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New Organic Peroxide Placard

I am hoping that I might gain some new information from the members on here about the new Organic Peroxide placard that has come out. The red and yellow one that is on the front cover of the 2008 ERG. I know some of the basics about it, but I am hoping someone will give me the whole story about this placard. Is it only for "Temperature Controlled" Organic Peroxides?

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Permalink Reply by Todd McKee on January 26, 2011 at 12:43am

Tom- It looks to me as it has HC of 5.2. (Organic peroxides) .One thing the table of placards should only be used as a last resort. If you see an OP placard your will have to gather additional to match your product with the DOT Identification Chart (again use as a last resort).Go with worse case scenario and move forward with fact finding. If you look on page 140 of the ERG , OP is a temp. controlled substance. This is where finding additional information is a must before making entry and making safe defensive decisions is a must. We can get in to all different sorts of chemistry with this! I hope this helps if it doesn't let me know and I will send you more info. Don't let anyone change your mind with out FACTS and be SAFE!

Here are some links with addtional information regarding O.P. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/default.html

http://www.cdc.gov/search.do?action=search&subset=npguide&q...

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fm...

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