{"operation":"document","citation":"00-0024","title":"Western Poly Drums, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2000-03-15","effective_on":null,"summary":"00-0024 response to Western Poly Drums, Inc. concerning 178.604.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0024.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0024.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0024","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2000/000024.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\n..\nU.S.Department\nof Transportation\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nWashington, D.C.\n20590\nMAR 1 5 2000\nMr. Floyd A. Whitney\nPresident\nRef. No: 00-0024\nWestern Poly Drums, Inc.\n8727 Rochester Ave.\nRancho Cucamonga, CA 91729-4200\nDear Mr. Whitney:\nThis is in response to your letter of January 25, 2000, requesting clarification of the requirements for\nleakproof testing of non-bulk packagings under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR\nparts 171-180). Specifically you ask whether you may follow the methods outlined in Appendix B to\nPart 178--Alternative Leakproofness Test Methods, as an alternative to the testing procedure required\nby § 178.604.\nThe answer is yes. As stated in § 178.604(d) Test method, \"other methods, at least equally effective,\nmay be used in accordance with appendix B of this part.\"\nI hope this information is helpful.\nSincerely,\nDelmer F. Billings\nChief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n000024\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nPOLY\nFIBRE\nSTEEL\nWESTERN\nPOLY\nWHY NOT PLACE YOUR NEXT ORDER ON-LINE?\nwww.WesternPoly.com\nDRUMS, INC.\nA COMPLETE LINE OF U.N. CONTAINERS & TANKS\nHattie L. Mitchell\nResearch and Special Program\nU.S. Department of Transportation\n400 Seventh Street, S.W\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nJanuary 10, 2000\nSubject: Steel drum re-con leek proof test\nDear, Hattie L. Mitchell\nWestern Poly Drums, Inc. is going into re-con steel drums business.\nAs I understand CFR 49, #173.28 & 178.604 (d) leak proof test I can use\nNe are also going to have the drums third party tested each year\nAppendix B (2) and (3) is this correct\nPlease let me know as soon as possible if I am correct.\nFloyd A Whitney\nPresident\n8727 ROCHESTER AVE., RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91729-4200 (909) 466-9927 FAX 945-3075\n-","truncated":false,"body_characters":1751}