{"operation":"document","citation":"00-0100","title":"Northrop Grumman — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2000-05-04","effective_on":null,"summary":"00-0100 response to Northrop Grumman concerning 172.704.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0100.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0100.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0100","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2000/000100.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S.Department\nof Transportation\nResearch and\nSpecial Programs\nAdministration\nMAY 4 2000\nMr. David Norton\nRef. No. 00-0100\nNorthrop Grumman\nP.O. Box 655907 M/S 93-01\nDallas, Texas 75265-5907\nDear Mr. Norton:\nThis is in response to your letter dated March 29, 2000, requesting clarification on the training\nrequirements under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180).\nSpecifically, you ask whether persons certifying hazardous materials shipments by aircraft require\ntraining in the use of both the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Dangerous Goods\nRegulations and the HMR.\nSection 172.702 requires that a hazmat 'employer ensure that each of its hazmat employees is trained in\naccordance with the HMR. Section 172.704(a)(2)(ii) provides that as an alternative to function-\nspecific training on the requirements of the HMR, training on the requirements of the International Civil\nAviation Organization's Technical Instructions and the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code\nmay be provided if such training addresses the functions authorized by §§ 171.11 and 171.12 of the\nHMR. Training may be provided by the hazmat employer or other public or private sources, including\ntraining classes that are offered by the IATA to the extent that the IATA training addresses the training\nspecified in § 172.704, in order to avoid unnecessary duplication of training.\nI hope this answers your inquiry.\nSincerely,\nOhan Hillio\nDelmer F. Billings\nChief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n000100\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nBoothe\n3172.704\nAerostructures\n00 - 0100\nNORTHROP GRUMMAN\nstegrated system\nNorthrop Grumman Corporation\nnd Aerostructures Secto\nDallas, TX 75265-5907\nPost Office Box 655907\nC-82333/0L-013\n29 March 2000\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n400 Seventh St. S.W.\nWashington, D.C\n20590\nDear Sir,\nIf a company prepares dangerous goods using both IATA (air shipments) and CFR 49\n(domestic surface shipments), must the person who provides the hazardous material\ninstructions (classification, packaging, marking, and labeling/placarding, etc.) and who\nsigns the certification have formal training in both IATA and CFR 49? Or, is only having\nIATA training considered sufficient with the provision that the person must also have a\nstrong working knowledge of CFR 49 requirements?\nSincerely,\nDadaMate\nDavid Norton\nNorthrop Grumman\nP.O. Box 655907 M/S 93-01\nDallas, Ix. 75265\nPH. 972-946-3319\nFax. 972-946-3116\n* Recycled Paper","truncated":false,"body_characters":2532}