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Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)

This is an online version of the 2008 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) which is produced by the USDOT for first responders during the initial phase of a Dangerous goods/Hazardous Materials incident. Have you ever wondered what those four digit numbers on the placards on the side of trucks and rail cars mean? Our online ERG will give you your answer.

Disinfectants, liquid, n. ==> Ethane, compressed

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Current as of: Oct. 2, 2011
Disinfectants, liquid, n.o.s. (poisonous) 1513142
Disinfectants, solid, n.o.s. (poisonous) 1511601
Disodium trioxosilicate1543253
Disodium trioxosilicate, pentahydrate1543253
Dispersant gas, n.o.s.1261078
Dispersant gas, n.o.s. (flammable) 1151954
Dithiocarbamate pesticide, liquid, flammable, poisonous1312772
Dithiocarbamate pesticide, liquid, flammable, toxic1312772
Dithiocarbamate pesticide, liquid, poisonous1513006
Dithiocarbamate pesticide, liquid, poisonous, flammable1313005
Dithiocarbamate pesticide, liquid, toxic1513006
Dithiocarbamate pesticide, liquid, toxic, flammable1313005
Dithiocarbamate pesticide, solid, poisonous1512771
Dithiocarbamate pesticide, solid, toxic1512771
Divinyl ether, stabilized128P1167
DM1541698
Dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid1532584
Dodecylbenzenesulphonic acid1532584
Dodecyltrichlorosilane1561771
DP1251076
Dry ice1201845
Dye intermediate, liquid, corrosive, n.o.s.1542801
Dye intermediate, liquid, poisonous, n.o.s.1511602
Dye intermediate, liquid, toxic, n.o.s.1511602
Dye intermediate, solid, corrosive, n.o.s.1543147
Dye intermediate, solid, poisonous, n.o.s.1513143
Dye intermediate, solid, toxic, n.o.s.1513143
Dye, liquid, corrosive, n.o.s.1542801
Dye, liquid, poisonous, n.o.s.1511602
Dye, liquid, toxic, n.o.s.1511602
Dye, solid, corrosive, n.o.s.1543147
Dye, solid, poisonous, n.o.s.1513143
Dye, solid, toxic, n.o.s.1513143
ED1511892
Elevated temperature liquid, flammable, n.o.s., with flash point above 37.8oC (100oF) , at or above its flash point1283256
Elevated temperature liquid, flammable, n.o.s., with flash point above 60.5oC (141oF) , at or above its flash point1283256
Elevated temperature liquid, n.o.s., at or above 100oC (212oF) , and below its flash point1283257
Elevated temperature solid, n.o.s., at or above 240oC (464oF) 1713258
Engine starting fluid1151960
Engines, internal combustion, flammable gas powered1283166
Engines, internal combustion, flammable liquid powered1283166
Engines, internal combustion, including when fitted in machinery or vehicles1283166
Environmentally hazardous substances, liquid, n.o.s.1713082
Environmentally hazardous substances, solid, n.o.s.1713077
Epibromohydrin1312558
Epichlorohydrin131P2023
Esters, n.o.s.1273272
Ethane1151035
Ethane, compressed1151035

Data Source for our online 2008 ERG

This information was compiled from the 2008 Emergency Response Guidebook (2008 ERG) which is produced by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

(Data last updated/verified: Oct. 2, 2011)

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