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Ultramar ,.,.. Refining VAPOR-AIR MIXTURES ARE EXPLOSIVE ABOVE FLASH POINT. FLASH POINT: -45 F (-43 C) (CC) UPPER EXPLOSION LIMIT: 7.8% LOWER EXPLOSION LIMIT: 1.5% AUTOIGNITION TEMP. : 536-853 F (280-456 C) FLAMMIBILITY CLASS (OSHA): IB FIREFIGHTING MEDIA: DRY CHEMICAL, CARBON DIOXIDE, HALON, WATER SPRAY OR STANDARD FOAM (1987 EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDEBOOK, DOT P 5800.4). FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY, FOG OR STANDARD FOAM (1987 EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDEBOOK, DOT P 5800.4). FIREFIGHTING: MOVE CONTAINER FROM FIRE AREA IF POSSIBLE. COOL FIRE-EXPOSED CONTAINERS WITH WATER FROM SIDE UNTIL WELL AFTER FIRE IS OUT. STAY AWAY FROM STORAGE TANK ENDS. FOR MASSIVE FIRE IN STORAGE AREA, USE UNMANNED HOSE HOLDER OR MONITOR NOZZLES, ELSE WITHDRAW FROM AREA AND LET FIRE BURN. WITHDRAW IMMEDIATELY IN CASE OF RISING SOUND FROM VENTING SAFETY DEVICE OR ANY DISCOLORATION OF STORAGE TANK DUE TO FIRE (1987 EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDEBOOK, DOT P 5800.4, GUIDE PAGE 27). EXTINGUISH ONLY IF FLOW CAN BE STOPPED; USE WATER IN FLOODING AMOUNTS AS FOG, SOLID STREAMS MAY SPREAD FIRE. COOL CONTAINERS WITH FLOODING AMOUNTS OF WATER, APPLY FROM AS FAR A DISTANCE AS POSSIBLE. AVOID BREATHING VAPORS, KEEP UPWIND. EVACUATE TO A RADIUS OF 1500 FEET FOR UNCONTROLLABLE FIRES. IF MATERIAL LEAKING (NOT ON FIRE) DOWNWIND EVACUATION MUST BE CONSIDERED. WATER MAY BE INEFFECTIVE (NFPA FIRE PROTECTION GUIDE ON HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, EIGHTH EDITION). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAZARD CLASSIFICATION 49CFR172.101: FLAMMABLE LIQUID DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LABELING REQUIREMENTS 49CFR172. 101 AND 172.402: FLAMMABLE LIQUID DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS: 49CFR173.119 EXCEPTIONS: 49CFR173. 1/8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOXICITY GASOLINE, AUTOMOTIVE, UNLEADED: 500 MG/24 HOURS EYE-RABBIT MILD IRRITATION; 18,800 MG/KG ORAL-RAT LD50; CARCINOGEN STATUS: NONE, GASOLINE, AUTOMOTIVE, UNLEADED IS AN EYE, SKIN AND MUCOUS MEMBRANE IRRITANT, A CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANT AND MAY ACT AS A SIMPLE ASPHYXIANT. POISONING MAY AFFECT THE LUNGS, KIDNEYS, LIVER AND HEART. THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ENHANCES THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF GASOLINE. STIMULANTS SUCH AS EPINEPHRINE MAY INDUCE VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION. BENZENE: 500 MG/24 HOURS SKIN-RABBIT MODERATE IRRITATION; 15 MG/24 HOURS OPEN SKIN-RABBIT MILD IRRITATION; 88 MG EYE-RABBIT MODERATE IRRITATION; 2 MG/24 ' HOURS EYE-RABBIT SEVERE IRRITATION; 2000 PPM/5 MINUTES INHALATION-HUMAN LCLO; 2 PPH/5 MINUTES INHALATION-HUMAN LCLO; 210 PPM INHALATION-HUMAN TCLO; 100 PPM INHALATION-HUMAN TCLO; 65 14G/M3/5 YEARS INHALATION-HUMAN LCLO; 150 PPM/1 YEAR INTERMITTENT INHALATION-MAN TCLO; 20000 PPM/5 MINUTES INHALATION-MAMMAL LCLO; 10000 PPM/7 HOURS INHALATION-RAT LC50; 9980 PPM INHALATION-MOUSE LC50; 146000 MG/M3 INHALATION-DOG LCLO; 170000 MG/M3 INHALATION-CAT LCLO; 50 MG/KG ORAL-MAN LDLO; 3306 MG/KG ORAL-RAT LD50; 4700 MG/KG ORAL-MOUSE LD50; 2000 MG/KG ORAL-DOG LDLO; 88 MG/KG INTRAVENOUS-RABBIT LDLO; 2890 UG/KG INTRAPERITONEAL-RAT LD50; 1011 MG/KG INTRAPERITONEAL-MOUSE LD50; 527 MG/KG INTRAPERITONEAL-GUINEA PIG LDLO; 194 MG/KG UNREPORTED-MAN LDLO; MUTAGENIC DATA (RTECS); REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS DATA (RTECS); TUMORIGENIC DATA (RTECS). CARCINOGEN STATUS: KNOWN HUMAN CARCINOGEN (NTP); HUMAN SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE