# Goldschmidt Chemical Corp. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

**Citation:** 00-0294  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2001-01-22

00-0294 response to Goldschmidt Chemical Corp. concerning 173.22.

## Document text

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00 Seventh Street, S.W
lashington, D.0
20590
Research and
Special Programs
Administration
JAN 2 2 2001
Mr. Michael Brobst
Ref. No. 00-0294
Goldschmidt Chemical Corp.
5777 Frantz Road
Dublin, Ohio 43017
Dear Mr. Brobst:
This responds to your October 18, 2000 letter requesting clarification on the classification of your
material under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, you
request clarification on the proper hazard class of a solid material containing 10-20% alcohol
(isopropyl or ethanol), water, and a non-hazardous organic material.
Under § 173.22, it is the shipper's responsibility to properly classify a hazardous material. This Office
generally does not perform that function. You state that your mixture is a solid and does not meet the
hazard class criteria for a Class 3 flammable liquid material, a Division 4.1 flammable solid material nor
any other hazard class defining criteria in Part 173, and is not a hazardous waste, hazardous substance,
or marine pollutant. Therefore, this material is not subject to the HMR.
I hope this answers your inquiry.
Sincerely,
Subme Hillip
Delmer F. Billings
Chief, Standards Development
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
173.22
000294

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goldschmidt
telefax message
Golaschmidt Chemical Corporation |A momber of the SKW Group
Boothe
5777 Frantz Road | Dublin | OH 63017 | USA
Phone: 614766-6500
Fax: 616 766-6181 First-Second Floor
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v. /173,22
www.gotdscbmids.com
814 766-6174 Ground Floor
Proper Shipping Kam
to: Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
00-0294
FAX: 202-366-3012
from: Michael Brobst, Mgr. Product Stewardship
TEL: 614-766-6141
FAx: 6147641481
E-MAIL. mike.brobst@us.goldschmidt.com
PAGES: 01
DATE | Oct. 18, 2000
Re: Classification
i have a material(s) that contain 10-20% alcohol (Isopropyl or ethanol), water, a non-haz fatty
organic material. This does not meet the definition of liquid in 49CFR 171.8, with an initial melt
Preliminary Screening Test described in the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria (33.2.1.4.3.1).
point of >97F. Now I have a solid material, but one that does not pass the Flammable Solid
How do I properly describe this material?? It is not a flammable liquid, nor is it a flammable solid,
nor does it meet another hazard class.
Sincerely,
Michael Brobst
Manager, Product Stewardship/Regulatory

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