Storage, Transportation, Spills, and Disposal
Storage, Transportation, Spills, and Disposal
This domain tests secure storage, safe transport, spill response, and legal disposal.
Core rules
- Store in a locked, ventilated, dry area away from food, feed, seed, and livestock; keep original labeled containers; use secondary containment.
- Maintain an inventory and keep SDSs accessible.
- Transport in a secure cargo area; separate from food and incompatible chemicals; use DOT-required placards/shipping papers when thresholds apply.
- Spill response: protect people, stop the source if safe, contain the spill, absorb, clean up, and report as required.
- Disposal: follow the label; triple-rinse containers; never burn, bury, or pour into drains; use household hazardous waste or a licensed disposal option.
- Reportable spills may require state/local notification.
Worked example
A jug tips in a truck bed and one quart leaks. Reasoning: put on label PPE, keep people away, ventilate, stop the leak, and contain with absorbent. Do not hose it into the street. Place contaminated absorbent in a labeled container for disposal. Check the label and SDS for cleanup and reporting; if the spill reaches soil or water, notify authorities.
Traps
- Storing pesticides in unlabeled beverage bottles.
- Transporting with food or animal feed.
- Washing a spill into a storm drain.
- Mixing recovered spill material into a tank without label approval.
- Reusing a pesticide container.