{"operation":"document","citation":"04-0094","title":"Hydro-Test Products Inc — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2004-05-12","effective_on":null,"summary":"04-0094 response to Hydro-Test Products Inc concerning 180.215.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-04-0094.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-04-0094.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-04-0094","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2004/040094.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nResearch and\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nAdministration\nSpecial Programs\nMAY 12 2004\nMr. Tom\nSauta\nRef. No. 04-0094\nHydro-Test Products Inc.\nP.O. Box 286\nStow,\nMA\n01775\nDear Mr. Sauta:\nThis is in response to your letter and subsequent telephone\nconversation with a member of my staff asking whether the\nrequire the cylinder manufacturer's symbol to be included on\nHazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180)\nknown.\nthe requalification record if the manufacturer's name is not\nprogram poses\nYou state that importing the symbol into your computer\na problem.\nYou also ask that\ncomprehensive list of cylinder manufacturers' symbols,\nwe provide a\nincluding the old graphic symbols.\nSection 180.215 (b) states that either the symbol or the\nmanufacturer's name must be included on the requalification\nrecords.\nbrief description of the symbol such as \"B inside of\nSection 180.215 (b) may be satisfied by entering a\ntriangle.\"\nIn addition, if the manufacturer's name is not\nknown for a particular symbol, you may contact the Research\nand Special Programs Administration (RSPA) Office of Hazardous\nMaterials Exemptions and Approvals at 202/366-4512.\nthere is no computerized list containing the old graphic\nAlthough\nthe assignments.\nsymbols, the Approvals Office maintains certain information on\noffice\nI hope this information is helpful.\nPlease contact this\nshould you have additional questions.\nSincerely,\nHothe z. Michell\nHattie I. Mitchell\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n180.215 (b) (z)\n040094\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nMCInture\n3180 Ellinders\nNovember 14, 2003\nMr. Edward T. Mazzullo\n04-0094\nU.S. DOT/RSPA (DHM-10)\nDirector, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards\n400 7th Street S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590-0001\nblank if a symbol is present, but it is not known to whom that symbol is registered to?\nIn regards to sec. 180.215(b)(2). Is it acceptable to leave the entry for cylinder manufacturer\nFor example a DOT specification cylinder with a cylinder manufacturers mark of a \"B\" inside a\nrequired to draw the symbol on the test record form?\ntriangle. It is not known who that symbol is registered to, but it is present. Is the requalifier\nto import symbols into the computerized program, if they cannot identify the symbol with a\nWith the influx of automated test equipment, it is not practical to ask that the requalifier be made\nmanufacturer.\nIf RSPA is going to enforce that the symbol must be on the test record form, if present, I would\nask that RSPA make available a list of symbols for all manufacturers of cylinders, both current\nand those manufacturers that are no longer in business. If this listing is not available, what are\nMR. SAutA\nyour recommendations?\nThank you for your time,\nTom Sauta\nspecific\nHydro-Test Products\nREQUEST,\nThis\nNAS\nMADE up\n05\nAN\nExAmple.\nJ.\nHYDRO-TEST PRODUCTS INC.\n85 HUDSON ROAD P.O. BOX 286\nTel # 800-225-9488\nFax # 978-897-1942\nSTOW, MA 01775\nEmail: tfsauta@hydro-test.com\nPage 1","truncated":false,"body_characters":3037}