• Transportation of hazardous materials "in commerce".

  Examples - shipment of material via UPS or FedEX; transportation of certain hazardous materials over public highways, waterways, etc.

• Begins with the preparation of the material for transport and includes offering, loading, movement and unloading

Hazardous materials are substances or materials capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety and property. Materials that are shipped to a lab for testing or analysis, sent to a colleague for collaborative research, shipped to another research facility, returned to the manufacturer or sent to a field research site must follow all applicable shipping requirements. To comply, regulated materials are classified according to their hazards, properly packaged, labeled, documented and handled by trained employees.