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12/10/1999
-- DOT-E
8843 (chemical cutter cylinders) has been revised.
Obtain the 4th
Rev. on the Exemptions Page
and discard all previous versions.
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12/3/1999 -- DOT has renewed OOT's PTE status to exemption DOT-E
4850 (10th Rev). See the Exemptions
Page for an updated copy.
Updated MSDS-DET to
include EFI detonators. This MSDS now covers electric
and non-electric detonators, detonating fuzes, and EFI
detonators. Also updated the MSDS-PAK
(1463 kb) to include the revised MSDS-DET.
See the MSDS section
of the HAZCOM page for
updated copies.
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11/16/99
-- BXA has revised its controls regarding exports to Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia. See the Export
Control Page, Yugoslavia
section for details.
Also added a copy of the 10th Revision of DOT-E 4850.
This revision replaces all previous revisions. See the
Exemptions page for
details.
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10/21/99
-- ATF: Added a new Compliance Update. Check this out for
details on the final rule, addressing the marking of plastic
explosives with a detection agent, issued by ATF on
10/14/99.
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10/14/99 -- Updated the OOT
Location List and OOT Authorized
Purchasers List. See the ATF
page to download these new reports.
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10/6/99 -- HAZCOM Page -- updated
the 1.1 &
1.3 Emergency Response Guide. Added a listing for
TNT on page 2 of the guide. Also, added the updated
1.1 & 1.3 ERG to the MSDSPak
file.
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9/28/99
-- The new changes to export controls reported on 9/21/99
apply only to devices formerly in export classifications
1C018, 1C992, and 1C998. These three classifications
have been consolidated into the two classifications 1C018
and 1C992. The new rule does not effect other
classifications such as 3A229, 3A232, and EAR99, which
remain unchanged. Additionally, this rule does not
effect the US sanctions against India
and Pakistan. See the Export
Control page for more information.
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9/23/99 -- Updated the HAZLIST (Domestic & Export)
and the HAZLIST (Canada)
reports. These updated reports include all updates made since last publication on
4/8/99. For those of you who
prefer to have a hardcopy of HAZLIST, these are the reports you should use.
See the HAZLIST page for
access to these reports as well as HAZLIST
On-line.
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9/21/99 -- BXA has issued a significant new rule that effects the
export classification of most commercial explosive
devices. The result of this new rule is a downgrade of
the export classification of most commodities of this
type. This means significantly fewer export licenses
will be required. See the Export
Control page for additional details and updated Export
Control Summaries.
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8/14/99
-- New MSDS and ERG
for Hydrochloric acid solution (HCl), UN1789.
Available as individual documents from the HAZCOMM
page (MSDS section)
or as part of the updated MSDS-PAK.
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7/29/99 --
Updated the UN page, providing a
summary of the 16th Session of the UN Sub-Committee of
Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods.
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7/9/99 -- The error noted below (7/8/99) regarding incorrect display
of Canadian approval information for STIM(tm)
products has been fixed. Information for these
items is now correct.
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7/8/99 --
All STIM(tm) products have now been classified UN0278;
Cartridges, oil well; 1.4C in Canada. OOT must ship
these products to 1st destination in Canada as UN1479;
Potassium perchlorate, solid, mixture; 5.1 and then
re-mark/re-label for the UN0278 classification before
further transport in Canada.
The information
currently shown for these items in HAZLIST On-line is
incorrect. We are checking the problem and will
advise when information is correctly displaying.
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6/18/99
-- Updated the NONA MSDS (MSDS-NON). Proper shipping
name on page 4 of MSDS-NON should read "Substances,
Explosive, n.o.s. (NONA, wetted). Added updated
MSDS-NON to the MSDSPak and updated the
MSDSPak Table of
Contents. See the HAZCOM
page for updated copies.
HAZLIST On-line -- The
proper shipping name for part number OTI-APRV-002 has been
corrected. Previously shown was "SUBSTANCES,
EXPLOSIVE, N.O.S. (NONA)". Correct is
"SUBSTANCE, EXPLOSIVE, N.O.S. (NONA, WETTED)".
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6/8/99 --
Revision dates on MSDSs updated as of 4/12/98 did not get
printed correctly in the on-line MSDSs. This error has
been corrected. If you downloaded any MSDSs between
4/12/98 and 6/7/99, you need to re-download those MSDSs.
See the HAZCOM page
for details.
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5/12/99 --
Exemption DOT-E 8451 has been revised. The 22nd
Revision, which replaces all previous versions, is available
for download. This revision includes a change to para.
5 to update the basis for the exemption and to Appendix A to
update the expiration status of some parties to the
exemption. Check the Exemptions
page for details.
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5/4/99 -- HAZMAT
TIP -- Be sure to enter the unit of measure on
your shipping paper when indicating the quantity of
hazardous material you are shipping. Although required
by DOT in 49 CFR 172.202(a)(5), this is commonly overlooked
and is often detected during DOT inspections.
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5/3/99 -- Updated the OOT
Location List and OOT Authorized
Purchasers List.
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4/26/99
-- OOT's party status to exemption DOT-E 8451 has been
renewed to 1/31/2001. Check the Exemptions
page for details.
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4/23/99 -- Updated the Export Controls
Page. Certain tools
manufactured by OOT's subsidiary, Probe
Technolgy Services Inc., are classified under EAR99 and
do not require an export license.
Updated the Links Page. The
links associated with the UN Committee on the Transport of
Dangerous Goods has changed.
Updated HAZLIST
On-line. Updates include:
- STIM
products are not ATF explosives. The ATF
Explosive flag for these items has been revised to read
"N" rather than "Y".
- UN1325,
UN1489, and UN1746 products are not ATF explosives.
The ATF Explosive flag for these items has been reset to
read "N".
- Added new perforator SLK-4000-302.
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4/8/99 -- Updated the HAZLIST (Domestic & Export)
report. This updated report corrects the problem noted
on page 135 where part numbers were not displayed, and
includes all updates made since last publication on 2/5/99.
The HAZLIST (Canada)
report remains unchanged as there has been no Canadian
approval activity since this report was last prepared on
2/5/99. For those of you who
prefer to have a hardcopy of HAZLIST, these are the reports you should use.
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3/10/99
-- OOT has become party to exemption DOT-E
7891. See the Exemptions
page for details.
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3/6/99 --
Updated HAZLIST
On-line. Updates include:
- Updated HAZLIST On-line to correct error in Swing Jet
family designation. These devices family number
(drawing number) should be SWG-APRV-025, not
SWG-APRV-011.
- Added Canadian approval document for power charge
igniter DET-5306-074.
- Added USA approval document for Swing jet family
(SWG-APRV-025)
Updated the ATF page. Updates include:
- Added a section on storage.
- Added a warning that OOT igniters are not detonators
and should not be stored in the same magazine as
detonators.
- Added storage compatibility table for OOT products.
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3/1/99 --
OOT has received authorization from the Canadian Government
to use the proper shipping name "Charges, Shaped"
to be consistent with the recent changes in the UN Model
Regulations and with the generic
amendment issued by USDOT in January.
You can obtain a copy of the Canadian authorization by clicking
here. Additionally, all Canadian approval
documents authorizing UN0059, UN0440, and/or UN0441 have
been amended to include a copy of the Canadian
authorization.
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2/10/99
-- Updated the Products page.
Added links to OCS's partner in OCS
Responds™, Chem-Tel,
Inc.
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2/5/99 -- Updated the HAZLIST (Domestic & Export) and HAZLIST (Canada) reports. For those of you who
prefer to have a hardcopy of HAZLIST, these are the reports you should use.
Updated HAZLIST
On-line. Updates include:
- New Canadian approval for 16 items (a separate notice
was distributed the HAZLIST (Canada) distribution list.
- Revision of ECCN numbers for all OOT power charges.
They were previously listed as EAR99, but should have
been listed as 1C998.
- Addition of chemical weights for most chemical cutter
cylinders.
- The ICAO packing reference for all StimGun™ and
StimTube™ products has been changed to 511. OOT
does not ship these products in passenger aircraft
quantities, so the prior reference to ICAO 508 was
erroneous.
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2/2/99 -- Warehouse #9 (Williston, ND) ATF license has been
renewed. See the updated OOT
Location List and OOT Authorized
Purchasers List.
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