# Brenntag Mid-South, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

**Citation:** 08-0108  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2008-05-13

08-0108 response to Brenntag Mid-South, Inc. concerning 172.101, 173.137.

## Document text

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U.S. Department
of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety
Administration
WAY, 1 3 28U8
Mr. A.B. Eargood
Brenntag Mid-South, Inc.
P.O. Box 20
Henderson, KY 42420
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C. 20590
Reference No. 08-0 108
Dear Mr. Eargood:
This is response to your April 1 1,2008 letter concerning the Hazardous Materials Table
($ 172.101) entry for "UN 1791, Hypochlorite solutions, 8 (corrosive), PG 11" in the
October 1,2007 edition of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts
171 -1 80). You asked if the "PG 111" designation present in earlier editions of the HMR had
been inadvertently deleted.
The answer is yes. The PG I11 entry for the proper shipping name hypochlorite solutions was
inadvertently removed when this entry was revised in a December 29,2006 final rulemaking
published under Docket No. PHMSA-06-25476 (HM-2151; 71 FR 78596, 78622). This error
will be corrected in a future rulemaking. In the interim, the PG I11 entry may continue to be
used for hypochlorite solutions that meet the defining criteria for a PG I11 Class 8 liquid
prescribed in $ 173.137.
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. I hope this information is helpful.
Hattie L. Mitchell
Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards

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BRENN
Brenntag Mid-South, Inc. ~ [ T z - /of
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08-010
ASSOCIATE ADMINSTRATOR FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
SAFETY, RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINSTRATION
DEAR SIR,
THERE IS A TYPO IN 49CFR172.101 REGARDING HYPOCHLORITE
SOLUTIONS, PG 111. IF YOU LOOK ON-LINE AT THE REVISION DATE
10-01-07, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE PG 111 LISTING HAS BEEN
INADVERTENTLY DELETED.
MAY I HAVE A LETTER FROM YOUR OFFICE STATING THAT THIS
IS CORRECT SO THAT WE ARE QUESTIONED DURING DOT DRIVER STOPS OR
A INSPECTION AT ONE OF OUR FACILITIES WE WILL HAVE ON FILE THIS
INFORMATION.
IF POSSIBLE I NEED A COPY FAXED TO MY ATTENTION AT
270-830-1396.
A B EARGOOD
A B EARGOOD
BRENNTAG MID-SOUTH,INC.
P 0 BOX 20
HENDERSON,KY 42420
beargood@brenntag.com
Phone 270-830-1318
Fax 270-830-1396
Brenntag Mid-South, Inc.
1405 H~ghway 136 West
PO. Box 20
Henderson, KY 42419-0020

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