# Seatex Corporation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

**Citation:** 00-0340  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2001-01-31

00-0340 response to Seatex Corporation concerning 173.29.

## Document text

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100 Seventh Street. S.W
Nashington, D.C
20590
Research and
Administrations
JAN 3 1 2001
Mr. Donald J. Trepel
Ref. No. 00-0340
Director, Quality Assurance
Seatex Corporation
6325 Hurst Street
Houston, '
TX
77008
Dear Mr. Trepel:
This is in response to your December 5, 2000, letter requesting
clarification of shipping paper and placarding requirements under
the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180).
Specifically, you ask if shipping papers and placards are
required when empty non-bulk packages, which contain the residue
of a hazardous material, are transported via a contract carrier
to a drum reconditioner.
Generally, empty packagings containing a residue of a hazardous
material must be transported in the same manner as when they
previously held a greater quantity of the material, unless the
packagings are sufficiently cleaned and purged of vapors to
SEATE
remove any potential hazard, or are refilled with a material
containing only the residue of a hazardous material covered by
Table 2 of § 172.504 collected and transported by a contract or
private carrier for reconditioning, remanufacture or reuse is
excepted from the shipping paper requirements in Part 172,
Subpart C.
Therefore, if the shipment is made by a private or
contract carrier, it is not subject to the shipping paper
requirements ($ 173.29 (c) (2)).
In addition, a non-bulk packaging
containing only the
residue of a hazardous material covered by
Table 2 of § 172.504 is not subject to the placarding
requirements in Part 172, Subpart F
(§ 173.29 (c) (1)) .
I hope this satisfies your request.
Sincerely,
Transportation Regulations Specialist
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
173,29
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§173.29(6)(2)
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December 5, 2000
00-0340
Mr. Edward Mazzullo
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
US DOT / RSPA (DHM10)
400 Seventh Street SW
Washington D.C. 20590-0001
Dear Mr. Mazzullo:
We will be contracting with a company to collect and transport our empty non-bulk
packages to a drum reconditioner. Some of these packages contain the residue of a
hazardous material.
My question is, would (49CFR) 173.29 (c) (2) apply in this case? Or, would shipping
papers and placarding be required?
• Your guidance in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Gould Trepel
Donald J. Trepel
:
• Director, Quality Assurance
:
Office: 713-868-1481 • Fax: 713-863-9240 • Toll Free: 800-829-3020
6325 Hurst Street • Houston, Texas 77008
Website: http://www.seatexcorp.com

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