{"operation":"document","citation":"03-0008","title":"Sea Sweep, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2003-03-21","effective_on":null,"summary":"03-0008 response to Sea Sweep, Inc. concerning 173.22.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-03-0008.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-03-0008.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-03-0008","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2003/030008.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department -\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMA 21 2003\nMr. William L. Mobeck\nSea Sweep, Inc.\nRef No.: 03-0008\n2305 S. Syracuse Way, Suite 5\nDenver, Colorado 80231\nDear Mr. Mobeck:\nThis is in response to your facsimile dated January 6, 2003, requesting clarification of the applicability\nof the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) to your product, Sea Sweep\n(wood chips) a by product of saw dust. In your letter you provided a copy of the Material Safety Data\nSheet (MSDS) for our review. You stated that the MSDS for this material indicates that it is not\nhazardous. However, the Port Authority in Spain, has requested a UN number for your product.\nUnder § 173.22, it is the shipper's responsibility to properly classify a hazardous material. This office\ndoes not generally perform this function. However, if a material does not meet one or more hazard\nclass criteria in Part 173, and is not a hazardous substance, hazardous waste, or marine pollutant, it is\nnot subject to the HMR. Therefore, based on the information you provided it is our opinion that Sea\nSweep is not subject to the HMR.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if you require additional assistance\nSincerely,\nDelmer F. Billings\nChief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n173,22\n030008\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n01/05/2003 @9:59\n3033379748\nPAGE 01\nSEA SWERE\nSEA SWEEP, INC.\nDenver. Colorado 80231\n2305 S. Syracuse Way, Suite 5\nFax: 303-337-9748\nTel: 303-337-9890\nwww.SeaSweep.com\ne-mail: seasweep@scasweep.com\nFAX MEMO\nRelerford\n3172. Tol\nDated: January 6, 2003\nApplicabiliti\nTo: Office of Hazardous Material Standards\n03 - 0008\nFrom: William L. Mobeck\nIf MATERiAL DOES\nRe: Letter of Clarification\nany he regis\nFax No: 800467-4922 20Z. 366- 3012\nPages 5\nREGULATED\nGentlemen:\nWe are presently communicating with a company work on cleanup the oil spill in Spain\nand they have advised us that they have been asked what our UN number, we have sent by\nship and aircraft in various countries and have never been asked for a UN number.\nI communication with your office we have been advised that a UN number will not be\nrequired, therefore we sending this fax for the purpose of receiving a letter and/or fax\noutlining that our product Sea Sweep does not require a UN number when shipping to\ncountries outside the U.S. because it is non hazardous.\nSea Sweep is a by product of saw dust (wood chips) that is thermolaticly (heated)\nremoving all of the moisture and oil within the saw dust (wood chips) and then\nbagged in 5, 10, 25 and 500 pound bags or used it booms and other Sea Sweep\npackaged items such as booms for oil spill containment and absorption and other\npackaged items, please refer to our web site www.seasweep.coxa The process\ndoes not use or contain any chemicals, etc.\nSea Sweep absorbs crude oil, refined hydrocarbon and chemicals on either hard\nsurface or water upon contact. It is bydrophobic (repels water) and oleophilic\n(absorbs oil). Sea Sweep is biodegradeable and non-toxic. On water Sea Sweep\nwill float indefinitely after absorbing spilled oil and due to its non leaching\ncapabilities, it eliminates contamination to beaches, shore lines, wildlife and to\nboth marine and bird species.\nWe are enclosing the Sea Sweep Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDA) and the first two\npage of our website for your review.\nShould you require any additional data, please fax us at 303 337 9784","truncated":false,"body_characters":3466}