{"operation":"document","citation":"01-0224","title":"URS Corporation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2002-02-05","effective_on":null,"summary":"01-0224 response to URS Corporation concerning 172.102.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0224.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0224.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0224","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2001/010224.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\n-\nWashington, D.C. 20590\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nFEB - 5 2002\nMr. Andrew N. Romach\nRegulatory Manager\nRef. No. 01-0224\nURS Corporation\nP.O. Box 13000\nResearch Triangle Park, NC 27709\nDear Mr. Romach:\nThis responds to your August 27, 2001 letter requesting clarification on the applicability of Special\nProvision 110 in § 172.102 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HIMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180)\nregarding your empty fire extinguisher. Specifically, you ask whether your empty fire extinguisher\nwhich still contains the explosive actuating cartridge may be shipped as unregulated material under\nSpecial Provision 110 in the HMR.\nAccording to your letter your empty fire extinguisher was previously charged with a nonflammable,\nnontoxic, noncorrosive material. However, the empty fire extinguisher still retains its originally installed\nexplosive actuating cartridge that allowed quick release of the fire extinguishing materials. The proper\nshipping description \"Fire extinguisher charges, expelling, explosive\" refers you to \"Cartridges, power\ndevice\" listed in the Hazardous Materials Table in § 172.101. Special Provision 110 in column (7) for\nthat description states that cartridges containing 3.2 grams or less of deflagrating (propellant) explosives\ninstalled in a fire extinguisher are not subject to the requirements of this subchapter.\nIt is the opinion of this Office that the empty fire extinguisher with the explosive actuating cartridge\nattached is regulated under the HMR as an explosive device, and, therefore, Special Provision 110\ndoes not apply. Before being offered for transportation, the explosive actuating device must be\napproved by the Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety as specified in $ 173.56. An\nempty fire extinguisher with the explosive actuating cartridge removed is not subject to the HMR.\nI hope this answers your inquiry.\nSincerely,\nDubmitzizo\nDelmer F. Billings\nChief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n172.103\n010224\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nFROM: RADIAN INTERNATIONAL\nFAX NO.:\n9194611371\n68-27-81 82:33P P.01\nURS\nBoothe\nAugust 27, 2001\n3173.302.\nApplicability\n01-02244\nFAX: (202) 366-3012\nDear Mr. Mazzullo:\nI am writing to you to request a written regulatory interpretation concering the most appropriate\nnoncorrosive material, but now empty of its fire extinguishing materials and at atmospheric\nhazard classification for a fire extinguisher, previously charged with a nonflammable, nontoxic,\npressure. The fire extinguisher still retains its originally installed actuating cartridge that allowed\nquick relcase of the firc extinguishing materials.\n\"''Actrestos?\"\nIn association with the proper shipping name \"Fire Extinguisher\" listed in the Hazardous Materials\nTable in 49 CFR 173.101, Special Provision 110 in column (7) states that:\n110\nCartridges containing 3.2 grams or less of deflagrating (propellant) explosives\ninstalled in a fire extinguisher are not subject to the requirements of this subchapter.\nEven though the fire extinguishor is now empty of its fire extinguishing material and no longer\nmeets the hazard criteria for a Division 2.2 compressed gas, would the fire extinguisher still be able\nto take advantage of the exception in Special Provision 110 and be shipped as not subject to the\nHAZMAT rogulations?\nI appreciate your consideration of this matter.\nDate?\nRegulatory Manager\nURS Corporation\nP.O. Box 13000\nURS Corporation\nResearch Triengle Park, NC 27709\nMorrisville, NC 27560\n1600 Perimeter Park Drive\nFax: 919.461.1415\nTel: 919.461.1100","truncated":false,"body_characters":3551}