# Safety-Kleen Inc — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** 00-0355
- **title:** Safety-Kleen Inc — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2001-01-26
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** 00-0355 response to Safety-Kleen Inc concerning 172.101.
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U.S. Department
400 Seventh St., S.W.
of Transportation
Washington, D.C. 20590
Research and
Special Programs
Administration
JAN 2 6 2001
Ms. Jean M. Soltys
Ref. No.
00-0355
Environmental Manager
Safety-Kleen Inc.
221 Sutton street
North Andover, MA 01845
Dear Ms. Soltys:
regarding the use of the shipping name,
Ihis 1s in response to your December 12, 2000 letter,
"Environmentally
Hazardous Materials
Hazardous Substance, (liquid or solid), nos" under the
Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) -
The proper shipping name, "Environmentally Hazardous
Substance, (liquid or solid), nos, " may be used for a material
not specifically listed in § 172.101, which meets the
definition of a Class 9 material. A material need not meet
the definition of a hazardous substance in § 171.8 to be
A material can meet the Class 9 definition for reasons other
than being a hazardous
substance.
Further, while the United
States Environmental Protection Agency does not require the
use of a manifest for universal wastes, certain states have
not adopted parts or all of the Universal Waste program.
Therefore, if a
material is subject to the Uniform Hazardous
Waste Manifest in 40 CFR Part 262 in a particular state, the
material will,
at minimum, meet the definition of a "hazardous
waste" under § 171.8.
I hope this satisfies your request.
Sincerely,
/
Transportation
Regulations Specialist
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
172.101
000355

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BAH
ACIntyre
§ 112.101
Proper Shiping Name
December 12, 2000
00-0355
Mr. Delmer F. Billings
Chief, Standards Development
Office of Hazardous Material Standards
USDOT/RSPA (DHM10)
400 7* Street SW
Washington DC 20590-0001
Dear Mr. Billings:
This letter is written to request clarification on the use of the proper DOT Shipping
Name, Environmentally Hazardous Substance, liquid or solid, nos.
Based on the definition of Hazardous Substance found in 49 CFR 171.8, it was our
understanding that a material had to meet the definition of a hazardous substance before
the use of the shipping name would be appropriate. However, we have placed severa.
answer we have received indicated that an item such as universal waste, which would
calls to the DOT hotline regarding this question and have received varying answers. One
have been shipped as hazardous waste prior to the Universal Waste Rule, should stay as a
class 9 material, using the Environmentally Hazardous shipping name, even if the
material did not exceed its RQ and was no longer considered a hazardous waste.
Conversely, we have obtained a copy of a letter from your office addressed to Jerry Davis
of Safety-Kleen in 1998, which indicates the opposite (see attached).
Could you please respond in writing to this request so that we may go forward using this
shipping name correctly? Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Environmental Manager
Jean M. Soltys
enclosure
SAFETY-KLEEN (NE), INC.
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