Section 1 Lesson Plan DGR REF Lesson Plan Emphasis Course Objectives of At the end of this Section, you will be able to understand the definition of Section 1, Dangerous Goods, Basis of these regulations, Applicability of these Applicability. regulations, Shipper’s Responsibilities, Operator’s Responsibilities, Training Requirements and Dangerous Goods Security. 1.0 The Definition of There is a high hazard for the carriage of dangerous goods by air rather Dangerous Goods. than other transportation modes, Road, Rail and Ship. Because it is required minimum 10‐15 minutes and maximum 2‐3 hours to land aircraft safely. Aircraft cannot stop in the air. 1.1 Basis of these regulations. 1.1.1 UN Model The UN Committee of Experts (CoE) develops The Regulations. Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods – UN Basic Standards for Model Regulations which include transport requirements of transport of Dangerous Goods other than Radioactive Material and these regulations dangerous goods. are applicable to all modes of transport, Land, Sea and Air. And the test and criteria of dangerous goods are included in Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods – Manual of Tests and Criteria. The shipper must refer these manuals for classification of 2020.1.1 original Teaching Aids dangerous goods. Each Dangerous Goods has the UN Number and the Proper Shipping Name which are assigned by the UN. 1.1.2 1.1.3 IAEA regulations, the IAEA develops the Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Regulations for the Safe Material. Transport of Radioactive These Regulations include transport requirements of Radioactive Material Material. for all modes of transport, Land, Sea and Air. ICAO Annex 18 and The ICAO develops the regulations for safe transport of dangerous goods by Its Technical air. Instructions for the Safe The ICAO Regulations are based on the UN Model Regulations and IAEA Transport of Radioactive Transport Regulations. Dangerous Goods. The ICAO regulations are confined in Annex 18 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention) and its The International Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air. Standards for The ICAO Technical Instructions for Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods are transport of abbreviated as ICAO TI. Dangerous Goods by The ICAO TI includes all mandatory requirements of transport by air for all Air. dangerous goods including Radioactive Material. Each state participating ICAO can set up their own rules which are normally restrictive than ICAO requirements. If it is less restrictive than ICAO, such rule can only be applicable to the transport within such states. This is called as “State Variation” and State Variations must be applied and 2020.1.1 original filed to the ICAO and those are included in the ICAO TI. 1.1.4 The IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations. The IATA DGR includes all requirements in ICAO TI and added with some Industrial Requirements (Industrial Standards) which are more restrictive than ICAO requirements. Industrial Standard Such Industrial Standards which are not included in the ICAO TI are Handling Manual. indicated in the IATA DGR with finger symbol. NCA manual is based on Each operator participating IATA can set up own restriction which must be these regulations. restrictive than ICAO requirements. It is called as “Operator Variation” The Operator Variations should be filed to the IATA. The IATA notifies operator variations to the ICAO and those are also included in the ICAO TI. Details of “State Variations” and “Operator Variations” will be explained later in Section 2. 1.2 Application of these Regulations. 1.2.1 Applicability. The IATA DGR is applicable to; 1. All IATA member or Associate member Airlines. 2. All Airlines participating IATA Multilateral Interline Traffic Agreement (MITA). 3. All shipper and Cargo Agents to offer DG consignments to above Airlines. 1.2.2 Relation to ICAO 2020.1.1 original The ICAO Annex 18 and its Technical Instruction are applicable for DG transports to/from/through the ICAO member States. 1.2.3 General The IATA DGR prescribes the all requirements for international air transport of dangerous goods. The IATA issued addendum is also considered as a part of DGR. 1.2.3.2 1.2.5 Mandatory The participants need to see DGR 1.2.3.2, Requirements and In these regulations, shall and must express mandatory items and should Preferable Requirements and may express preferred items (not mandatory). Approvals The state of Origin and the state of Operator may grant an approval for; 1. Transport of forbidden DGs may be carried under the approval. ie, Special Provision A1 or A2. Special Provision will be explained in Section 4 later. 2. Other purposes as specified in DGR. 1.2.6 Exemption. Extreme urgent cases or other transport mode is not available or full compliance with DGR is contrary to the public interest, the state of concerned may grant exemption from DGR. The states of concern are Origin, Destination, Transit and Overflight. The Exemption should include items in 1.2.6.3. And a copy of Exemption must be presented to the Operator and it must be accompany the shipments. 1.2.7 Exceptions. If the conditions, detailed in 1.2.7.1. (a) to (h) are not subject to DGR. Focus on some examples; (e) to provide aid in connection with search and rescue operation during 2020.1.1 original the flight. (h) DGs contained in the excess baggage, those excess baggages can be transported under the provision of DGs in checked baggage of passengers and crew not DGs in cargo. Need to go to Appendix A to check the definition of Excess Baggage. The excess baggage is defined as baggages presented for check‐in by the passenger but shipped as cargo due to excess of baggage allowance and avoiding excess baggage charges. Those are not including Personal Effect or Unaccompanied Baggages intended to be transported as Cargo without presenting to the passenger check‐in counter. Dangerous Goods subject to the above conditions, those are excepted from the regulations. 1.2.8.2 Rules applying during Read the DGR 1.2.8.2 transportation During transport of consignments of dangerous goods is effected by the most current regulations of DGR. 1.2.11 1.3 Lamps Containing The new articles is added as exceptions. Dangerous Goods Read the DGR 1.2.11.1 . Shipper’s A shipper must fully comply with these regulations. Responsibilities The shipper must take all responsibilities for transport of dangerous goods except for Handling in these regulations. 2020.1.1 original 1.3.1.3 Mandatory In these regulations, shall and must express mandatory items and should Requirements and and may express preferred items (not mandatory). Preferable Requirements 1.3.2 Shipper’s Specific Shipper’s Specific Responsibilities are listed in 1.3.2 (a) to (e). Responsibilities Read all of (a) to (e) if you have enough time to do. And also the specific responsibilities on; Classification are included in 3.0.5, Packing are included in 5.0.1, Labelling and marking are in 7.0.1 Documentation are in 8.0.2 1.3.3 Dangerous Goods Consolidations in 1.3.3.1 Definition It is same explanation as Appendix A Read 1.3.3.1. Dangerous Goods may be consolidated with other cargo. But if any discrepancy was found at the acceptance, whole Consolidations will be delayed. Each of Dangerous Goods included in the Consolidation must be identified, classified, packed, marked, labelled and documented in accordance with these regulations. The shipper’s declaration must be prepared for each component of the consignment. 2020.1.1 original 1.3.3.2.6, The shipper, the freight forwarder and the cargo agent must check all items in 1.3.3.2.6 before presenting the dangerous goods consignments to an operator. 1.3.4 1.4 Retention of The shipper must retain 1 set of the dangerous goods transport documents documents for minimum 3 months. Operator’s The Operator’s specific responsibilities are listed in 1.4 Responsibilities ・ Acceptance; ・ Storage; ・ Loading; ・ Inspection; ・ Provision of Informations, including emergency response information; ・ Reporting; ・ Retention of Records (USA requires 1 year,) ・ Training Full handling procedures for those items are included in Section 9. 1.4.2 Information to An operator must provide necessary information for DGs to their Operator Employee employees to carry out their responsibilities. Such information must include; - The action to be taken in case of DG emergency. - Details of cargo compartment of aircraft. - Limitation for Dry Ice in each compartment and aircraft. Loading limitation of Radioactive Material. 1.4.3 Provision of 2020.1.1 original An operator must presented DG information to passengers with Information to displaying DG poster, inclusion in reservation WEB site etc. Passengers 1.4.5 Provision of Information An operator must provide DG information to the customers at Cargo at acceptance area with displaying DG poster etc. Cargo Acceptance Areas 1.5 Training Requirement All personnel engaged in Dangerous Goods Handling must be trained by the category of each job prior to the person performing any duty specified in Table 1.5.A And those people must have recurrent training every 24months. But there is a 3 months window to allow a flexible training period for recurrent training. And the participants must have a test and a result must be recorded. 1.5.1 Training Program 1.5.2 1.5.5 1.5.2 Training Curricula Each Training Program must include; ・ General Familiarization training ・ Function Specific Training – by each job category. ・ Safety Training. 1.5.5 Record of Training The Operator must keep training records of their personnel. And it must include; ・ The Individual Name; ・ The completion month of the training 2020.1.1 original ・ Training Category ・ The training Provider ・ Test results The training records must be kept for minimum 36 months. 1.6 Adequate instruction for The detail of this part will be explained on Packing Instruction of Section 5& shipping 6. section II Lithium batteries 1.7 1.7.3.2 Dangerous Goods The operator must have a security plan and Dangerous Goods Training Security must include security Awareness. List of High All personnel engaged in Dangerous Goods Handling must be aware of the Consequence Dangerous High Consequence Dangerous Goods which are listed in DGR Table 1.7.A Goods and B. Read 1.7.3.1.1 1.8 Incidents and Operator must report DG Incidents and accident including un‐declared DG accident Reporting and Mis‐declared DG to the authority of state of operator and state of the incident occurred in accordance with 9.6.1 and 9.6.2 2020.1.1 original
