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TRW\6&A43'6&A43'TUKUS.,XcXXX  #XcXXXc#XcXXXc R5"#XcXXXc#XcXXXc  US.,UK.,OZUS., xXXcUN/SCETDG/16/INF.15#XcXx#   #XcXXXct#XcXXXcE1 d < tL$XE 3COMMITTEEOFEXPERTSONTHETRANSPORTOFDANGEROUSGOODS   0 SubCommitteeofExpertsonthe   TransportofDangerousGoods   (Geneva,516July1999,agendaitem#XcXXXc{#US.,OZ.,XcXXXcUKUS.,Ԁ5(a)(ii)) A   @iiaMAISCELLANEOUSDRAFTAMENDMENTSTOTHEMODELREGULATIOABASNABCNS@==aCDClISCDEEFFEListingandclassification   E  ReviewofAmmoniumNitrateEntriesCommentson_EFMAGsGHsH_ԀDocumentST/SG/AC.10/C.3/1999/40FF @ aTransmittedbytheExpertsfromtheUnitedStatesofAmerica  !p II#XcXXXc~#US.,UK.,  AstheSubCommitteepreparestodiscussthestreamliningofshippingdescriptionsandclassificationproceduresforammoniumnitratefertilizersduringthe19992000sessionsandinresponsetocommentsprovidedby_EFMA_,theexpertfromtheU.S.offersthefollowingthoughtsandrecommendationsrelatedtothistask:1.0  TheentryUN0223Ammoniumnitratefertilizer,assignedtodivision1.1Dshouldbedeleted A forthefollowingreasons: ## 0  Thedescriptivetextforthisentrycreatesproblems.AnymixtureofammoniumnitrateandcombustiblesubstancesmeetingthecriteriaofClass1(explosives)shouldbeclassifiedasinClass1.TheassignmentoftheUNnumbershouldnotbebasedonacomparisonofexplosivepropertieswithammoniumnitratemixturesassignedtoUN0222.UN0222orappropriategenericentriesshouldbeusedformixturesofammoniumnitratethatmeetthecriteriaofClass1irrespectiveofwhetherthesubstanceisintendedtobeusedasafertilizerorforotherpurposes. ## 2.0  Tosafeguardthatammoniumnitratefertilizerswhichhaveexplosivepropertiesareclassifiedin #0 $ Class1,anewprovisionshallbeaddedtothespecialprovisionassignedtoUN1942.(Seetheproposedtextprovidedinparagraph5.2below.) ## Ѐ   &"' 3.0  Theneedtodistinguishbetweenammoniumnitratethatisusedasafertilizerandammonium a'#( nitratethatisusedforotherpurposesthroughtheshippingnameneedstobeconsidered: ## 0  Theword fertilizerrelatestotheuseofthesubstanceandisnotofvaluefromastandpointofemergencyresponse.Theuseofthewordfertilizerineachofthedivision5.1entriesprecludesammoniumnitratemixturesmeetingthecriteriaforDivision5.1frombeingtransportedundertheavailableentriesandforcesthesemixturestobetransportedunderanNOSentry.Itisrecognizedthatcommerciallytheremaybesomebenefittoallowingthewordfertilizertobeusedintheshippingname.Thiscouldbeaccomplishedbyallowinganalternativepropershippingnameorwithaspecialprovisionauthorizingtheuseoftheword fertilizertobeincludedintheshippingname. ## J 10.4  R  JI R  I34.0  Thereisnoapparentneedtomaintainfiveentriesforammoniumnitratefertilizerin e J R  JE R  ED R   R   R  DC R  CDivision5.1andaseparateentryforammoniumnitratethatisnotusedasafertilizer. ## I R  II R  I0  Therearetwogeneralcategoriesoffertilizerssubstantiallypureammoniumnitrateandammoniumnitratemixtures.Existingentriesofammoniumnitratefertilizersestablishcompositionalboundariesfordifferentformulations.Emergencyresponseproceduresforeachoftheseentriesisthesame.UN1942,2067,2068,2069,2070,2072couldbegroupedtogetherintotwoentries. ## 0  Basedonexperienceintestingofhigherconcentrationammoniumnitratemixtures,theexpertfromtheUnitedStatesdoesnotbelieveammoniumnitratecompositionscontaininglessthan70%ammoniumnitratemeetthecriteriaforDivision5.1. ## Ѐ0  Ammoniumnitrateformulationsnotspecificallynamedshouldbeclassifiedaccordingtotheclassificationproceduresandifappropriatetransportedunderagenericshippingdescription. ## 5.0  Specificproposalsbasedontheabovecommentsare:e## 5.10  ReviseUN1942toallowtheuseofthewordfertilizerintheshippingnameasfollows:%## ̀0  AMMONIUMNITRATEwithnotlessthan90%ammoniumnitrateandnotmorethan  0.2%combustiblesubstances,includinganyorganicsubstancecalculatedascarbon,totheexclusionofanyotheraddedsubstance. ## 0  AddanewSpecialProvisionXXXtoread: ## ̀0  XXXTheword Fertilizermaybeusedasapartofthepropershippingnameforaproduct % marketedasafertilizer. ## 5.20  Toprecludeammoniumnitrateformulationsmeetingexplosivescriteriafrombeing ` transportedasDivision5.1substances,addanewSpecialprovision_YYY_ԀtoUN1942toread: ## 0  _YYY_ԀThisentrymayonlybeusedforammoniumnitratethatdoesnotexhibitexplosivepropertieswhentestedaccordingtoTestSeries1and2ofClass1. ## 5.30  DeleteUN2067,2068,2069,2070and2072.$$## 5.40  CreateanewentryofUNXXXX(withDiv.5.1andPackingGroupIIIclassification)toread:&@!&## 0  AmmoniumNitrateMixedFertilizerwithmorethan70%ammoniumnitratebutnotmorethan90%ammoniumnitrate,withsubstancesnotmeetingthecriteriaofDivision5.1,andnotmorethan0.4%ofaddedcombustiblematerial ##   5.50  RevisethebeginningofSP193toread:+&,## ̀0  Ammoniumnitrateformulationswithinthesecompositionlimitsareonlysubjecttothese -@(. 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