UN1479

OXIDIZING SOLID, N.O.S.

• Class: 5.1
• Packing Group / Category: I
• Special Provisions: 16, 68
• Explosive Limit and Limited Quantity Index: 0
• Excepted Quantities: E0
• ERAP Index: 1000
• Passenger Carrying Vessel Index: Forbidden
• Passenger Carrying Road Vehicle or Passenger Carrying Railway Vehicle Index: 1 kg

Special Provision 16

1. The technical name of at least one of the most dangerous substances that predominantly contributes to the danger or dangers posed by the dangerous goods must be shown, in parentheses, on the shipping document following the shipping name in accordance with clause 3.5(1)(c)(ii)(A). The technical name must also be shown, in parentheses, on a small means of containment or on a tag following the shipping name in accordance with subsections 4.11(2) and (3).

2. Despite subsection (1), the technical name for the following dangerous goods is not required to be shown on a shipping document or on a small means of containment when Canadian law for domestic transport or an international convention for international transport prohibits the disclosure of the technical name:

   1. UN1544, ALKALOID SALTS, SOLID, N.O.S. or ALKALOIDS, SOLID, N.O.S.;

   2. UN1851, MEDICINE, LIQUID, TOXIC, N.O.S.;

   3. UN3140, ALKALOID SALTS, LIQUID, N.O.S. or ALKALOIDS, LIQUID, N.O.S.;

   4. UN3248, MEDICINE, LIQUID, FLAMMABLE, TOXIC, N.O.S.; or

   5. UN3249, MEDICINE, SOLID, TOXIC, N.O.S.

3. Despite subsection (1), the technical name for the following dangerous goods is not required to be shown on a small means of containment:

   1. UN2814, INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE, AFFECTING HUMANS; or

   2. UN2900, INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE, AFFECTING ANIMALS.

Special Provision 68

These dangerous goods are forbidden for transport by vessel if they contain one or more of the following substances:

1. AMMONIUM HYPOCHLORITE;

2. AMMONIUM NITRATE liable to self-heating sufficient to initiate decomposition;

3. AMMONIUM NITRITES and mixtures of an inorganic nitrite with an ammonium salt;

4. CHLORIC ACID, AQUEOUS SOLUTION, with more than 10 % chloric acid;

5. ETHYL NITRITE, pure;

6. HYDROCYANIC ACID, AQUEOUS SOLUTION (HYDROGEN CYANIDE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION) with more than 20 % hydrogen cyanide;

7. HYDROGEN CHLORIDE, REFRIGERATED LIQUID;

8. HYDROGEN CYANIDE, SOLUTION IN ALCOHOL with more than 45 % hydrogen cyanide;

9. MERCURY OXYCYANIDE, pure;

10. METHYL NITRITE;

11. PERCHLORIC ACID with more than 72 % acid, by mass;

12. SILVER PICRATE, dry or wetted with less than 30 % water, by mass; or

13. ZINC AMMONIUM NITRITE.

CAUTION: This information is provided for information purposes only. It does not replace the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR). Please check the TDGR using this link.