{"operation":"document","citation":"00-0210","title":"Research Products, Inc.of Alabama — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2001-01-02","effective_on":null,"summary":"00-0210 response to Research Products, Inc.of Alabama concerning 177.834.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0210.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0210.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0210","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2000/000210.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nResearch and\nspecial Program:\ndministratior\nJAN - 9 2001\nMr. Doug Martin\nReference No. 00-0210\nVice President\nResearch Products, Inc.,\nof Alabama\nP.O. Box 705\nTheodore, AL 36590\nDear Mr. Martin:\nThis is in response to your letter inquiring whether the Hazardous Materials Regulations\n(HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) permit the contents of an intermediate bulk container\n(IBC) to be discharged into a permanent storage tank while the IBC remains on a motor\nvehicle. You state that the IBC contained a Class 8 (corrosive) liquid.\nThe answer is no, the HMR do not permit IBCs to be unloaded prior to removal from a\nmotor vehicle. Section 177.834(h) authorizes this practice for cargo tanks and IM\nportable tanks only, if certain conditions are met. We issued several exemptions that\nauthorize IBCs to be unloaded without removing them from the vehicle. The procedures\nfor submitting an application for exemption are contained in 49 CFR 107.105.\nOur Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals (OHMEA) plans to\nconsolidate the current exemptions that provide relief for IBCs from the unloading\nrequirements in § 177.834(h) into one standardized exemption. On June 12, 2000,\nOHMEA published a notice in the Federal Register that solicited comments on the safety\nmeasures that should apply during the unloading operations (Docket No. RSPA-2000-\n6827; 65 FR 36882). A copy of the notice is enclosed for your information. Comments\nreceived in response to this notice are available for review by the accessing DMS website\nat \"http://dms.dot.gov.\"\nI hope this satisfies your request.\nSincerely,\nHothe Z. Michell\nHattie L. Mitchell\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nEnclosure\n177.834\n000210\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nR\nRESEARCH PRODUCTS, ING.:\nOF ALABAMA\nPOST OFFICE BOX 705 • THEODORE, ALABAMA 36590 :\n(334) 653-0030\nEdmonson\nJULY 13, 2000\n$177.834\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION\nADMINISTRATOR FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY\n00 - 0210\nWASHINGTON, DC 20590-0001\nDEAR SIRS,\nWE ARE SEEKING CLARIFICATION OF CFR 49 177.834 H.\nCONTAINERS ( IBC ) TO DESTINATION AND THEN PUMP THE CONTENTS DIRECTLY\nIS IT PERMISSIBLE TO TRANSPORT CORROSIVE LIQUIDS IN INTERMEDIATE BULK\nFROM THE IBC INTO A PERMANENT STORAGE TANK WITHOUT REMOVING THE IBC\nFROM THE MOTOR VEHICLE?\nSINCERELY,\nStens Mute\nDOUG MARTIN\nVICE\nPRESIDENT\nChemicals\n• Solvents\nWater Treatment\n• Detergents\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nResearch and Special Programs Administration, DOT\n§ 177.834\n(gases). Class 8 (corrosive), Division 6.1\n(h) Precautions concerning containers\n(poisonous), or Class 7\n(radioactive)\nin transit; fueling road units. Reasonable\nmovement within the vehicle on which\nmaterial\nmust be\nsecured against\ncare should be taken to prevent undue\nit is being transported,\nunder condi-\nrise in temperature of containers and\ntions normally incident to transpor-\ntheir contents during transit. There\nmust be no tampering with such con-\ntation.\n(b) No hazardous materials on pole\ntainer or the contents thereof nor any\ntrailers. No hazardous materials may be\ntainer between point of origin and\ndischarge of the contents of any con-\nloaded into or on or transported in or\npoint of billed destination. Discharge\non any pole trailer.\n(c) No smoking while loading or unload-\nthan a cargo tank, must not be made\nof contents of any container, other\ning. Smoking on or about any motor\nvehicle while loading or unloading any\nprior to removal from the motor veni-\ncle. Nothing contained in this para-\nClass 1 (explosive), Class 3 (flammable\nliquid), Class 4 (flammable solid), Class\ngraph shall be so construed as to pro-\nhibit the fueling of machinery or vehi-\n5 (oxddizing), or Division 2.1 (flammable\ncles used in road construction or main-\ngas) materials is forbidden.\n(d) Keep fire away, loading and unload-\n(1) Attendance requirements. (1) Load-\nloading or unloading of any Class 1 (ex-\ning. Extreme care shall be taken in the\na qualified person at all times when it\ning. A cargo tank must be attended by\nplosive), Class 3 (flammable liquid),\nClass 4 (flammable solid), Class 5 (oxi-\nis being loaded. The person who is re-\nsponsible for loading the cargo tank is\nmaterials into or from any motor vehi-\ndizing), or Division 2.1 (flammable gas)\nalso responsible for ensuring that it 18\ncle to keep fire away and to prevent\n(2) Unloading. A motor carrier who\npersons in the vicinity from smoking,\nhazardous materials by a\nlighting\ncargo tank must ensure that the cargo\nflame or lighted cigar, pipe, or ciga-\ntank is attended by a qualified person\nrette.\n(e) Handbrake set while loading and\nat all times during unloading. How-\never, the carrier's obligation to ensure\nunloading. No hazardous material shall\nattendance during unloading ceases\nany motor vehicle\nbe loaded into or on, or unloaded from,\nbrake be securely set and all other rea-\nunless the hand-\n(1) The carrier's obligation for trans-\nsonable precautions be taken to pre-\nporting the materials is fuifilled;\ning such loading or unloading process.\nvent motion of the motor vehicle dur-\nupon the consignee's premises; and\n(11) The cargo tank has been placed\nNo tools wich are likely to damage\n(f) Use of tools, loading and unloading.\nmoved from the cargo tank and re-\n(i11) The motive power has been re-\nthe effectiveness of the closure of any\nmoved from the premises.\n(3) A person \"attends\" the loading or\npackage or other container, or likely\nunloading of a cargo tank if, through-\nadversely to affect such\nout the process, he is awake, has an un-\ncontainer, shall be used for the loading\nmaterial or other dangerous article.\nor unloading of any Class 1 (explosive)\nis within 7.62 meters (25 feet) of the\nobstructed view of the cargo tank, and\ntainers.\n(g) Prevent relative motion between con-\ncargo tank.\nsive), Class 3 (flammable líquid),\nContainers of Class 1 (explo\nbeen made aware of the nature of the\n(4) A person is \"qualified\" if he has\nhazardous material which is to be load-\n4 (flammable solid), Class 5 (oxidizing),\nDivision\nClasg 8 (corrosive), Class 2 (gases) and\ned or unloaded, he has been instructed\n(poisonous)\nemergencies, he is authorized to move\non the procedures to be followed in\nthe cargo tank, and he has the means\nthereof relative to the vehicle while in\n755","truncated":false,"body_characters":6281}