{"operation":"document","citation":"04-0188","title":"Safety & Compliance Associates, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2004-10-13","effective_on":null,"summary":"04-0188 response to Safety & Compliance Associates, Inc. concerning 172.202.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-04-0188.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-04-0188.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-04-0188","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2004/040188.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nResearch and\nOCT 13 2004\nSpecial Programs\nAdministration\nMike Lopez, JD\nRef. No. 04-0188\nSafety & Compliance Associates, Inc.\nP.O. Box 48\nTrussville, AL 35173\nDear Mr. Lopez:\nThis is in response to your July 19, 2004 letter concerning the\nshipping paper requirements of the Hazardous Materials\nparaphrased and answered\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Your questions are\nas follows:\nQ1:\ndoes not include parentheses around the subsidiary hazard\nDespite the example provided in § 172.202 (a) (2) (iii), which\nclass or division number, must the subsidiary hazard class\nor division number appear in parentheses on the shipping\npaper?\nA1:\nExcept for combustible liquids, the subsidiary hazard\nclasses) or subsidiary division number (s) must be entered\nin parentheses immediately following the primary hazard\nclass or division number.\nThe examples in\n§ 172.202 (a) (2) (iii) should be corrected by placing\nparentheses around the subsidiary class(es) and division\nnumber (s). This error will be addressed in a future\nrulemaking.\nQ2:\nDoes the shipper have the option of using the subsidiary\nhazard class or division number (e.g., (5) or (5.1) for an\noxidizer) on a shipping paper?\nA2:\nNo.\ndivision number as appropriate for the material being\nThe shipper must use the subsidiary hazard class or\nshipped (e.g., the subsidiary hazard for an oxidizer must\nappear as\n172.202 (a) (2)\n040188\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nhazards on shipping papers was authorized by Docket HM-215E (68\nVoluntary compliance with the requirement to enter subsidiary\nFR 44992) as of July 31, 2003. However, the mandatory compliance\nSincerely\nChief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nSafety & Compliance Associates, Inc.\nP.O. Box 48, Trussville, AL 35173\nPhone: 205-853-9874 Fax: 205-853-2067\nBAH\n$172.20210)(2)\nJuly 19, 2004\nMr. Ed Mazzullo\nShipping Papers\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nDirector, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards\n04-0188\nWashington, D.C. 20590\n400 Seventh Street, SW\nDear Mr. Mazzullo,\nThis is in regard to an apparent inconsistency in the Hazardous Materials Regulations.\n49 CFR, §172.202 (a)(2) states:\nThe hazard class or division number prescribed for the material, as shown in Column (3)\nof the Sec. 172.202 Table. Except for combustible liquids, the subsidiary hazard classes)\nor subsidiary division numbers) must be entered in parentheses immediately following\nthe primary hazard class or division number.\nHowever, the example in §172.202 (a)(2)(iii) does not list the subsidiary classes or division\nnumbers in parentheses, as follows:\nFor domestic shipments, primary and subsidiary hazard class or division names may be\nentered following the numerical hazard class or division or following the basic\ndescription. For example, ''Oxygen, compressed, 2.2 (non-flammable, non-poisonous\ncompressed gas), 5.1 (oxidizer), UN1072,\" or \"Oxygen, compressed, 2.2, 5.1, UN1072,\n(non-flammable, non-poisonous compressed gas) (oxidizer)\";\nWill you please clarify whether subsidiary classes or division numbers must be entered in\nparentheses.\nIn addition, $172.202 (a)(2) gives an option as to whether class or division numbers must be\n(5), UN1072\" omitting the division number for \"oxidizer?\"\nlisted. Accordingly, is it your intent that oxygen may be listed as, \"oxygen, compressed, 2.2,\nSincerely.\nvologis\nMike Lopez, JD\nSafety & Compliance Associates, Inc.","truncated":false,"body_characters":3477}