# HITECH — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

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- **citation:** 00-0136
- **title:** HITECH — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2000-07-14
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** 00-0136 response to HITECH concerning 173.56.
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U.S. Department
400 Seventh St., S.W.
of Transportation
Washington, D.C. 20590
Research and
Special Programs
Administration
JUL 14 2000
Ms. Jackie Brian
Ref. No. 00-0136
Materials Manager
HITECH
P.O. Box 3112
East Camden, AR 71711
Dear Ms. Brian:
This is in response to your letter dated April 27, 2000, requesting clarification on the shipment of
explosives under § 173.56 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180).
Specifically, you ask whether you may use a Department of Defense (DOD) approval on file with the
Department of Transportation (DOT) to ship explosive materials to a commercial customer.
The answer is no. The DOD approval may only be used to ship DOD explosive materials to DOD
facilities, and not to non-DOD commercial customers. A new approval from DOT for your
commercial customer would have to be issued by the Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials
Safety as prescribed in Part 107 of the HMR.
I hope this answers your inquiry.
Sincerely,
Velm Hillo
Delmer F. Billings
Chief, Standards Development
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
113.50
000136

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173.56
HITECH
00-0136
A PRIMEX TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
April 27, 2000
Edward Mazzulo
Director, OHMS
Dear Edward,
I have a question concerning D.O.T. approvals for D.O.D. products. We are an explosive
load and pack facility that does both government contract and commercial work.
The question that I have is: Can I use a D.O.T. approval to move products on a commercial
shipment?
contract, 1 go to the Joint Haz-Mat Safety Group and request a hard copy of the approval. If
Example, if I have a NSN, Explosive #, PSN, and UN number provided in our D.O.D.
I have the hard copy in hand and have a need to ship this product commercially, is that
I appreciate your help and time in helping me reach a conclusion on this matter. Whatever,
the answer may be will you please give me the reference to the regulations where I can find
the answer.
Thank You,
Jacküw Busi
Jackie Brian
Materials Manager
798-
JB/sr
JB18700
P.O. Box 3112, East Camden, AR 71711 • Telephone: (870) 798-4171
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