# STE — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation **Citation:** 17-0091 **Type / status:** guidance / guidance **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** Not stated **Published:** 2018-03-30 17-0091 response to STE concerning 178.345. ## Document text <<>> of Transportation U.S. Department 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety MAR 3 0 2018 Administration Anthony Wurl Director of Engineering STE 801 4th Street Beloit, WI 53511 Reference No. 17-0091 Dear Mr. Wurl: This letter is in response to your August 22, 2017, email and subsequent phone calls requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) nameplate marking requirements in § 178.345-14 fox a Department of Transportation (DOT) 406, DOT 407, or DOT 412 specification cargo tank. You include in your email photographs of three plates on a cargo tank, each with a different set of markings: • The first plate includes the information required in § 178.345-14(c) for a DOT specification plate. • The second plate is located near the first plate and marked with the minimum information required in § 178.345-14(b) for an ASME nameplate. • The third plate repeats some, but not all, of the § 178.345-14(b) required markings for an ASME nameplate in a separate location on the cargo tank. It also shows additional information required in UG-119 of the ASME Code. Specifically, you ask whether the HMR require this voluntary, additional ASME nameplate to be in close proximity to the required markings on the other ASME nameplate and the DOT Section 178.345-14(a) requires cargo tanks certified after October 1, 2004, to be marked with a corrosion-resistant metal nameplate (ASME nameplate); and each cargo tank motor vehicle certified after October 1, 2004, must have a specification plate that is permanently attached to the cargo tank by brazing, welding, or other suitable means on the left side near the front in a place <<>> accessible for inspection. The information required by the marking requirements is further specified in § 178.345-14(b) and (c). The HMR do not prohibit the use of additional markings or specify a location for their placement. I hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance. Sincerely, T. Glenn Foster Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch Standards and Rulemaking Division <<>> henrien §175-345-14 lackagns Specs Dodd, Alice (PHMSA) 17-0091 From: Sent: INFOCNTR (PHMSA) To: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 12:52 PM Subject: Hazmat Interps FW: Request of Letter of Interpretation Hi Alice, know if you have any questions. Below is a request for a letter of interpretation. Mr. Wurl spoke with Breanna regarding this question. Please let me Thanks, Jodi From: Anthony Wurl [mailto:awurl@stainlesstanker.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 5:02 PM To: INFOCNTR (PHMSA) Subject: Request of Letter of Interpretation To whom this may concern, I am following up per a conversation I had with someone recently at the Information Center regarding the ASME plate installation on the 407,412 Code Units. Per 49 CFR 178.345-14, there isn't a description of a location regarding the ASME name plate defined in Section VIII UG- 119. This is an additional plate for the pressure vessel outside of the DOT required plates defined in (b), (c),(d), and (e) of 49 CFR 178.345-14. My question was does this ASME name plate need to be near the DOT plates defined or not. My in UG-119. contact at the Information Center followed up this afternoon that it did not, however to follow Section VIll's guidance I am formally requesting a Letter of Interpretation to be published by the Information Center. My information is below: Name: Anthony Wurl e-mail: awurl@stainlesstanker.com Phone: 608-313-8042 Address: 801 4th Street, Beloit, WI 53511 Thank you Anthony Wurl Director of Engineering STE Office: 608-313-8042 Cell: 608-346-9952 Fax: 608-368-9665 801 4th Street, Beloit, WI 53511 1 <<>> NOTICE: Privileged/Confidential information may be contained in this message. 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