{"operation":"document","citation":"00-0188","title":"Morgan Schaffer System — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2000-10-13","effective_on":null,"summary":"00-0188 response to Morgan Schaffer System concerning 172.101.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0188.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0188.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0188","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2000/000188.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\n:\nU.S. Department\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nof Transportation\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nResearch and\npecial Program\nministratic\nOCT 1 3 2000\nMr. Eric Valentine\nRef. No. 00-0188\nCustomer Support & Training\nMorgan Schaffer System\n5110 Courtrai Avenue\nMontreal, Quebec\nCANADA H3W 1A7\nDear Mr. Valentine:\nThis is in response to your June 6, 2000 letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) as they relate to the domestic and international\ntransportation of gas analytical instruments, identified as a TFGA-P200 Portable Fault Gas\nAnalyzer and a PHA-1000 Portable Hydrogen Analyzer, by passenger aircraft. You state that a\nDOT 3E1800 cylinder with a capacity of 300 ml is installed inside the instrument housing. The\ninstrument and a DOT 4B240 cylinder with a capacity of 900 ml are packed in an outer\npackaging. Your questions are paraphrased and answered in the order posed in your letter.\nQuestions: May the package containing the instrument and cylinders be offered for\ntransportation by passenger aircraft if the DOT 3E1800 cylinder is filled with helium\nand the DOT 4B240 cylinder is filled with a mixture of 98.6% air and 0.2% each of\nhydrogen, methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, carbon dioxide and carbon\nmonoxide? Similarly, may the package be offered for transportation by passenger\naircraft if the DOT-3E1800 cylinder is filled with nitrogen and the DOT 4B240\ncylinder is filled with a mixture of 99% air and 1% hydrogen?\nAnswer:\nThe answer to both questions is yes. A DOT 3E cylinder is authorized for helium\nand nitrogen by § 173.302. A DOT 4B cylinder is authorized for a nonflammable\ncompressed gas mixture by § 173.302 (a). When offered for transportation, the valve\non the DOT 3E cylinder installed inside the instrument must be tightly closed. See\n§§ 173.27, 173.34 and 173.301.\nThe package must be declared as a hazardous material shipment. Helium, nitrogen\nand the described gas mixtures would be classified as Division 2.2 (nonflammable\ngas). The § 172.101 Hazardous Materials Table authorizes a maximum net weight,\nin one package, of a Division 2.2 material of up to 75 kg for transportation by\npassenger aircraft. Each package must be labeled with a Division 2.2 label and\nproperly marked with the proper shipping name and identification number of the\nhazardous materials as required by §§ 172.400 and 172.301 respectively. In\n112101\n000188\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\naddition, each shipment must be accompanied by a shipping paper containing a\nshipper's certification that the hazardous materials have been properly described.\npacked, marked, labeled and are in proper condition for transportation. See\n49 CFR172.202 and 172.204.\nI hope this information is helpful. I have also enclosed some informational material on the\nHMR. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\nHotte 2. Mothele\nHattie L. Mitchell\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nEnclosures\n2\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nMORGAN\nMS\nSCHAFFER\nSYSTEMS\n172107-A analytike\nMontreal, June 6, 2000.\n9173.34 astrima\n00 - 0188\nMs. Cheryl West Freeman\nU.S. Department of Transportation, RSPA\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Technology, DMH-20\nRoom 8430\nWashington, DC 20590-0001\n400 Seventh Street S. W.\nDear Mrs. Freeman,\nAs per our telephone conversation, I, on behalf of my company, would like to apply for authorization for the\netter, from you, provided to us by the original manufacturer of this equipment, MTI Technologies of\nransport of compressed gasses in cylinders in the cargo area of passenger aircraft. We previously had such :\nFremont CA. Which has since been bought out by Hewlett Packard.\nWe have two portable instruments:\n-The TFGA-P200 Portable Fault gas Analyzer that contains a 300mL DOT3E1800 cylinder with 1800psi\n75Kg\n-The PHA-1000 Portable Hydrogen Analyzer that contains a 300mL DOT3E1800 cylinder with 1800psi\n75Kg\n99% air and i.0% of hydrogen. This cylinder is for calibration purposes.\nmax. of high purity Nitrogen. And is checked-in with a 900mL DOT-4B240 cylinder with 160psi max. of\nWe demonstrate and sell this equipment worldwide and we often have questions from airport security. The\nprevious DOT letter usually sufficed but is dated July 1995 and we have been forbidden to board aircraft on\noccasion because of this.\nOur equipment can be seen in great detail at www. MorganSchaffer.com.\nhttp://www.chem.agilent.com/cag/products/hppsries.html\nAnd the original Hewlett Packard equipment can be seen at\nThank you for your time,\nOr, by Email at EValentine@MorganSchaffer.com\nYou may contact me at 514 739 1967\nGive Valeto\nEric Valentine B.Sc.\nCustomer Support & Training\nMorgan Schaffer Systems\n5110 Courtrai Avenue, Montreal (Quebec), Canada H3W 1A7 • Tel: 514-739-1967 • Fax: 514-739-0434\nWebsite: www.morganschaffer.com\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\n-------\n-\nI MORGAN\nMISSTENE\nSYSTEMS\nFAX TRANSMISSION SHEET\nTO:\nMs. Chicryl Freeman\nCOMPANY:\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nFAX:\n(2112) 366-3753\nDATE:\nJune 2, 2000\nFROM:\nEric Valentine\nPAGE 1 OF 1\nDear Mrs. Freeman,\nAs per our icieplione conversation, I, on behalf of my company, would like to apply for authorization for the\nletter, from you, provided to us by the original manufacturer of this equipment, MTI Teclunologies of\ntransport of compressed gasscs in cylinders in the cargo area of passenger aircraft. We previously had such a\nFremont CÁ. Which has since been bought out by Hewlett Packard.\nWe have two portable instruments:\nmax. of higli purity Helium. And is checked-in with a 900mL DOT-4B240 cylinder with 160psi max. of\n-The TFGA-P200 Porlable Fault gas Analyzer that contains a 300mL DOT3E1800 cylinder with 1800psi\nnonoxide. This cylinder is for calibration purposes and is quipped with a double valve shutof\n8.6% air and 0.2% each of hydrogen, methane, clhane, cllyine, acctylenc, carbon dioxide and carbor\n-The PHA-1000 Portabic Hydrogen Analyzer that contains a 300mL DOT3E1800 cylinder with 1800psi\nmax. of high purity Nitrogen. And is checked-in with a 900mL DOT-4B240 cylinder with 160psi max. of\n99% air and 1.0% of hydrogen. This cylinder is for calibration purposes.\nWe demonstrate and sell this equipment worldwide and we ollen have questions from airport scurity. The\nprevious DOT letter usually sufficed but is dated July 1995 and we have been forbidden to board aircraft on\noccasion because of this.\nAnd urc original Howlet Packard quipment cau be scen al\nJur equipment can be seen in great detail at www.MorganSchaffer.com.\nhttp://www.chem.agilent.com/cag/products/hppsries.html\nThank you for your time,\nYou may conlact me at 514 739 1967\nOr, by Email ar EValentine@MosganSchoffer.com\nEric Valentine B.Sc.\nMorgan Schalfor Sysiers\nCustomer Support & Training\n5110 de Courtrai Avenue, Montreal (Quebec), Canada /13W IA7 • Tel: 514-739-1967 Fax: 514-739-0434\nWebsite: www.morganschaffer.com\n\n<<<PAGE 5>>>\n\nElle Edia View Go Communicator\n* Morgan Schaffer - Netscape\nHelp\nBack\nForward\nis Reload\nHome\naSsarch:\nBiscape.\nSecurity\nar Baokmalks\nAr Location, http://www.morganschafter.com/\net Business Hesour a Lompulers and La Barking and EnCe Directore\nSearch on the Internet\na What's Relate\nEducation Esi Entertainmen\n•MORGAN™\nSCHAFFER\nTransformers - The Inside View\nHome\nTransformer Fault Gas Analyzer\nThe Future of Gas Analysis\nEquipment\n-onitoring\nModel TFGA-P200\nDiagnostic\nTools\nand Repeatability\nUnparalleled Speed\nLab Services\nSampling\n• Repeatability better than or equal to ASTM D-3612 or\nDevices\nIEC 567\nDocuments\nTedinical\n• Analyzes oil or gas samples\n• Measures the 7 fault gases separately, in less than 100\n& Support\nService\n• Integrated with data management and fault diagnostic\nseconds\nJob Offers\n• Worldwide training and support\n(optional) software\nFile Download\nSpecifications\nAnalysis\nSearch the Internet for information\n#Start WordPerfec [EAPUb_C.\nISYS Query\nn Schaffer: Ne\n\n<<<PAGE 6>>>\n\n•\nC:ITEMP\\carryonDOT. gif (local) - Microsoft Internet Explore\nPage 1 of 1\nat tomporation\nUS Doperment\n29039\nSpecial Programs\nResearch and\nAdministration\nL I 1 1095\n#x. 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Instrumenta\nSales Support Chemist\nFremont, California 94538\n41262 Christy Street\nнаmати\"..\"\nDeat Mr. Zhong:\nthis is in response to your appitcation (11477N)\nof May 5;\n1995 to authorise the transport\nof helium, by passenger\naircrest,\nix a Xl Specification 3B or 3A cylinder\n• that 1s part\n207,109(o), your application is denied as follows:'\not on analytical instrument.\nTo accordance with\nAn exemption is unnecessary bebause the Mozardous\nMaterials Regulations\nMaterials Table provide for tile transportation of up\n(49 CER\n312-101)\nHazardous\nto 75 ką of hellun in an autholYzed packaging by\npassenger alteraft.\nD02 Specification 32 and\n: ЗА\ncylinders are anthorized\nfor bettom in 49 CER\nhelium in these cylinders victin the\n173-302\nan exemption is not recuized to transport\ninstrument\ndescribed in your\napplication\nwhen the cylinder valve\nis closed dating\ntransportatilf!\nIf you have any questions concerning\nJetter, please\ncontact Mrs, Cheryl, Farman at (202)\n366-4545.\nSincerely.\n108ix\nAssociate Administrator tox\nAlan I. Roberts\nHazardous Materiais Safety\n7/13/00\n1:44:54 PM","truncated":false,"body_characters":9153}