{"operation":"document","citation":"04-0092","title":"New York Power Authority — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2004-06-21","effective_on":null,"summary":"04-0092 response to New York Power Authority concerning 171.1.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-04-0092.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-04-0092.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-04-0092","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2004/040092.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nResearch and\nSpecial Programs\nAdministration\nJUN 2 1 2004\nMr. Mark K. Malone\nRef. No.: 04-0092\nSenior Attorney\nNew York Power Authority\n123 Main Street\nWhite Plains, New York 10601\nDear Mr. Malone:\nThis responds to your request for clarification of an amendment to the Hazardous Materials\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) adopted under Docket HM-223 (final rule published\nOctober 30, 2003; 68 FR 61906). Your questions are paraphrased and answered as follows:\nQ1. You asked if your understanding is correct that the HMR do not apply to the Authority, a\ncorporate municipal instrumentality of New York State, in which a State employee\ntransports hazardous materials in a State vehicle from an Authority work area to an\nAuthority facility?\nAl.\nYour understanding is correct. Functions not subject to the HMR include transportation\nof a hazardous material in a motor vehicle, aircraft, or vessel operated by a Federal, State,\nor local government employee solely for noncommercial Federal, State, or local\ngovernmental purposes.\nQ2.\nIs an Authority employee subject to the HMR if he or she performs a pre-transportation\ntransported in a vehicle operated by a commercial carrier?\nfunction on a hazardous material package at an Authority facility that will eventually be\nA2.\nThe answer is yes. The requirements of the HMR apply to each person who offers a\ntransported in commerce, or transports a hazardous material in commerce and who\nhazardous material for transportation in commerce, causes a hazardous material to be\nperforms or is responsible for performing a pre-transportation function, including each\nperson performing pre-transportation functions under contract with any department,\nagency, or instrumentality of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Federal\n171.1\n040092\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\ngovernment. Therefore, an instrumentality, such as the New York State Authority, offering a\nhazardous material to a commercial carrier for transportation is subject to the applicable rules of\nthe HMR.\nI hope this satisfies your inquiry. If we can be of further assistance, please contact us.\nSincerely,\n'John A. Gale\n/ Office of Hazardous Materials Standards\nChief, Standards Development\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\n123 Main Street\n914 681.6200\nWhite Plains, New Yor! 10601\nEngrum\n5177.1\nNewYork Power\nAuthority\nApplicability\n04-0092\nApril 6, 2004\nSusan Gorsky\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards,\nDepartment of Transportation\nResearch and Special Programs Administration\nOO 7* Street S.W\nNashington, D.C. 2059(\nSubject: Interpretation of Final Rule [Docket No. RSPA-98-4952 (HM-223)]\nDear Ms. Gorsky:\nDepartment of Transportation (DOT) Final Rule, effective October 1, 2004, concerning\nI am an attorney with the New York Power Authority (\"Authority\") seeking an opinion on a\nwould like DOT's interpretation of the Final Rule (68 FR. 51906) clarifying the applicability of\nhazardous materials. The Authority, a corporate municipal instrumentality of New York State,\nthe Hazardous Materials Regulations (\"HMRs\").\ntransports hazardous materials from an Authority work ares io an Authority facility. Authority\nThe Authority encounters situations in which an Authority employee, in an Authority vehicle,\nemployees are considered state employees. The Authority's interpretation is that the HMRs do\nnot apply to these activities (see, 49 U.S.C. 5102 [9]; 49 CFR 171.1 [d] [5]; 68 FR 61912-\nThe HMRs are applicable to packaging, cerlain pre-transportatio: furictions, and transportation\nfunctions beginning when a non-Authority carrier takes physical possession of the hazardous\nmaterials from the Authority facility to transport these materials to a destination for long-term\nstorage or appropriate disposal. Is an Authority employee subject to the HMRs if he or she\nthat will eventually be shipped on a non-Authority (carrier) vehicle?\nperforms a pre-transportation function at an Authority facility on a hazardous material package\nthese two distinct stages of the transportation of hazardous materials.\nThe Authority would be grateful for your written opinion on the applicability of the HMRs for\nVery truly yours,\nMak X: Malore\nMark K. Malone\nSenior Attorney\ncc: Ms. Donna O'Berry","truncated":false,"body_characters":4274}