{"id":607833,"date":"2020-04-03T08:19:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T12:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/ca\/?p=607833"},"modified":"2020-05-04T10:21:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T14:21:03","slug":"us-takes-steps-to-ease-hand-sanitizer-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/ca\/help-center\/articles\/us-takes-steps-to-ease-hand-sanitizer-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"US Takes Steps to Ease Hand Sanitizer Shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-715157 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ICC_SanitizerShortage_Blog_04-20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1001\" height=\"301\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remember those wonderful days when you could just go into a store and buy hand sanitizer? Does it seem like an age ago? Well PHMSA (the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration) is working to help make those times return.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The shortage of hand sanitizer is due primarily, of course, to the vast increase in demand after the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). So why don\u2019t we just ramp up production? Unfortunately, it\u2019s not that easy. Sanitizer is made from the industrial alcohols ethanol and isopropanol, and the producers are now strained to the limit. However, various suppliers are taking ingenious options, such as distillers of beverage alcohol switching over to industrial manufacturing for the duration of the crisis, or repurposing other preparations. So, sanitizers are still being made. The problem then is getting them to their end destination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alcohol-based sanitizers are hazardous materials for transport \u2013 usually, flammable liquids in Packing Group II. Fortunately, consumer-sized bottles up to one liter can be transported as Limited Quantities under the Hazardous Materials Regulations of 49 CFR. This eliminates nearly all requirements except for the marking of the package as a limited quantity. But for industrial\/institutional use, these bottles are a very inefficient way of transport. Hospitals, travel hubs and so forth need pails, drums, or even totes (intermediate bulk containers) of the substance. Unfortunately, hazmat-certified (UN specification) versions of these packagings are expensive and in short supply. This is creating a bottleneck in the path to the people who need the sanitizers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PHMSA has addressed the issue in a \u201cRelief Notice for the Transportation of Hand Sanitizer During COVID-19 Emergency,\u201d found at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phmsa.dot.gov\/news\/temporary-relief-notice-transportation-hand-sanitizer-during-covid-19-emergency\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.phmsa.dot.gov\/news\/temporary-relief-notice-transportation-hand-sanitizer-during-covid-19-emergency<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This notice established the following simplified transport requirements for hand sanitizers made from no more than 80% ethanol or isopropanol:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All packagings must be leak tight and securely closed, secured against shifting, and protected against damage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The rules for packagings up to 8 gallons (36 liters) are quite simple:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Combination packages (bottles in outer boxes) do not have to be UN specification.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inner containers in combination packages cannot exceed 1 gallon (3.78 L).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inner packagings must be secured and cushioned within the outer packaging.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The outer packaging and any overpacks used must be marked with the company name<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and the words <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sanitizer \u2013 Contains Ethyl Alcohol\u201d or<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sanitizer \u2013 Contains Isopropyl Alcohol<\/span><b>\u201d.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If the above conditions are met, no additional marking or labeling is required, no hazmat shipping paper is needed, and no placards are required for any size shipment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For single packagings, such as drums and pails, up to 8 gallons:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Packages do not have to be UN specification, but they must be overpacked, using crates, cages, carts, boxes or similar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Packages must be secured in the vehicle such that they will not shift, move, or break. They must be loaded with closures upright.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The outer packaging and any overpacks used must be marked with the company name<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and the words <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sanitizer \u2013 Contains Ethyl Alcohol\u201d or<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sanitizer \u2013 Contains Isopropyl Alcohol<\/span><b>\u201d.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Again, if the above conditions are met, no additional marking or labeling is required, no hazmat shipping paper is needed, and no placards are required for any size shipment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, PHMSA says it is \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">aware that there may be a need to transport quantities greater than 8 gallons per package, for example, in drums or other packagings\u201d. So, there will be more limited relief for larger containers (greater than 8 gallons up to 119 gallons (450 liters)) as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The packagings must be leak tight and securely closed, secured from movement on the vehicle, and protected against damage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The packaging must be a DOT or UN specification packaging (drum, jerrican, etc.) approved for at least PG II performance level (that is, marked as X or Y-rating in the certification code)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each individual package must display the Class 3 hazard label, but the UN number and shipping name are not required.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bill of lading or shipping paper must include the following basic description:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UN1897, Alcohols, n.o.s., Class 3, PG II.\u201d<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The entry for the sanitizer must also include the number, type and capacity of packages offered (for example, \u201c25 drums \u2013 119 gallons each\u201d)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A copy of the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) Guide number 127 must accompany the shipment. If you don\u2019t have a hard copy of the ERG, it\u2019s available for free download from PHMSA at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phmsa.dot.gov\/sites\/phmsa.dot.gov\/files\/docs\/ERG2016.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.phmsa.dot.gov\/sites\/phmsa.dot.gov\/files\/docs\/ERG2016.pdf<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. You can then print out Guide 127 and attach it to your normal shipping papers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Placards must be provided for shipments of 1001 pounds or more (454 kg).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Employers must train shippers, carriers and receivers with specific training materials provided by PHMSA. Unfortunately, the link to this material hadn\u2019t been posted in the original document, but should be available shortly on the PHMSA website.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For these larger packagings, the rules under Federal Motor Carrier Safety Requirements of 49 CFR section 177.804 still apply. These involve issues such as the requirement for a Commercial Driver\u2019s License with hazmat endorsement for placarded shipments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Note that these provisions apply to highway transport only, not shipments by rail, water or air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A question many have is would shipments under these provisions be acceptable for shipment into Canada or other countries. This isn\u2019t clear yet, but since Canada doesn\u2019t have a similar provision, it\u2019s likely that these shipments would be considered out of compliance with Canada\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/laws-lois.justice.gc.ca\/eng\/regulations\/sor-2001-286\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (TDG) since the notice isn\u2019t really an \u201cexemption\u201d (equivalency certificate in Canada) as addressed in TDG section 9.1(3). We recommend any shipper who wants to use these provisions for shipment into (or out of) Canada to contact Transport Canada directly to confirm whether or not it would be considered acceptable. Also, keep watch on Transport Canada\u2019s update page (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tc.gc.ca\/eng\/tdg\/safety-menu.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.tc.gc.ca\/eng\/tdg\/safety-menu.htm<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) to see if they may be issuing a similar provision for Canadian use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ICC The Compliance Center remains open to provide needed support to the transport industry. Check our website for supplies, or call us here at 888-442-9628 (U.S.) or 888-977-4834 (Canada) if you need assistance with regulatory issues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We have all the products you need to ensure you&#8217;re complying with regulations around the transportation of hand sanitizers:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/ca\/product\/lb-cn81\/\">Limited Quantity \u2018Y\u2019 Label, 4\u2033 x 4\u2033, Gloss Paper, 500\/Roll<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/ca\/product\/lb-cn37\/\">Hazard Class 9 \u2013 Miscellaneous Hazardous Material, 4\u2033 x 4\u2033, Gloss Paper, Non-Worded, 500\/Roll<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/product\/lb-sn06\/\">Hazard Class 3 \u2013 Flammable Liquid, 4\u2033 x 4.75\u2033, Gloss Paper, Non-Worded Proper Shipping Name Label, Blank, 500\/Roll<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/ca\/product\/lb-cn80\/\">Limited Quantity Label, 4\u2033 x 4\u2033, Gloss Paper, 500\/Roll<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember those wonderful days when you could just go into a store and buy hand sanitizer? 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