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4.—(1) Containers and wagons shall be thoroughly cleaned and in particular be free of any combustible debris before they are loaded with packages containing oxidizing substances.
(2) The use of straw or any other readily combustible material for stowing packages containing oxidizing substances is prohibited.
(3) Where flexible intermediate bulk containers are used for the carriage of any of the following goods—
UN 1442 AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE
UN 1450 BROMATES, INORGANIC, N.O.S.
UN 1452 CALCIUM CHLORATE
UN 1455 CALCIUM PERCHLORATE
UN 1458 CHLORATE AND BORATE MIXTURES
UN 1459 CHLORATE AND MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE MIXTURE
UN 1461 CHLORATES, INORGANIC, N.O.S.
UN 1473 MAGNESIUM BROMATE
UN 1475 MAGNESIUM PERCHLORATE
UN 1481 PERCHLORATES, INORGANIC, N.O.S.
UN 1484 POTASSIUM BROMATE
UN 1485 POTASSIUM CHLORATE
UN 1489 POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE
UN 1494 SODIUM BROMATE
UN 1502 SODIUM PERCHLORATE
UN 1506 STRONTIUM CHLORATE
UN 1508 STRONTIUM PERCHLORATE
UN 1513 ZINC CHLORATE
UN 2427 POTASSIUM CHLORATE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION
UN 2429 CALCIUM CHLORATE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION
UN 2721 COPPER CHLORATE
UN 2723 MAGNESIUM CHLORATE
UN 3210 CHLORATES, INORGANIC, AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, N.O.S.
UN 3211 PERCHLORATES, INORGANIC, AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, N.O.S.
UN 3213 BROMATES, INORGANIC, AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, N.O.S.
they shall be carried in—
a container,
a closed wagon,
a moveable-roof wagon, or
an open wagon covered with an impermeable and non-combustible sheet; and
measures shall be taken to ensure that the goods cannot, in the event of a leak, come into contact with wood or any other combustible material.
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