# Air Products and Chemicals, Inc — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

**Citation:** 07-0086  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2007-05-16

07-0086 response to Air Products and Chemicals, Inc concerning 172.802.

## Document text

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U.S. Department
of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C. 20590
aterials Safety Administratic
peline and Hazardol
MAY 16 2007
Ms. Susan K. Leith
Ref. No.: 07-0086
Air Products and Chemicals. Inc.
Dangerous Goods Compliance Specialist
7201 Hamilton Boulevard
Allentown, PA 18195-1501
Dear Ms. Leith:
This is in response to your April 9, 2007 letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous
Specifically, you ask if the provision in § 172.802(b) for security plans to be written may
Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to security plans.
be satisfied by posting the security plan on your company's intranet, which is accessible to
your facilities and readily printed if necessary.
The answer is yes. A security plan posted on a company's intranet that is accessible to
company employees and readily printed if necessary would be in compliance with the
provisions in § 172.802(b).
I hope this information is helpful. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to
contact this office.
Sincerely,
Holle
Hattie L. Mitchell
Chief. Regulatory Review and Reinvention
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
172.802 (6)
070086

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3172.802 (b)
PRODUCTS AS
Security Plans
7201 Hamilton Boulevard
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
07-0086
Tel 610 481-4911
Allentown, PA 18195-1501
9 April 2007
Mr. Edward T. Mazzullo
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
U.S. DOT/PHMSA (PHH-10)
400 7th Street S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20590-0001
Dear Mr. Mazzullo:
RE: Interpretation 49 CFR 172.802(b) Security Plan
We recently called the Hazardous Materials Information Center for an interpretation of
necessary. The response from the Information Center confirmed that our on-line
version was sufficient.
This letter is merely to get a response in writing that our Security Plan meets the
equirements of a written plan and that we do not have to maintain a printed copy a
each facility. During a recent DOT inspection at one of our facilities, this was noted ol
the inspection report and the inspector expected to see a written copy of the Security
Please confirm that our understanding from the Information Center and of paragraph
172.802(b) is correct that we do not need a printed copy but that our on-line Security
Plan is acceptable.
Sincerely,
Susan K. Leith
Dangerous Goods Compliance Specialist

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