{"operation":"document","citation":"00-0149","title":"Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2000-06-02","effective_on":null,"summary":"00-0149 response to Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation concerning 173.302.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0149.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0149.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0149","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2000/000149.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\n..\nWashington. D.C.\nJUN 28 2000\nMr. Steven Pfeiffer\nSmurfit-Stone Container Corporation\nRef No. 00-0149\n450 East North Avenue\nCarol Stream, IL 60188\nDear Mr. Pfeiffer:\nThis is in response to your letter dated May 15, 2000, regarding marking of Flexible Intermediate Bulk\nContainers (FIBCs) or bulk bags made of woven polypropylene under the Hazardous Materials\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). You state that one thousand (1,000) of these bags were\nmarked with the incorrect proper shipping name and identification number. You asked whether the\nmethods described below, to cover and correct the wrong markings, would be acceptable in order to\nmake these FIBCs usable:\n1)\nCover the incorrect marking with a white ink that will completely block out this error, and then\nreprint the bags with the correct marking; and/or\nSew a panel of woven polypropylene fabric over the entire width and length of that side of the\nfour sided container (that would hide the current incorrect print) and then print this \"cover\npanel\" with the correct markings. Additionally, you would be willing to block out the marking\nas suggested above and then sew in this cover panel, if necessary.\nMethod \"1\", described above, to correct the markings on these FIBCs appears acceptable. However,\nas described under method \"2\", sewing a panel of woven polypropylene fabric over the entire width\nand length of one side of the four sided container to cover these markings is not acceptable because the\nadded fabric weight would change the structural design, and would be a different intermediate bulk\ncontainer design type requiring performance testing.\nFor your information, there is no requirement in HMR to mark an IBC with the proper shipping name\nof the material being shipped, although it is not prohibited. The identification number must be marked\non the FIBC as specified in § 172.331.\nI hope this satisfies your inquiry. If we can be of further assistance, please contact us\nSincerely,\nmn talks\nDelmer F. Billings\nChief, Standards Development\nunfif fillardous Materials Standards\n000149\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n...\n= Smurfit-Stone\nEngrum\nBag Packaging Division\n§173.302\nMr. Edward Mazzulle\n00 - 0149\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nOffice of Hazardous Material Standards\nRoom 8422\nWashington, DC\n20590\nMay 15, 2000\nDear Mr. Mazzullo:\nSmurfit-Stone Container Corporation is a sales agent for Marino Technologies in Opa Locka,\nFL. Marino Technologies is a manufacturer of flexible intermediate bulk containers made of\nwoven polypropylene (i.e., fi.b.c./ bulk bags).\nWe recently manufactured 1,000 (one thousand) fi.b.c.'s for Dart Container Corporation and\nerror UN 3077, environmentally hazardous substance...should have been UN 2211 polymeric\nprinted the U.N. number and proper shipping name incorrectly on these bags (we printed in\nbeads, expandable) We are requesting that we be allowed to do the following to make these\nbags usable:\n1) Cover the incorrect printing with a white ink that will completely block out this error.\nThen, reprint the bags with the correct print.\n(and / or)\n2) Sew a panel of woven polypropylene fabric over the entire width and length of that side of\nthis four sided container (that would hide the current incorrect print) and then print this\n\"cover panel\" with the correct print. Additionally, we would be willing to block out the\nprint as suggested above and then sew in this cover panel, if necessary.\nMr. Mazzullo, if we are allowed to make these modifications, Dart Container is requesting that\nwe receive a letter from your agency that approves the above changes.\nThank you in advance for your expeditious review of this situation and we will await your\ndecision.\nRespectfully,\nstiffffer\nSteven Pfeiffer\nRegional Manager\nDirect Phone#\n630-671-0712\ncc: Beth Morales\nSteve Straka\nEd Tytke\nSmurfit-Stone Container Corporation\n450 East North Avenue Carol Stream, IL 60188 phone 630 260 3610 fax 630 260 6864","truncated":false,"body_characters":3919}