{"operation":"document","citation":"02-0177","title":"Brenntag Mid-South, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2002-07-24","effective_on":null,"summary":"02-0177 response to Brenntag Mid-South, Inc. concerning 172.505.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-02-0177.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-02-0177.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-02-0177","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2002/020177.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\n=\n:\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nSpecial Programs\nResearch and\nAdministration\nJUL 2 4 2002\nMr. Fred E. Nichols\nSafety Director\nRef. No. 02-0177\nBrenntag Mid-South, Inc.\nP.O. Box 20\nHenderson, KY 42419-0020\n•\nDear Mr. Nichols:\nThis responds to your June 11, 2002 letter requesting clarification of the placarding requirements for\n• poison/toxic inhalation hazard materials under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR: 49 CFR\n• Parts 171-180). Specifically, you ask for clarification on placarding requirements under\n§§ 172.505(f)(8) and 172.505(a) when transporting a poison/toxic by inhalation hazard (PI) material\nsuch as, \"Chlorine, 2.3, UN 1017.\"\n• According to your letter, your company has been cited for violations of the new PIH placarding\nrequirements under § 172.505(a). According to the citation, you are required to placard the transport\nvehicle or freight container with the new PIH placard with the UN identification number across the\ncenter and hazard Class 2 at the bottom, and, with an additional PIH placard with the words\n. \"Inhalation Hazard\" across the center of the placard and hazard class at the bottom. It is your\nunderstanding that the POISON GAS placard as shown in § 172.540 with the UN identification\nnumber across the center and Class 2 at the bottom is the only placard required for transporting\nChlorine.\nYour understanding of PIH placarding requirements in §§ 172.504(F(8) and 172.505(a) is correct.\nThe POISON GAS placard for Division 2.3 materials as displayed in § 172.540 is the correct placard\nto be displayed when transporting a poison gas such as Chlorine. The text \"Inhalation Hazard\" shown\non the placard is optional; therefore, the UN identification number may be placed across the center of\nthe Class 2 POISON GAS placard to satisfy the UN identification number marking requirement. An\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n...\nadditional PI placard with the words \"Inhalation Hazard\" across the center is not required. If the UN\nidentification number is placed on the placard, the words \"Inhalation Hazard\" must be marked on the\npackage.\nI hope this answers your inquiry.\nSincerely,\nDon Sillis\nDelmer F. Billings\nChief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\n..\nBRENNTAG\nStinnes Logistics\nBoothe\n$172.505(a)\nBrenntag Mid-South, Inc.\nJune 11, 2002\nPlacarding\nMr. Ed Mazzullo\n02 - 0177\nOffice of Hazardous Material Standards\nResearch & Special Programs Administration\nU.S. Department of Transportation\n400 Seventh Street, SW\nWashington, DC 20590\nDear Mr. Mazzullo:\nBecause of the regulation that was final on October 1, 2001, stating the new INHALATION HAZARD\nplacard is required to be displayed on vehicles transporting any quantity of 2.3 poison gas, our\nviolation of Section Code 172.505(a).\nvehicles have been stopped by D.O.T. field inspectors in several states and issued citations for\nThe field inspectors are under the impression that the vehicles must have the placard with the skull\nand crossbones with the black background at the top, the UN 1017 in the center, and the Hazard\nClass 2 on the bottom, and the other placard must have the skull and crossbones with the blank\nbackground at the top, the words INHALATION HAZARD in the center and the Hazard Class 2 on the\nbottom. The field inspectors always issue a citation for a violation under Section Code 172.505(a).\nWe believe that\nbackground at the top, the UN 1017 in the center, and the Hazard Class 2 on the bottom as\nall that is required is the placard with the skull and crossbones with the black\nthat for domestic transportation, a poison INHALTION HAZARD placard is not required on a transport\nreferenced in Section Code 172.504 (F)(8). This section code states additional placarding exception,\nvehicle for freight containers that is already placarded with the POISON GAS placard.\nWe would like to receive a letter of interpretation from your department to ensure that we comply with\nthe specific intent of section code under 172.505(a) and 172.504 (F)(8).\nWe wish to thank you in advance for your time and effort to consider our request for the letter of\ninterpretation on this matter. If you need additional information, please call me at 270-830-1208.\nSincerely,\n...\nBRENNTAG MID-SOUTH, INC.\nFred E. Nihole\nFred E. Nichols\nSafety Director\ntbm\n1405 Highway 136 West\nBrenntag Mid-South, inc.\nPO. Box 20\nHenderson, KY 42419-0020","truncated":false,"body_characters":4422}