{"operation":"document","citation":"00-0304","title":"United States Enrichment Corporation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2001-03-13","effective_on":null,"summary":"00-0304 response to United States Enrichment Corporation concerning 173.443.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0304.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0304.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-00-0304","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2000/000304.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nof Transportation\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMAR 1 3 2001\nDr. M. E. Darrough\nReference No.: 00-0304\nDirector, Transportation Programs\nUnited States Enrichment Corporation\n6903 Rockledge Drive\nBethesda, MD 20817-1818\nDear Dr. Darrough:\nThis is in response to your letter and telephone conversation with Dr. Fred Ferate, Radioactive\nMaterials Branch, Office of Hazardous Materials Technology, concerning the term \"return to\nservice\" as used in 49 CFR 173.443(c).\nAs you were informed by Dr. Ferate, as used in § 173.443(c), the term \"return to service\" refers\nto the point at which a trailer or railcar used to transport a Class 7 exclusive use shipment is\ndetermined by the offeror to satisfy the prescribed contamination control limits and is released\nfrom exclusive use status and placed back in transportation for general use.\nI hope this satisfies your request.\nSincerely,\nHitle t mitthel\nHattie L. Mitchell\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n173.443\n000304\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nCorbin\n*USEC\n§ 173.443(0)\nA Global Energy Company\nOctober 25, 2000\nRAM\n50-0304\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nEdward Mazzullo, Director\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nRoom 8422\n400 Seventh Street, S. W.\nWashington, D. C. 20590-0001\nDear Mr. Mazullo:\nThis letter is written to request that the U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT)\nand the specific term \"return to service.\" The United States Enrichment Corporation was\nissue a written clarification of 49 CFR 173.443 (c), regarding \"Contamination Control\"\ngiven an oral interpretation of this regulation during an October 24, 2000 telephone\nconversation with Dr. Fred Ferate, technical support staff of DOT's Radioactive\nMaterials Branch, Research and Special Programs Administration. Dr. Ferate indicated\nthat \"return to service\" refers to the point at which a trailer or railcar is released from\nexclusive use status and is being returned to the vendor for general use. USEC concurs\nwith this interpretation.\nWe are requesting a written clarification for our records for future reference. If\nthere are questions concerning this matter, please contact me at (301) 564-3422 or\nUSEC's Traffic Manager, Mr. Don McCarty at (740) 897-2668.\nSincerely,\nM. Elizabeth Darrough, Ph.D.\nDirector, Transportation Programs\nCC:\nJ. Adkins\nR. Boyle, DOT\nF. Ferate, DOT\nL. Krause\nD. McCarthy, PORTS\nS. Penrod, PGDP\nUnited States Enrichment Corporation\n6003 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817-1818\nTelephone 301-564-3200 Fax 301-564-3201 http://www.usec.com","truncated":false,"body_characters":2575}