Ms. Cynthia Harrell — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

Page 1of Transportation U.S. Department 400 Seventh St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590 special Programs Research and OCT 6 2004 Administration Ms. Cynthia Harrell Reference No. 04-0043 P.O. Box 1397 Eatonville, WA 98328 Dear Ms. Harrell: This is in response to your letter asking what the requirements are for transporting unfrozen blood specimens to a personal residence under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). We apologize for the delay in responding and any inconvenience this may have caused. The HMR govern the packaging, handling, and transportation, including incidental storage Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and our Office of Hazardous Materials Enforcement, thereto, of hazardous materials in commerce. Based on the information we received from the the shipper of the specimen, the Division of Public Health, Office of the Medical Examiner, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, determined that the specimen was non- infectious and did not ship it with any other substance that meets the definition of a hazardous material under the HMR. Therefore, we can find no indication that the sample shipment you received was subject to the HMR or that its transportation caused any violation of the HMR to occur. I hope this information is helpful. Sincerely, Totte z. mother Hattie L. Mitchell, Chief Regulatory Review and Reinvention Office of Hazardous Materials Standards 040043 173.199#

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