# C & W Global — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

**Citation:** 12-0066  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2012-06-25

12-0066 response to C & W Global concerning 172.504.

## Document text

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U.S. Department
of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety
Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C. 20590
JUN 2 5 2012
Mr. Jeff Bailey
Safety Director
C & W Global
703 Hennis Road
Winter Garden, FL 34787
Ref. No. 12-0066
Dear Mr. Bailey:
This responds to your February 17, 2012 request for clarification of the Hazardous Materials
Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, you request confirmation that
your drivers are not required to have a hazardous materials (HM) endorsement to their
commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) in order to transport your slag material,
"Environmentally hazardous substance, solid, n.o.s., (contains lead), Class 9, UN 3077,
PG Ill, RQ 10."
In accordance with § 172.504(1)(9), placarding is not required for transportation of Class 9
material when shipped domestically. However, a bulk packaging must be marked with the
appropriate identification number, and the number may be display on either a Class 9
placard, an orange panel, or a white square-on-point configuration. While the HMR allow
display of the identification number on a Class 9 placard, use of this configuration does not
make your drivers subject to the endorsement requirement under 49 CFR 383.93 of the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR).
For purposes of the COL HM endorsement, the term "Hazardous Materials" is defined in 49
CFR § 383.5 as a material that has been designated as hazardous under 49 U .S.C. 5103 and
is required to be placarded under subpart F of 49 CPR part 172 or any quantity of a material
listed as a select agent or toxin in 42 CPR part 73. Therefore, pursuant to the FMCSR, a
driver of a commercial motor vehicle transporting a Class 9 hazardous material that is
excepted from placarding for domestic transportation, is not required to obtain a hazardous
materials endorsement to his or her COL.
I hope this answers your inquiry. If you need additional assistance, please contact this office
at 202-366-8553.
Sincerely,
Robert Benedict
Chief, Standards Development Branch
Standards and Rulemaking Division

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703 Hennis Road Winter Garden, FL 34787 * P- 407-877-2600 * F- 407-877-7064
February 17, 2012
Mr. Charles E. Betts
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
U.S. DOT I PHMSA (PHH-10)
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE East Building 2"d Floor
Washington, DC 20590
Dear Mr. Betts:
I would like to respectfully request an interpretation regarding a shipment of slag.
Proper shipping name: Feedstock for lead recycling operation.
Per the attached shippers order, this product is slag that contains lead. Environmentally
hazardous substance, solid N.O.S (contains lead), class 9, UN3077, PGIII, RQ10.
My understanding of the hazmat laws and CDL endorsement regulations is:
1. Per 49CFR 172.504 (9) this class 9 product only needs to be labeled, not
placarded.
2. 3. Our CDL drivers can transport it without a hazmat endorsement on their license.
If the customer chooses to put class 9, UN3077 placards on the trailer instead of
using ID stick on labels on the trailer to ID the bulk product inside, does the fact
that the trailer is ID with class 9 placards now make our drivers subject to needing
a hazmat endorsement? Or is it correct to say that the class 9 UN3077 placards are
exempt from needing the hazmat endorsement?
We want to transport this product in a tarp covered dump trailer. The product is dry and
ships in an inert state at room temperature.
Would you please let us know if our interpretation of the laws are correct? I believe the
product we want to transport would be covered by your response letter to Reynolds
Transport and your answer to them would apply to us also.
Respectfully,
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Jeff Bailey, Safety Director

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(3) Commodities requiring special or additional care or attention in·bandUng or stowing
must be so marked and packaged as to ensure sate transportalion. see Section 2(e) of
Item 360, Bills 01 Lading, Freight BD!s and Statements of Charges and Section 1 (a) 01
the ConlractTerms and Cond16ons for a list ol such articles.
RECEIVED, subject to lhs c:lasslficalional'l:llarilfs in effect on the dale 011he issue of this BID 01lading,
the property described above in appamntgood order, excep1 as noted (contents end condition of con·
tents of packages unknown), marked, aii"ISigned. and destined as indicated above which said carrier
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PROPER SHIPPING NAME: SECTION 14- TRANSPORT INFORMATION
FEEDSTOCK FOR LEAD RECYCLING OPERATION
SECTION 15-REGULATORY INFOR.lWATION
U.S. DOT: Reverb slag is regulated by U.S. DOT as a hazardous substance.
Proper Shipping Name: Environmentally hazardous substance, solid, n.o.s., (contains lead)
Hazard Class/Division: 9
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Packing Gmup:
Reportable Quantity:
UN3077
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10 lbs
U.S. TSCA: COMPONENTS ARE LISTED
SARA TITLE Til (SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS & REAUTHORIZATION ACT): YES
ACUTE HEALTH: YES* CHRONIC HEALTH: YES*
FIRE: NO SLTDDEN RELEASE OF PRESSURE: NO
REACTIVE: NO
• DUE TO LEAD EXPOSURE AS DUST OR FUMES ONLY
RAZARDOUS UNDER HAZARDOUS COMML'NICA1'ION S1'MIDARD: YES
CERCLA SECTION 103 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: LEAD RQ: 10 Pounds
EPCRA SECTION 302 EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE: NO
EPCRA SECTION 311/312 H.t\.ZARD CATEGOR..TES:
DELAYED (CHRONIC) HEALTH HAZARD- Carcinogen & Reproductive Toxin.
EPCRA SECTION 313 TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY: LEAD CAS# 7439-92-l (% By Weight 15-50)
CALiFORNIA PROP 65, SAFE DRINKil'iG WATER AND TOXiC ENft'ORCE.l\'IENT ACTo:;· 1986: product contains lead, a chemical known to the state of California to cause developmental toxicity.
WARNING: This
SECTION 16-0THERINFORMATION
~"OTE: 1910.1025)
Institutions using product may need to assess overall lead levels to conform to the OSHA Lead Standard (29CFR
fhe information contained herein is believed to be accurate but is not warranted to be so. Users are advised to confirm in
advance of need that information is current, applicable and suited to the circumstances o use. Vendor assumes no
responsibility for injury to vendee or third persons proximately caused by tbe material if reasonable safety procedures are not
adhered to as stipulated in the data sheet. Furthermore, vendor assumes no responsibility for injury caused by abnormal use
Df this materia! even if reasonable safety procedures are followed. Any questions regarding this product should be directed to
tbe manufacturer.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2012/120066.pdf>
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T00:59:31.977Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T03:26:10.036Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-interpretation-12-0066`

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