{"operation":"document","citation":"01-0212","title":"Office of Motor Carrier Services — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2001-10-19","effective_on":null,"summary":"01-0212 response to Office of Motor Carrier Services concerning 172.504, 173.150.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0212.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0212.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0212","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2001/010212.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nJ.S. Department\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nof Transportatior\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nSpecial Programs\nResearch and\nAdministration\nOCT 1 9 2001\nMr. Michael Ritchie\nRef. No. 01-0212\nOffice of Motor Carrier Services\nMail Stop 420\n1110 Centre Pointe Curve\nMedota Heights, MN 55120-4152\nDear Mr. Ritchie:\nThis is in response to your August 9, 2001 letter requesting clarification on an exemption issued under\nthe Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, you ask about\nhazard communication requirements and exceptions for a tank constructed in accordance with DOT-E\n11911. This exemption authorizes the construction and use of a 100 gallon capacity tank constructed in\nconformance with the requirements of a UN31A or UN31B intermediate bulk container (IBC) and\nallows the tank to be unloaded while on the motor vehicle.\nYou present a number of questions that all rely on one central issue: Are these 100 gallon tanks, built to\nan IBC specification, considered bulk or non-bulk containers? These tanks, built in accordance with\nDOT-E 11911, are considered non-bulk packages for the purpose of hazard communication and are\neligible to be considered for exceptions for combustible liquids in non-bulk packagings under\n§ 173.150(f) and placarding exceptions provided in § 172.504(c).\nI hope this satisfies your request.\nSincerely,\nDelmer F. Billings\nChief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n010212\n-\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n•\nMinnesota Department of Transportation\nJohnsen\n172.504.173.150\nMail Stop 420\nOffice of Motor Carrier Services\nPlacarding see rome\n1110 Centre Pointe Curve\nMendota Heights, MN 55120-4152\nFax: 651/405-6082\nax: 651/405-6060 01-026\nAugust 9, 2001\nMr. Edward Mazzullo\nMaterials Standards\nDirector, Office of Hazardous\nUSDOT/ RSPA\n400 Seventh St. SW\nWashington DC 20590\nDear Mr. Mazzullo\nThe Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office of Motor Carrier Services has\nreceived a request for information from a USDOT registered cargo tank facility in our\nstate. That cargo tank facility manufactures, installs, and inspects specification and non-\nspecification cargo tanks. I have discussed this issue with Mir. Donald Burger of your\nstaff.\nThe cargo tank facility is installing a tank manufactured under the provisions of USDOT\nExemption number DOT-E 11911. The tank has a capacity of 100 gallons, and is marked\nby the manufacturer with a decal that states \" This Transfer Flow, Inc. tank, has been\ngranted D.O.T. Exemption Number DOT-E 11911\".\nDOT-E 11911authorizes the manufacture, marking, sales and use of non-DOT\nspecification metal refueling tanks containing one of six listed class 3 flammable liquids.\nIt also allows those materials to be discharged from the fueling tanks without removing\nthe tanks from the vehicle. The exemption grants relief from the provisions of 49 CFR\n§ 178.700 (c) (1) in that the size of the package is less than 119 gallons, and § 177.834\n(h) in that the tank is unloaded while on a motor vehicle. No relief from any other\nhazardous materials regulation is authorized.\nParagraph 7 indicates that the tanks must be constructed in conformance with the\nrequirements for a DOT Specification UN31A or UN3IB intermediate bulk container,\nexcept for water capacity.\nShould non-bulk tanks authorized by DOT-E 11911, transporting gasoline, be marked\nazard communication standards for bulk packaging apply since the tanks are constructe\nnd labeled in conformance with the requirements for non-bulk packaging or do th\nto an IBC standard, other than capacity? Does the vehicle transporting this tank require\nplacarding if the gross weight of the tank and gasoline is less than 1,001 pounds?\nAn equal opportunity employer\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nIf a DOT-E 11911 tank transports a material eligible for the combustible liquid exception\nn § 173.150 (f), could that movement be covered by the provisions of subparagraph (2\nif that section, i.e., excepted from the requirements of the subchapter as a non-bull\npackaging, or will the requirements of subparagraph (3) for bulk packaging apply to that\ntransportation?\nThank you for your consideration of these issues. If you have any questions, or need\nmore information, please contact me at (651) 405-6120 or by email at\nmichael.ritchie@dot.state.mn.us.\nYours truly,\nMichael Ritchie\nHazardous Materials Specialist\nMinnesota DOT\nOffice of Motor Carrier Services\n1110 Centre Pointe Curve\nMendota Heights, MN 55120","truncated":false,"body_characters":4440}