification of applicability of UN 0220 Ammonium nitrate
IME proposal.Amend Special Provision 370 to better identify to what the entry applies.Status: Approved by the TDG at its 54th
Session (Nov/Dec 2019). To be included in 21st Rev. of the Model Regulations (due mid-2019).Implementation: Must be implemented by national, international, and modal authorities before becoming effective, most likely on 1/1/2021.
Slide20Current Projects
Improvement of Test Series 8 (UN 3375)
IME/Canada proposal.8(c) Koenen test determined to be unsuitable for evaluating emulsions with high water content and low volatility oils – give false positives (failures).Add minimum burning pressure (MBP) test to evaluate candidates that fail Koenen test. If the substance that failed the Koenen test had a time to reaction greater than 60 seconds and water content greater than 14%,
then MPB test may be performed. If MBP is > 5.6 MPa, UN 3375 is possible.Status: Approved by the TDG at its 54th Session (Nov/Dec 2019). To be included in 7
th
Rev. of the test manual (due
end of 2019
).
Implementation: Must be implemented by national, international, and modal authorities before becoming effective, most likely on 1/1/2021.
Slide21Current Projects
Review of UN standard detonator
Joint project between IME and Germany (BAM).Used in evaluating explosives when standardized detonator output is needed for the evaluation.Update current European and USA versions and combine into a single standard specification.Status: Was on hold until
completion of the review of test manual in the context of the GHS. Now that the review is complete, expect work to continue during 2019/2020 biennium.
Slide22Current Projects
New entries for electronic detonators
AEISG proposal.Applies to field programmable electronic detonatorsNew entries in Division 1.1B, 1.4B, and 1.4S.Similar transport requirements to electric detonators
Status: Complete. To be included in 21st rev. of the Model Regulations due mid-2019.Must be implemented by national, international, and modal authorities before becoming effective, most likely on 1/1/2021.
Slide23EWG Work Program for 2019/2020 Biennium
(1 of 3)Review of test series 6.
The mandate of this review is to remove over specifications, redundancies, impractical specifications (due to limited or no availability of test materials), and to otherwise provide improvements to the test series drawing upon decades of experience performing the tests and assessing test results.
Improvement of test series 8. Work will continue with a goal to improving the 8(c) Koenen Test used for classifying ANEs into UN 3375 (Division 5.1) and seeking practical improvements or alternatives to the 8(d) Vented Pipe Test used for evaluating the suitability of ANEs for containment in tanks as oxidizing substances (i.e., UN 3375).
Slide24EWG Work Program for 2019/2020 Biennium
(2 of 3)Review
of tests in parts I, II and III of the Manual of Tests and Criteria. Nothing specific has yet been identified for this item.UN standard detonator.
Discussed previously.Review of packing instructions for explosives. Nothing specific has yet been identified for this item.
Application of security provisions to explosives N.O.S.
Nothing specific has yet been identified for this item.
Test N.1 for readily combustible solids.
Nothing specific has yet been identified for this item.
Slide25EWG Work Program for 2019/2020 Biennium
(3 of 3)Review of Chapter 2.1 of the GHS Purple Book.
Discussed previously.Energetic samples.
Nothing specific has yet been identified for this item.Issues related to the definition of explosives. Sweden will lead an informal correspondence group to investigate further.
Review of packaging and transport requirements for ANEs.
Nothing specific has yet been identified for this item
.
Slide26Thank you
David Boston
Institute of Makers of Explosivesc/o Owen Compliance ServicesP.O. Box 765
Godley, TX 76044 dboston@ime.org
+1.817.551.0660
IME Headquarters
Institute of Makers of Explosives
1212 New York Ave., NW
Suite 650
Washington, DC 20005
info@ime.org
+1.202.429.9280
www.ime.org
www.ime.org/content/ime_unwork