{"operation":"document","citation":"04-0105","title":"Cerac, Inc — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2004-05-27","effective_on":null,"summary":"04-0105 response to Cerac, Inc concerning 173.421, 173.427.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-04-0105.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-04-0105.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-04-0105","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2004/040105.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nJ.S. Department\nof Transportatior\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nResearch and\nWashington, D.C. 20590\npecial Program\ndministratio\nMAY 27 2004\nMs. Candace Graf\nLogistics Specialist\nReference No.: 04-0105\nCerac, Inc.\n407N 131h Street\nMilwaukee, WI 53233\nDear Ms. Graf:\nThis is in response to your letter dated April 26, 2004, regarding the applicability of the\nHazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) to the transportation of thorium\nnitrate. Specifically, you ask whether a Type A package is required for the transportation of\nthorium nitrate under new requirements, recently published in a final rule under Docket HM-230\n[69 FR 3631], to harmonize requirements of the HMR with international standards for\nradioactive materials.\nYour understanding is correct. Under the new procedures, a shipper must choose the most\nthose corresponding to non-fissile radioactive material classified as limited quantity, low specific\nappropriate proper shipping name and UN identification number from those authorized (e.g.,\nactivity (LSA), a Type A quantity, or a Type B quantity), and choose the corresponding\nauthorized packaging. If the thorium nitrate is classified as LSA-I, UN2912, a Type A packaging\nwould be authorized but not required.\nCurrently, for domestic shipments a shipper may continue to use the proper shipping name and\nUN identification number \"Thorium nitrate, solid, UN2976\" and follow the requirements of\n§ 173.419. Alternatively, the new requirements described in the HM-230 final rule may be used.\nAfter the effective date of the final rule (October 1, 2004), the new requirements must be used.\nboth the primary and subsidiary hazard must be satisfied.\nThorium nitrate is an oxidizing radioactive material, and as a consequence all requirements for\nI trust this satisfies your request.\nSincerely,\nHothez mthel\nHattie L. Mitchell\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n173.427,\n173.421\n040105\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n407 N. 13\" Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233\nBetts\nApril 26, 2004\n$173.427\n$ 173.42/\nAssociate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, RSPA\nRAM\nAttn: DHM-1, U.S. Department of Transportation,\n04-0105\n400 7th Street, SW.,\nWashington, DC 20590-0001.\nUnder HM-230, The RSPA is amending requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations\n(HMR) pertaining to the transportation of radioactive materials based on changes contained in the\nInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) publication, entitled \"IAEA Safety Standards Series:\nRegulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material,\" 1996 Edition, No. TS-R-1.\nI am currently trying to incorporate the TS-R-1 changes for packages containing our Thorium\nNitrate. It is my understanding that in this Final Rule Thorium Nitrate, solid UN2976 as a Proper\nShipping Name and UN Number will be removed from the CFR. My questions surround new\nrequirements and the packaging requirements that previously existed for this material.\nIn reviewing my new options, this leaves me with the Radioactive material, Low Specific\nActivity, (LSA-1) UN2912 or Radioactive material, and Type A Package UN2915. I noticed in the\nnon-bulk packaging section of either shipping name above there is no mention of 173.419 which\npreviously limited this material to Type A packaging only, 11.3 kg for air, and no exceptions or limited\nquantity provisions. Please confirm that a Type A package will no longer be required for Thorium\nNitrate.\nThanks in advance for your assistance. If you have any questions please contact me at 414-289-9800\nx302.\nSincerely\nLogistics Specialist","truncated":false,"body_characters":3579}