You can have a CDL (Commercial Driver's License) without a Hazardous Materials Endorsement, but you have not have the HazMat Endorsement without a CDL.
No, it is not legal to haul any quantity of hazardous material without a hazmat endorsement on your CDL license. You need the endorsement to legally transport hazardous materials as it requires additional training and certification to ensure the safety of yourself and others on the road.
Hazardous material ceases to be hazardous when it is destroyed, sufficiently diluted in nonhazardous material, it is chemically changed into a nonhazardous material or incorporated into an object that immobilizes it and renders it unable to be hazardous.
What are they going to do? Physically come out there and force you to drive? If you feel that conditions are too dangerous to drive in, then don't drive in them. No load is worth your life or anyone else's.
which hazardous material can enter the body
An endorsement permitting the driver to transport hazardous materials.
a. a hazardous material is exposed to fire.
Polystyrene is not a hazardous material (dangerous good) in transportation. However, in circumstances where a fire might be a problem, polystyrene, which can readily and rapidly burn, can be a very hazardous material.
No - it is not usually considered hazardous
When receiving a shipment of hazardous materials, the first thing to do is to determine the nature of the hazardous material and then inspect it to ensure there are no leaks.
yes, it is
a hazardous material
HMMP