{"operation":"document","citation":"02-0077","title":"AllChem Industries — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2002-04-25","effective_on":null,"summary":"02-0077 response to AllChem Industries concerning 173.152.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-02-0077.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-02-0077.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-02-0077","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2002/020077.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\n:\n.5. Departmen\nof Transportatio\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nAPR 25 2002\nMr. Alex Olcese\nRef. No. 02-0077\nAllchem Industries\nGainesville, FI 32607\n6010 NW First Place\nDear Mr. Olcese:\nThis is in response to your letter requesting confirmation of\nMaterials Regulations (HMR;49 CFR Parts 171-180) concerning\nyour understanding of the requirements under the Hazardous\n• \"Consumer commodity,\" ORM-D and the exceptions in SS 173.152 and\n173.156.\n\"Trichloroisocyanuric acid, dry,\" PG II and is in tablet form.\nYou state that your product was initially classified 'as\ncellophane inner packaging.\nEach tablet weighs seven ounces and is wrapped in a heat-sealed\npound capacity plastic pail (strong outer packaging) and the\nThe tablets are placed in à five-.\nby ground.\npails are placed into a fiberboard box (overpack) and transported\nYour questions are paraphrased and answered below.\nplastic pail strong outer packaging considered a non-\nQ1. Is the heat-sealed cellophane inner packaging and the\nspecification combination packaging under the HMR?\nAl.\nmeet the \"inner packaging\" and \"strong outside container\"\nProvided the heat-sealed cellophane and the plastic pail\ndefinitions,\nS$ 173.24 and 173.24a, the answer is yes.\nrespectively, in § 171.8, and the requirements in\n02. Is the fiberboard box considered an overpack under the HMR?\n\"overpack\" in § 171.8 and the requirements in SS 173.24 and\nA2. Provided the fiberboard box meets the definition for\n173.24a, it is authorized as an overpack under the HMR.\n03.\n173.152 (b), the 66 pound gross weight limit\nMy understanding is that if the packaging conforms to\nlimit does not apply.\npackaging conforms to § 173.156 (b) (1), the 66 pound gross weight\nIs this correct?\nA3. Yes.\n173.152\n020077\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nQ4. What additional exceptions are authorized?\nA4.\nIrom the 66 pound\nAs provided in $ 173.156 (b) (1), in addition to the exception\nexcepted Irom the strong outer packaging requirement and the\ngross\nweight limitation, ORM-D materials are\nmarking requirements in\nare: 1) unitized\nsubpart D of part 172 when the materials\noffered for transportation or transported by a private or\nin cages, carts, boxes or similar overpacks; 2)\ncontractor motor carrier or a common carrier vehicle under\nmanufacturer to a distribution center, or from a manufacturer or\nexclusive use for such service; and 3) transported from a\ndistribution center to a retail outlet or return.\nmaterials being transported by ground excepted from the\nQ5. Based on the information in my letter, are the ORM-D\n• marking requirements?\nspecification packaging, labeling, placarding, shipping paper and\nA5.\nthe answer is yes.\nProvided the provisions in SS 173.152 and 173.156 are met,\nif we can be of further assistance.:\nI hope this information is helpful.. Please contact this office\nSincerely,\nHattie I. Mitchell, Chief\nRegulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nMIntyre\n≤ 173.152 (9)\n$173.156\nConsumer commoditi\n6010 NW FIRST PLACE • GAINESVILLE, FL 32607 • TEL: (352) 378-9696 FAX: (352) 338-0400\nORM-S\n02-0077\nMarch 11, 2002\nVia E-Mail\nMr. Edward T. Mazzullo\nDirector, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards\n(DHM-10)\nResearch and Special Programs Administration\nDepartment of Transportation\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nDear Mr. Mazzullo:\nprovided on March 7, 2002. According to our interpretation of the DOT Hazardous Materials\nThis letter requests written confirmation of an interpretation the DOT Hotline\nRegulations (HMR) (49 C.F.R. Parts 171-180), and consistent with the Hotline staff view, we\nseek written confirmation that tablets of a chemical used to chlorinate swimming pools may be\nshipped as \"Consumer Commodity, ORM-D\" under the conditions described below.\nEach tablet weighs seven ounces. Tablets are individually heat sealed in cellophane, then placed\nThe material is classified as \"trichloroisocyanuric acid, dry.\" It is in tablet form.\nin plastic pails fitted with secure childproof lids. Each pail holds up to five pounds of product.\nThe pails are vented to prevent harmful build-up of gases, but the design will not allow tablets to\nPassphan hath to leven them. Closed pain only are crushed in trance ed he necked\n3. Closed pails are placed in a crushproof fiberboard box\n172.101, in the entry \"trichloroisocyanuric acid, dry\" provides a packaging exception at Section\n|73.152. The consumer commodity exception is found at Section 173.152(c). As one condition\nof using the consumer commodity exception, all requirements for the limited quantity exception\nall other conditions for the consumer commodit\nxception are met. the exceptions provided in Section 173.156 are also available for th\nshipments.\n09LT002_.doc\n[438-01)\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\nCAl Chem\ndustles:\nMr. Edward T. Mazzullo\nMarch 11, 2002\nPage 2\nabove in the following way:\nWe interpret these provisions, acting together, to apply to the shipments described\n(1)\nThe heat-sealed cellophane protecting each tablet is an inner packaging of\na combination packaging.\n(2)\nThe five-pound capacity plastic pail is the strong outer packaging\nrequired, and acting with the inner packaging described in (1), constitutes\na non-specification combination packaging.\n(3)\nThe fiberboard box is an overpack that provides an extra measure of safety\nin transportation.\n(4)\nThe 66 pound gross weight limit found in Section 173.152(b) applies to\neach pail.\nIf a shipment conforms to all requirements of Section\napplies.\n173.156(b)(1), however, the 66 pound gross weight limit no longer\n(5)\nConditions for additional exceptions allowed by Section 173.156(b)(1) are\nnet. when a contract motor carrier transports pails, overpacked in\n(6)\nUsing the exceptions cited above, the shipment is not subject to labeling,\nspecification packaging, placarding, shipping papers, or marking.\nquestions concerning the facts, please contact me at (352) 333-7321.\nWe would appreciate your written confirmation of this interpretation. If you have\nSincerely,\nAlex Olcese\nAlex Olcese\nChief Operating Officer\n09LT002_.doc/\n[438-01]","truncated":false,"body_characters":6046}