# Alaska Abatement Corporation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

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- **citation:** 01-0300
- **title:** Alaska Abatement Corporation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2002-01-09
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** 01-0300 response to Alaska Abatement Corporation concerning 172.504.
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of Transportation
U.S. Department
Washington, D.C. 20590
400 Seventh St., S.W.
Special Programs
Research and
Administration
JAN 9 2002
Mr. Arthur Solvang
Ref. No. 01-0300
Alaska Abatement Corporation
520W. 58' Ave., Suite J
Anchorage, AK 99518
Dear Mr. Solvang:
This is in response to your letter dated November 27, 2001, requesting clarification on registration
requirements under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180).
Specifically, you ask whether a shipper is required to register if they offer for transportation or
transport a Class 9 material in non-bulk packagings, where the transport vehicle is voluntarily
placarded.
The answer is no. A domestic shipment of Class 9 material in non-bulk packagings does not require
a Class 9 placard (see § 172.504(f)(9)). Thus the shipper is not required to register.
I hope this satisfies your request.
Sincerely,
Shan Fos.090
Delmer F. Billings
Chief, Standards Development
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
172,504

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AK ABATEMENT CORP
Fax: 907-563-0089
Nov 27 '01
12:18
P. 01
BAH
Alaska
8107.601
Abatement
Registration
01-0300
• Anchorage, AK 99518
520 W. 58th Ave., Suite J
Corporation
Fax: (207) 563-0089
Tel: (907) 563-0088
TO: Dianne Lavelle, Information Center
FROM: Arthur Solvang
Telephone: 202-366-4488
FAX: 202-366-3012
Tuesday, November 27, 2001
RE: Regulation Clarification
Number of Pages: 01
On November 21", 2001 Alaska Abatement Corporation received
nutificalion fum lie Alaska Department of Tranoportation Commorcial Vehicle
Enforcement [Report number AKCF04055060] of the failure to display a 'US
DOT HM registration number'. Subsequent review of the registration
requirements does not clearly indicate that Alaska Abatement Corporation
qualifies for registration. Please provide a written interpretation for our records.
Alaska Abatement Corporation is an asbestos abatement contractor. Items
which we transport to the landfill are packaged in labeled plastic bags and those
bags are in tum sealed into a second bag. These bags at no time come close to the
registration level of 468 cu ft. Each bag is labeled with the waste generator name
and address along with the line: "ASBESTOS 9, NA2212 III, RQ". Bags are
transported in a vehicle that has Class 9 placards on all four sides of the vehicle
along with an approved disposal manifest.
Thank you
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