# Horning's Incorporated — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** 00-0065
- **title:** Horning's Incorporated — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2000-03-30
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** 00-0065 response to Horning's Incorporated concerning 173.22.
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of Transportation
US.Department
Washington, D.C.
400 Seventh Street, S.W.
20590
Research and
Special Programs
Administration
MAR 3 0 2000
Ms. Kathy M. Koppe
Horning's Incorporated
Ref. No. 00-0065
P.O. Box 88416
Indianapolis, IN
46208
Dear Ms. Koppe:
in response to your letter dated February 24, 2000
Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) to
requesting information concerning the applicability of
several materials.
Under § 173.22, it is a shipper's responsibility to determine
a material meets the definition of the listed hazard
class or is not subject to the HMR. Such determinations are
not required to be verified by this office nor does the
Department have resources to perform routine verifications.
I hope this satisfies your request.
Sincerely,
John
A.
Gale
Transportation Regulations Specialist
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
000065
173.22

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HORNING'S
BAH
$173.22
INCORPORATED
00-0065
QUALITY CLEANING PRODUCTS
1176 W. 28th Street
(317) 926-1267
Indianapolis, IN 46208
P. O. Box 88416
1-800-633-1409
February 24, 2000
Fax (317) 921-7762
U.S. Department of Transportation
Research and Special Programs Administration
400 7" Street SW
Attn: Office of Hazardous Materials Standard:
Washington, DC 20590
Re: Request for Interpretation
Dear Sirs,
I would like to request an interpretation and definition of the following chemicals. Please include with this
material class 8.
information what the guidelines are for shipping names and the guidelines for shipping as a corrosive
however, after running tests on our product it seems as if it may not fall within your guidelines as corrosive.
Under the current ruling "HM-215A" it appears as if the products must be shipped as a corrosive material,
Metasilicate both Anhydrous and Pentahydrate are subject to a name change in shipping. With regards to
According to the MSDS it is not a corrosive. We have also located information that states Sodium
the name change, what are the current guidelines? Are these products subject to the name change as a "raw
Please research the following;
Sodium Metasilicate Anhydrous
Sodium Metasilicate Pentahydrate
Disodium Trioxosilicate Pentahydrate
Corrosive Solid Basic, Inorganic, N.O.S.
Thank you for you assistance in this matter and we are looking forward to your response. If you should
need any further information, please feel free to contact either Mathew or Jim Horning at 317-926-1267.
Sincerely,
Kathy M. Koppе-т4
Kathy M. Koppe
Risk Manager
Bob Quillanan DOT - Office of Hazardous Materials Enforcement
Cc: Hornings Inc.
REPRESENTING: LEVER BROTHERS • PROCTER & GAMBLE • COLGATE-PALMOLIVE
GORAIA PACIFIC. PAPER PRONUCTS MERMAPED LOUIN HAND SOARS.....
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