{"operation":"document","citation":"03-0251","title":"URS Corporations — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2003-11-18","effective_on":null,"summary":"03-0251 response to URS Corporations concerning 171.2.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-03-0251.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-03-0251.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-03-0251","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2003/030251.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\n400 Seventh St., S.W,\nSpeciai Programs\nResearch and\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nAdministration\nNOV 1 8 2003\nMr. Andrew N. Romach\nRef. No. 03-0251\nRegulatory Manager\n1600 Perimeter Park Drive\nURS Corporations\nMorrisville, NC 27560\nDear Mr. Romach:\nThis is in response to your September 24, 2003 letter, requesting clarification of the\nHazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to the removal of\nfreight container has been unloaded of hazardous materials.\nplacards. Specifically, you ask if the truck driver is responsible for removing placards after a\nThe HMR do not specify when placards must be applied to or removed from a vehicle.\nunloaded and no longer contains hazardous materials, the placards must be removed prior to\ntransportation of the empty freight container.\nI hope this satisfies your inquiry.\nSincerely,\nKhar Goo\nSusan Gorsky\nSenior Transportation Regulations Specialist\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n1712\n030251\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nFPOM:\nURS CORP\nFAX NO.:\n9194611371\n10-15-03\n03:47P\nP. 02\nURS\nFoster\n$172.512\nSeptember 24, 2003\nPlacarding\nMr. Ed Mazzullo, Director\nResearch and Special Programs Administration\nOffice of Hazardous Material Standards\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nWashington, DC 20590-0001\n400 7th Street, SW\nFAX: (202) 366-3012\nDear Mr. Mazzulio:\nI am writing to you to request a written regulatory interpretation concerning who is responsible for removing\nthe situation under question, the shipper of the hazardous materials hires a truck driver to transport a\nplacards once hazardous matcrials are delivered to the consignce and unloaded from a freight container. In\nthe hazardous materials from the freight container and take possession of the hazardous materials at that\nplacardable quantity of hazardous materials inside a freight container to our facility; our employees unload\ntime. The freight container remains attached to the truck bed. Once unloaded, the truck leaving our facility is\nempty. Is it the truck driver's responsibility to ensure that all of the placards formerly indicating that\n171.2(0(2) before driving off of our premises?\nhazardous materials were present inside the freight container are removed in accordance with 49 CFR\nI would appreciate yuur clarification of this question.\n-..\nSincerely\nRegulatory Manager\nAndrew N. Romach\nURS Corporation\n1600 Perimeter Park Drive\nURS Corporation\nTel: 919.461.1220\nMorrisville, NC 27560\nFax: 919.461.1371\nAndy romach@urscorp.com","truncated":false,"body_characters":2508}