# Save the Situation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation **Citation:** 17-0082 **Type / status:** guidance / guidance **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** Not stated **Published:** 2017-12-28 17-0082 response to Save the Situation concerning 172.600, 172.602. ## Document text <<>> Mühlenstr. 30A Langwedel, Germany 24631 Reference No. 17-0082 Dear Ms. Glimsche: This letter is in response to your July 14, 2017, email requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to emergency response information. Specifically, you ask it the requirements for the emergency response intormation can be fulfilled by providing the "24-hour" emergency response telephone number on a shipping paper if the aircraft crew and forwarding companies in the United States have the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) readily available. The answer is no. The general requirements for emergency response information found in § 172.600(c) state, "No person to whom this subpart applies may offer for transportation, accept for transportation, transfer, store, or otherwise handle during transportation a hazardous material unless: (1) Emergency response information conforming to this subpart is immediately available for use at all times the hazardous material is present; and (2) Emergency response information, including the emergency response telephone number, required by this subpart is immediately available." If a person offers, transfers, accepts, or otherwise handles hazardous materials during transportation, the shipping paper (e.g., shipper's declaration, IMO declaration) must include the emergency response telephone number and either include or be accompanied by the emergency response information (see § 172.602(b)). You may use the ERG to satisfy the HMR's emergency response information requirements by providing an ERG guide number with each hazardous material description and verifying carriage of an ERG in the carrier's vehicles (see § 172.602(b)(3)(iii)). However, the emergency response information and the emergency response telephone number are both required by the HMR. Providing only the emergency response telephone number will not meet the general requirements as specified in § 172.600(c). I hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance. Sincerely, Dirk Der Kinderen Chief, Standards Development Branch Standards and Rulemaking Division <<>> Please submit this as a letter of interpretation. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Jodi From: Eva Glimsche [mailto:eva@savethesituation.de] Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2017 2:57 AM To: Cardez, Eugenio CTR (PHMSA) < eugenio.cardez.ctr@dot.gov> Subject: Re: Written Emergency Information as per 49 CFR 172.600 to § 172.606 Dear Eugenio, thank you very mucn for your reply. I checked the different sources you mentioned. Yet they don't answer my question. That's why I'd like to request a written interpretation answering them. Thanks for your help. Best regards, Eva savethesituation Eva Glimsche - Mühlenstr. 30a - 24631 Langwedel - Germany Mobil: +49 - 171 - 4958171 eva@savethesituation.de www.savethesituation.de Am 14.07.2017 um 17:15 schrieb Cardez, Eugenio CTR (PHMSA) : Dear Eva Glimsche, We have received your inquiry about the hazardous materials regulations (HMR) (49 CFR Parts 171-180). The HMR prescribes the requirements of the Department of Transportation governing the offering and transportation of hazardous materials in interstate, intrastate, and foreign commerce by rail car, aircraft, motor vehicle, and vessel. While we cannot provide an <<>> center, wich 1s slattea with regulatory specialists wno can quickly answer your questions Dy phone, Monday through Friday, 9 AM - 5 PM EST at +1(202) 366-4488. Sincerely, Eugenio, Hazardous Materials Specialist An e-mail response from this office is considered informal guidance. Formal guidance may be requested in accordance with 49 CFR 105.20. http://phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/regs/interps From: Eva Glimsche [mailto:eva@savethesituation.de] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 3:44 AM To: INFOCNTR (PHMSA) < INFOCNTR.INFOCNTR@dot.gov> Subject: Written Emergency Information as per 49 CFR 172.600 to § 172.606 Dear Sir or Madam, I require a written interpretation regarding the written Emergency Information as per 49 CFR 172.600 to § 172.606. As I understand it the shipper can fulfill this requirement by having an MSDS accompanying the shipment or by enteringe the respective NFPA-1 fire code in the Shipper's Declaration or in the IMO Declaration. Would the requirement for the Emergency Information also be fulfilled by the 24h Emergency Contact Telephone Number entered in the Shipper's Declaration or in the IMO Declaration if it is ensured that the aircraft crew and the forwarding companies in the US all have the emergency response guide readily available? Looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards Eva Glimsche savethesituation Eva Glimsche - Mühlenstr. 30a - 24631 Langwedel Mobil: 0171 - 4958177 2 <<>> ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `phmsa` - SHA-256: `b63a9dca2f487004020ec005d02b621ec3f49ac0197e65343f269467c6e855f4` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T00:59:31.977Z - Exported: 2026-08-23T23:02:53.932Z - Document slug: `phmsa-interpretation-17-0082` ### Source metadata ```json { "materialSubtype": "interpretation", "interpretationArea": "hazardous_materials", "representation": "full_text_from_official_pdf", "companies": [ "Save the Situation" ], "individuals": [ "Ms. Eva Glimsche" ], "refIds": [ "17-0082" ], "catalogDates": [ "2017-12-28" ], "catalogParts": [ 172 ], "catalogRowCount": 2, "sourceRecordUrls": [ "https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/node/70166" ], "linkedAttachmentUrls": [], "unavailableResponseUrls": [], "duplicateRepresentationUrls": [], "citedSections": [ "172.600", "172.600(c)", "172.602", "172.602(b)", "172.606" ], "catalogPageUrls": [ "https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/regulations/title49/section/172600", "https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/regulations/title49/section/172602" ], "pdfUrls": [ "https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/standards-rulemaking/hazmat/interpretations/56866/170082.pdf" ], "representations": [ { "viewUrl": "https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/standards-rulemaking/hazmat/interpretations/56866/170082.pdf", "detailUrl": null, "detailHtmlPath": null, "pdfUrl": "https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/standards-rulemaking/hazmat/interpretations/56866/170082.pdf", "pdfArtifactPath": "data/sources/phmsa-interpretations/17-0082-be9f5f1b73.pdf", "pdfArtifactSha256": "10322856f15791bec0e9eb1895dfca873aa25d1444a36eb6dca7c6732bed47f5", "extractedTextPath": "data/sources/phmsa-interpretations/17-0082-be9f5f1b73.v2.txt", "extractedTextSha256": "588cd46a51a6dfe1aa8944a6555ce77991994a9fd7d98d5c1faf117c92007adf", "pageCount": 4, "extractionVersion": 2 } ], "caveat": "Interpretations apply regulations to the facts presented and do not create independently enforceable requirements.", "jurisdiction": "US" } ```