{"operation":"document","citation":"01-0299","title":"URS Corporation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2001-12-18","effective_on":null,"summary":"01-0299 response to URS Corporation concerning 173.6.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0299.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0299.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0299","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2001/010299.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nTransportatic\n. Departme\nWashington, D.C.\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\n20590\nResearch and\nAdministration\nSpecial Programs\nDEC 18 2001\nMr. Andrew N. Romach\nCorporate Regulatory Manager\nRef. No. 01-0299\n1600 Perimeter Park Drive, Suite 100\nURS Corporation\nMorrisville, NC 27560\nDear Mr. Romach:\nThis is in response to your November 28, 2001 letter requesting clarification on the materials of trade\n(MOTS) exception found in section § 171.6 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR\nparts 171-180). Specifically, you ask if an employee from an automobile dealership transports auto\nparts that meet the definition of a hazardous material to a body shop, would that employee be able to\ntake advantage of the MOTS exception if the transported items meet the inner containment limits in\n§ 173.6.\nThe described hazardous materials meet the definition for MOTS (§ 171.8). Provided all conditions in\n§ 173.6 are met, the MOTS exception may be applied to your scenario.\nI hope this satisfies your request.\nSincerely,\nDelmer F. Billings\nChief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n010299\n173.6\n-\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nFROM: URS CORPORATION\nFAX NO.:\n9194611371\n11-28-01B2:42P\nP .01\n\" URS\nJohnsen\n§ 173.6\nMOT\nNovember 28, 2001\n01-0299\nMr. Ed Mazzullo, Direcior\nResearch and Special Programs Administration\nOffice of Hazardous Material Standards\n400 7th Street, SW (DHM-10)\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nWashington, DC 20590-0001\nFAX: (202) 366-3012\nDear Mr. Mazzullo:\nI am writing to you to request a written regulatory interpretation concerning whether or\nnot the Materials of Trade exception (49 CFR 173.6) would apply to the following\nsituation:\ninstances, such repair is contracted out to one of several automobile body shops. To\nPeriodically, vehicles are brought to an automobile dealership to be repaired. In many\ncomplete the repair, the body shop may require certain replacement or repair parts from\nthe dealership. \"A required part may be a hazardous material (matching touch-up paint,\nwindshield repair kit with cleaner/adhesive, ctc.) If one of the employees at the\ndealership drives a roquired part to the body shop, and that part meets the definition of a\nhazardous material, would that employee be able to take advantage of the MOTs\nexception so long as the transported item meets the inner container limits?\nThank you for your consideration of this request.\nSincerely\nShake\nCorporate Regulatory Manager\nURS Corporation\nURS Corporation\n1600 Perimeter Park Orive, Suite 100\nTel: 919.461.1100\nMorrisville, NC 27560\nFax: 919.461.1415","truncated":false,"body_characters":2574}