United Nations/North American Number Datasheet

ERG Guide 153 Datasheet (for unassigned UN/NA numbers)

Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG, 2020)

What is this information?

The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) provides general response recommendations for first responders.

UN/NA datasheets display several items from the ERG: material names, response guide PDFs, initial isolation and protective action distances, warnings about toxic-by-inhalation gases that may be produced if the material spills in water, and polymerization hazards.

Material Names

  • Buzz
  • BZ
  • CN
  • CS
  • DC
  • GA
  • GB
  • GD
  • GF
  • H
  • HD
  • HL
  • HN-1
  • HN-2
  • HN-3
  • L (Lewisite)
  • Lewisite
  • Mustard
  • Mustard Lewisite
  • Sarin
  • Soman
  • Tabun
  • Thickened GD
  • Toxins
  • VX
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Response Guide 153

link to a PDF file Substances - Toxic and/or Corrosive (Combustible)

 

ERG Table 1: Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances

Name of Material Small Spills
(from a small package or small leak)		 Large Spills
(from a large package or many small packages)
First
Isolate
in all Directions		 Then Protect Downwind First
Isolate
in all Directions		 Then Protect Downwind
Day Night Day Night
Buzz (when used as a weapon) 200 ft 0.2 mi 1.1 mi 1250 ft 1.4 mi 5.0 mi
BZ (when used as a weapon) 200 ft 0.2 mi 1.1 mi 1250 ft 1.4 mi 5.0 mi
CN (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.1 mi 0.1 mi 200 ft 0.2 mi 0.8 mi
CS (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.1 mi 0.4 mi 300 ft 0.3 mi 1.2 mi
DC (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.1 mi 0.4 mi 200 ft 0.3 mi 1.1 mi
GA (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.1 mi 0.1 mi 300 ft 0.4 mi 0.4 mi
GB (when used as a weapon) 200 ft 0.3 mi 0.7 mi 1250 ft 1.3 mi 3.0 mi
GD (when used as a weapon) 200 ft 0.3 mi 0.5 mi 1000 ft 1.1 mi 1.7 mi
GF (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.2 mi 0.2 mi 500 ft 0.5 mi 0.6 mi
H (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.1 mi 0.1 mi 200 ft 0.2 mi 0.3 mi
HD (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.1 mi 0.1 mi 200 ft 0.2 mi 0.3 mi
HL (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.1 mi 0.2 mi 300 ft 0.3 mi 0.6 mi
HN-1 (when used as a weapon) 200 ft 0.2 mi 0.3 mi 600 ft 0.7 mi 1.1 mi
HN-2 (when used as a weapon) 200 ft 0.2 mi 0.4 mi 1000 ft 0.8 mi 1.3 mi
HN-3 (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.1 mi 0.1 mi 200 ft 0.2 mi 0.2 mi
L (Lewisite) (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.1 mi 0.2 mi 300 ft 0.3 mi 0.6 mi
Lewisite (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.1 mi 0.2 mi 300 ft 0.3 mi 0.6 mi
Mustard (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.1 mi 0.1 mi 200 ft 0.2 mi 0.3 mi
Mustard Lewisite (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.1 mi 0.2 mi 300 ft 0.3 mi 0.6 mi
Sarin (when used as a weapon) 200 ft 0.3 mi 0.7 mi 1250 ft 1.3 mi 3.0 mi
Soman (when used as a weapon) 200 ft 0.3 mi 0.5 mi 1000 ft 1.1 mi 1.7 mi
Tabun (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.1 mi 0.1 mi 300 ft 0.4 mi 0.4 mi
Thickened GD (when used as a weapon) 200 ft 0.3 mi 0.5 mi 1000 ft 1.1 mi 1.7 mi
VX (when used as a weapon) 100 ft 0.1 mi 0.1 mi 200 ft 0.2 mi 0.2 mi

The ERG doesn't predict that large amounts of toxic-by-inhalation gases will be produced if this material is spilled in water.

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