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C1028) PAGE 4 LOC AP WASTE DISPOSAL PROCEDUT ALL FEDERAL, STATE ANf OCAL REGULATIONS, ?=- GAPSFNG HEALTH AND 'r6LLUTION MUST BE FOLLOWED:' AQUEOUS HYDROFLUORIC ACID IN LIMITED QUANTITIES MAY RE DUMPED INTO A TRENCH CONTAINING SUFFICIENT LIME TO NEUTRALIZE THE ACID. SODA ASH MAY BE USEDP BUT THIS WILL PRODUCF. SODIUM FLUORIDE WHICH IS VERY TOXIC TO WARM BLOODED ANIMALS . SMALL QUAN- TITIES OF ACID, IN EMERGENCIES MAY BE FLUSHED DOWN DRAINS USING LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER TO RINSE AND DILUTE IT . DRAINS AND SEWERS SHOULD THEN BE NEUTRALIZED WITH LIME SLURRY TO PREVENT DETERIORATION OF TILE OR METALS BY THE ACID. WASTE ANYHYDROUS HYROOFLUORIC ACID AS A GAS VENTED FROM STORAGE TANKS OR PROCESSES SHOULD BE CONDUCTED TO AN ABSORPTION SYSTEM Tn PREVENT POLLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE. WASTE CONTAINING DILUTE HYDROFLUORIC ACID OR FLUORIDES IN SOLUTION SHOULD BE NEUTRALIZED WITH LIME. SECTION VIII ========= SPECIAL PROTECTION INFORMATION • RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RESPIRATOR: SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING DEVICE. AIRLINE OR NIOSH-APPPOVED RESPIRATOR. . LOCAL EXHAUST: REQUIRED . PROTECTIVE GLOVES: HEAVY PVC GAUNTLET GLOVES . EYE PROTECTION: CHEMICAL SAFETY GOGGLES: FULL FACE SHIELD OTHER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: RUBBER OR PLASTIC CLOTHING. SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS OR FULL FACE RESPIRATOP WITH PLASTIC WINDOW. SECTION IX ---------- ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONS - ----------- -------------------- PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN HANDLING AND STORAGE : A LARGE AMOUNT OF HEAT IS GENERATED ON CONTACT WITH WATER. THIS ACID WILL ATTACK GLASS. CONCRETE AND CERTAIN METALS. IT MUST BE SHIPPED AND STORED IN P-RESSURE CONTAINERS DUE TO ITS LOW BOILING POINT. OTHER PRECAUTIONS: DANGER ! CORROSIVE! STORE ONLY IN SUIT-ABLE PRESSURIZED VESSELS. AVOID CONTACT WITH EYES OR SKIN. AVOID BREATHING VAPORS. MAY CAUSE SERIOUS BURNS WHICH MAY NOT BE IMMEDIATELY PAINFUL OR VISIBLE. IN CASE OF CONTACT. FLUSH WITH LARGE QUANTITIES OF COLD WATER FOLLOWED PY ICED ALCOHOLIC OR AQUEOUS SENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION. IN CAS' OF EYE CONTACT. FLUSH EYES IMMEDIATELY WITH COLD WATER FOR 10 TO 15 MINUTES. IN ALL CASES PROMPT MEDICAL ATTENTION IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THE INFORMATION HEREIN IS PRESENTED IN GOOD FAITH AND BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT AS OF THE DATE HEREOF. HOWEVER• CHEMTECH MAKES NO REPRESENTATION AS TO THE COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY THEREOF. USERS MUST MAKE THEIR OWN DETERMINATION AS TO THE SUITABILITY OF THE PRODUCT FOR THEIR PURPOSES PRIOR TO USE. NO REPRESENTATIONS- OR WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR OF ANY OTHER. NATURE WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT OR TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN IS MADE HEREUNDER. CHEMTECH SHALL IN NO EVENT BE