The much anticipated 2016 ERG (well it was for HAZMAT folks) is now available for download in Portable Document Format (pdf).
The file size is 12700 KB.
Here is the link to the APP (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/erg-2016/id592158838?mt=8)
See below for changes from the 2012 edition…
Summary of changes from ERG2012 to ERG2016
- “How to use this Guidebook” instructions are now in a flowchart
- Many sections have been expanded and/or revised, including:
- Shipping documents (Papers)
- Table of markings, labels and placards and initial response guide to use on-scene
- Rail car and road trailer identification charts (including more detailed information on each)
- Pipeline transportation
- Protective clothing
- Improvised explosive device (IED) safe stand off distance chart
- Glossary
- Emergency response telephone numbers
New sections have been added:
- Local emergency response numbers (to be filled by user)
- Table of Contents
- Globally harmonized systems (GHS) of classification and labeling of chemicals
- Information about emergency response assistance plans (ERAP) for Canadian users
Index list of dangerous goods in order of ID number (yellow-bordered pages), and the Index list of dangerous goods in alphabetical order (blue-bordered pages):
- Addition of all new dangerous goods listed in the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods up to the 19th revised edition
Emergency response guides (“Guides”/Orange-bordered pages):
- Revision of some guide information
- Two guides have been added for adsorbed gases
- Identification of potential emergency response assistance plan (ERAP) products for Canadian users
Table of initial isolation and protective action distances (Green-bordered pages):
- Updated initial isolation and protective action distances (Tables 1 and 3) based on new toxicity data and reactivity research
- Added “Estimating wind speed from environmental clues” for Table 3