{"operation":"document","citation":"01-0207","title":"Minnesota Department of Transportation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2001-08-27","effective_on":null,"summary":"01-0207 response to Minnesota Department of Transportation concerning 173.6.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0207.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0207.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0207","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2001/010207.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nResearch and\nSpecial Programs\nAdministration\nAUG 27 2001\nMr. Michael Ritchie\nRef. No. 01-0207\nHazardous Materials Specialist\nMinnesota Department of Transportation\nOffice of Motor Carrier Services, Mail Stop 420\n1110 Centre Pointe Curve\nMendota Heights, MN 55118\nDear Mr. Ritchie:\nThis is in response to your letter of August 3, 2001, requesting information regarding the transportation\nof oxygen cylinders on a passenger-carrying bus under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49\nCFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, you ask if a spare oxygen cylinder may be carried aboard a\npassenger carrying bus as a material of trade as provided in § 173.6.\nThe answer is yes. By definition, a Material of Trade includes a hazardous material that is carried on a\nmotor vehicle for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of the motor vehicle operator or\npassengers (see § 171.8). All the conditions of § 173.6 must be met.\nI hope this satisfies your inquiry.\nSincerely,\nTransportion Regulations Specialist\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nr 08/23/2001\n14:23\nMN DOT MOTOR CARRIER SERVICES → 912023663012\nND.256 0002\nMINNESOTA\nMinnesota Department of Transportation\nMail Stop 420\nOtfice of Motor Carrier Services\n1110 Centre Pointe Curve\nTel: 651/ 405-6060\nMendota Heights, MN 55120-4152\nFax: 651/405-6082\nAugust 3, 2001\nLa Valle\n3/11.810,130\nEdward Mazzullo, Director\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n8,173-6 MOTs\nUnited States Department of Transportation\nResearch and Special Programs Administration\nApplicabitity\n400 Seventh St. SW\nWashington, DC 20590\n010207\nDear Mr. Mazzullo,\nThe Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office of Motor Carrier Services, regulates\ntransportation of elderly, handicapped or disabled persons under its Special\nIransporration Services (STS) program. Many of the service providers in the STS\nprogram are for-hire carriers, operating in commerce.\ni\nA question has been raised on the applicability of the Hazardous Materials Regulations\n(HMIR) when the STS provider is carrying a passenger with a small oxygen cylinder. The\ncylinder is the property of the passenger, not the carrier, and is used for medical reasons.\nYour staff sent me a copy of a RSPA clarification letter, Ref. No. 99-0050, dated April 2,\n1999, that addresses this issue. That letter states, in part, that \"A cylinder of oxygen used\nby a passenger for medical reasons is not regulated under the FIMIR; however, spare\noxygen cylinders must be transported in conformance with the HMIR. Therefore, proper\nmarking and labeling and shipping paper documentation is necessary for spare oxygen\ncylinders.\"\nOur STS providers indicate that passengers often travel with a \"spare\" cylinder. This\nspare cylinder may be carried with the active cylinder, or separately. Could the\ntransportation of the spare oxygen cylinders) be done under terms of the Materials of\nTrade provisions? Materials of Trade include \"hazardous materials, other than hazardous\nwaste, that is carried on a motor vehicle- (1) For the purpose of protecting the health and\nsafety of the motor vehicle operator or passengers;\" Would the Materials of Trade\nprovisions apply to a carrier transporting its passenger's hazardous material?\nThank you for your consideration of this issue. If you have any questions, please contact\nme at (651) 405-6120 or by email at: michael.Ritchie@dot.state.mn.us.\ncivil Ruden\nYours truly,\nMichael Ritchie\nHazardous Materials Specialist\n:\nMinnesota Department of Transportation\n•\nAn equal opportunity employer","truncated":false,"body_characters":3618}