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APPENDIX
LITHIUM BATTERIES — APPROPRIATE HAZARD COMMUNICATION
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Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
Forty-fifth session Geneva, 23 June-2 July 2014 Item 5(e) of the provisional agenda Electric storage systems: miscellaneous
Lithium batteries – appropriate hazard communication
Transmitted by the expert from the United Kingdom
Introduction 1. Following discussion of ICAO’s papers ST/SG/C.10.C.3/2013/49 and INF 48 at
the 44th session, a lunchtime working group, chaired by the Vice Chairman, met to consider the issue of appropriate hazard communication for lithium metal and ion batteries (UN numbers 3090, 3091, 3480 and 3481).
2. The conclusions of the working group were reported in INF 54, which set out three possible options for a way forward:
Do not change the current regulation, but use existing rules to meet the needs of the air mode;
Do not change Class 9, but define a specific hazard communication
symbol that would be more appropriate for lithium batteries (and may be extended to other goods of Class 9);
Adopt various divisions under Class 9, in accordance with the hazard
characteristics of individual groups of articles.
United Nations ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2014/XX
Secretariat Distr.: General March 2014 English Original: English
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3. The working group recommended a multistep approach starting with the concepts subsumed in option 2:
Prepare a proposal for labels for lithium batteries that will characterise
specific hazards under Class 9 in accordance with the type of goods (analogous to Class 7 labels);
Evaluate the way the current marking system will integrate the proposals;
After a definition of the content of the label, propose a design for the label
while considering what kind of hazard characteristics would be represented;
Co-ordinate this work with other work on including articles under Class 9. 4. This approach was endorsed by plenary, which also noted that ICAO’s
International Multidisciplinary Lithium Battery Transport Coordination (IMLBC) group would be holding a further meeting to discuss the carriage of lithium batteries in February 2014. That meeting subsequently resulted in four recommendations:
Further restrict the carriage of lithium metal batteries on passenger aircraft; Develop permissions to transport batteries on passenger aircraft based on
performance ( reaction of the battery and performance of the packaging in a thermal runaway situation);
Mitigate risks for transport on cargo aircraft based on the above
performance criteria; and Adopt a multidisciplinary approach involving all stakeholders to advance
cargo safety.
The first three of the ICAO recommendations are clearly mode specific. Work done by the Sub Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods could assist with the last.
5. The current paper therefore considers the specific issue of alerting participants in
the transport chain to the hazards associated with lithium cells and batteries, in the context of a scheme which could be extended to other Class 9 substances and articles.
6. The subdivisions of substances and articles in Class 9 are set out at point 2.9.2 of
the Model Regulations. Most are associated with an identified hazard - for instance, substances which, on inhalation as fine dust, may endanger health. Others simply name articles (lithium batteries, lifesaving appliances) without giving details of the type of the (sometimes multiple) dangers they may represent.
7. The existing lithium battery handling label used by air transport shows that:
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vi) At 5.3.2.3 replace ‘Environmentally hazardous substance mark’ with ‘Lithium battery mark’
vii) Replace existing 5.3.2.3.1 and 2 with the following:
‘5.3.2.3.1 A cargo transport unit containing lithium batteries meeting the criteria of 2.9.4 (UN Numbers 3090, 3091, 3480 and 3481) shall be marked on at least two opposing sides of the unit and in any case in such a position as may be seen by all those involved in the loading or unloading processes, with the lithium battery mark to be affixed in accordance with the provisions of 5.3.1.1.4 for placards.
5.3.2.3.2 The lithium battery mark for cargo transport units shall be as described in 5.2.1.6.3 and Figure 5.2.2, except that the minimum dimensions shall be 250mm x 250mm.’
viii) Renumber existing 5.3.2.3. – 5.3.2.3.2 as 5.3.2.4 -5.3.2.4.2.