{"operation":"document","citation":"03-0031","title":"Town Paint & Supply Co. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2003-04-10","effective_on":null,"summary":"03-0031 response to Town Paint & Supply Co. concerning 173.150.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-03-0031.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-03-0031.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-03-0031","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2003/030031.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nResearch and\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nAPR 10 2003\nMr. Jeffrey Aaron\nTown Paint & Supply Co.\nRef. No. 03-0031\nP.O. Box 101035\nLyman Street\nNorthboro, MA 01532\nDear Mr. Aaron:\nThis responds to your January 28, 2003 letter requesting clarification on shipping a lacquer thinner\nproduct as a Consumer commodity, ORM-D, between Canada and the United States under\n§ 171.12a of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts-171-180). Specifically, you\nask whether you must repackage the \"Consumer commodity, ORM-D\" material received from Canada\nas \"Paint related material, UN 1263, PG I'\" before re-shipping the material to your customers in the\nUnited States.\nAccording to your letter, you ship and receive a lacquer thinner product packaged in one gallon metal\ncans which are packed four to a case, as \"Paint related material, UN 1263, 3, PG I\" from your\nsupplier in Canada. You further state that the product is now arriving at your facility from Canada\npackaged as a \"Consumer commodity, ORM-D\". You ask whether you must repackage this material\nas \"Paint related material, UN 1263, PG II\" when re-shipping to your customers in the United States or\nwhether you may continue to ship it as \"Consumer commodity ORM-D\".\nSection 171.12a authorizes a hazardous material that is classed, marked, labeled, placarded, described\non a shipping paper, and packaged in accordance with the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG)\nRegulations issued by the Government of Canada to be offered for transportation and transported to or\nmaterials shipped from Canada as Consumer Commodities. However, it would not be acceptable at\nthis product to be reclassed and shipped as a Consumer commodity, ORM-D material, the quanity\n173.150\n030031\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\ninformation, Docket HM-215E has proposed to add Special Provision 149 for the paint related\nmaterial entry. If adopted in the final rule, Special Provision 149 would authorize inner packagings of\nmonths.\nup to 5.0 L. We anticipate issuing a Final Rule under Docket HM-215E within the next several\nI hope this answers your inquiry.\nSincerely,\nSelm\nDelmer F. Billings\nChief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nBoothe\n3 SOUTH MAIN STREI\n(50B) 653-8932\nATICK 0176\n§ 172.101\nown\n$|73.144\n667 MAIN STREET\nTEATICKET 02536\n(508) 540-1933\n(781) 324-5368\nPAINT &\nSUPPLY\nORM\n206 BARNSTABLE ROAD\nHYANNIS 02601\n(508) 771-4290\nIRLBOROUGH 017\n1 HOWE STRE\n03-0031\n(508) 485-0538\nTOWN PAINT & SUPPLY CO.\nEAST HARWICH 02645\nRTE. 137\n(508) 432-3669\n(978) 922-1107\nHARDWARE - PAINTS - WALLPAPERS\nELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING SUPPLIES\n41 MEETING HOUSE LANE\nBUZZARDS BAY 02532\n(508) 888-8237\nWAREHOUSE & OFFICE\n35 LYMAN STREET\nP.O. BOX 1010\nNORTHBORO, MA 01532\nJanuary 28, 2003\n(508) 393-7746\nWAREHOUSE\n(781) 237-2296\nOFFICE\nFAX (508) 393-7842\nMR. EDWARD T. MAZZULOO\nU.S. DOT\nOFFICE OF HAZARD MATERIAL SAFETY\nRSPA\n400 7TH ST S.W.\nWASHINGTON D.C. 20590\nDEAR MR. MAZZULOO:\nWE SHIP AND RECEIVE A PRODUCT CALLED LACQUER THINNER PACKAGED IN ONE\nGALLON METAL CANS FOUR TO A CASE. THE PRODUCT USE TO COME IN TO US\nWITH A DIAMOND ON THE PACKAGE AND MARKED UN 1263 PGII CLASS 3. IT IS\nOUR SUPPLIER RECOCHEM INC OF CANADA HAS INFORMED US THAT THE\nNOW COMING IN TO OUR FACILITY. AS AN ORM-D CONSUMER COMMODITY.\nREGULATION HAS CHANGED. (SEE ATTACHED LETTER)\nUNITED STATES, DO I HAVE TO REPACKAGE THE PRODUCT OR CAN I SHIP IT OUT AS\nMY QUESTION IS THAT WHEN I RESHIP THIS PRODUCT TO MY CUSTOMERS IN THE\nAN ORM-D?\nSINCERELY:\nJEFFREY M. AARON\nMSDS SHEETS LACQUER THINNER\nENCL:\nRECOCHEM LETTER","truncated":false,"body_characters":3601}