{"operation":"document","citation":"02-0033","title":"Timothy Roberts — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2002-03-07","effective_on":null,"summary":"02-0033 concerning 173.29.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-02-0033.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-02-0033.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-02-0033","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2002/020033.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nResearch and\nWashington, D.C. 20590\npecial Program\ndministratio\nMAR - 7 2002\nMr. Timothy Roberts\n1106 Glendora Avenue\nRef. No. 02-0033\nOakland, CA 94602\nDear Mr. Roberts:\nThis is in response to your letter requesting clarification of\nconcerning the requirements in § 173.29 for empty packagings.\nthe Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180)\nSpecifically, you ask whether cooking stoves and empty bottles\npreviously containing white gas are excepted from the HMR.\nair prior to being offered for transportation and you plan to\nstate the stoves and bottles are drained and dried by exposure to\npack these items in your checked baggage.\nSection 173.29 (b) (2). excepts\nhazardous material from all HMR\nan empty packaging that previously\nit is cleaned of residue and purged of vapors so that no hazard\nrequirements provided\npackaging are intentionally not defined in the HMR because\nremains.\nThe methods that can be used to clean and purge a\nvary greatly depending on the nature of the hazardous material\nand the type of packaging.\nemptied of hazardous material, including residue, without\nIn some instances, a packaging can be\nundergoing a cleaning process\npurged.\nIn other instances, an active cleaning process may be\nand be considered cleaned and\nnecessary to clean and purge a packaging of hazardous residue.\nProvided there is no residue or vapor meeting any of the hazard\nbottles you describe in your letter are\nclass definitions in Part 173, Subpart D, the cooking stoves and\nrequirements of the HMR.\nnot subject to the\nyou need additional\nI hope this information\nassistance.\nis helpful.\nPlease\ncontact this office if\nSincerely,\nTransportation Regulations Specialist\nOffice of Hazardous Materials\nStandards\"\n173.29(6)\n020033\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nMCIntyre\n•\n3173.29 (b)(2)01\nJanuary 2, 2002\nEmpty Packaglings\nEdward Mazzullo\nDivision of Hazardous Material Standards\nDHM-10\nJS-DOT Research and Special Programs Administration\n02-00 33\nWashington, D.C. 20590-001\n4007St. SW\nRear Mr. Mazzullo:\nAs a Safety Professional and an Assistant Scoutmaster (Troop 206, Oakland, California) 1 an\ninterested in getting an interpretation and clarification of a Department of Transportatior\nrequirement. As a Troop, we take an out-of-state backpacking trip during alternate summers.\nWhen doing this, we normally plan to travel via a regularly scheduled commercial airline.\nanywhere\" matches on passenger aircraft, so we plan to obtain them when we arrive at our\nWe are fully aware that it is not allowed to carry cooking fuel (such as, white gas) and \"strike\n(these are one liter size aluminum bottles that we use them to carry the white gas during our\nlocation. Our primary concern is the transport of our cooking stoves and our empty fuel bottles\nhike). Our plan is to fully drain them, and allow them to air dry for approximately 24 hours prior\nto our return flight. Prior to our trip to the location, we will empty the bottles and stoves and air\nleave the caps off of the bottles and integral tanks on the stoves.\nthem out for approximately one month. We plan to check these on in our baggage and, of course,\nexempt, under 49 CFR 173.29 \"Empty Packagings\" section (b)(2)(ii), but suggested that I contact\nI recently had a conversation with a member of your staff, and that person indicated that these are\nyou for an official clarification letter that we can carry. with us in case any question arises at our\nhesitate to contact me at (925) 423-3981.\ndeparture airport. Should you have any question or need additional information, please do not\nThank you in advance for your attention to this matter.\nSincerely,\nAuntale t\nTimothy Roberts, CSP, CIH\n1106 Glendora Ave.\nOakland, CA 94602","truncated":false,"body_characters":3753}