# C.L. Smith Company — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

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- **citation:** 04-0252
- **title:** C.L. Smith Company — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2004-11-09
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** 04-0252 response to C.L. Smith Company concerning 172.303, 172.312.
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.S. Departmen
f Transporta iol
400 Seventh St., S.W:
Washington, D.C. 20590
Research and
special Programs
Administration
NOV - 9 2004
Mr. Lonnie Jaycox
Ref. No.:
04-0252
C.L. Smith Company
1311 South 39th Street
St. Louis,
MO 63110-2535
Dear Mr. Jaycox:
prohibitive marking under the Hazardous Materials Regulations
This is in response to your November 3, 2004 letter concerning
(HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) .
Specifically you ask if the logo
depicted below is prohibited under the provisions of
§ 172.312 (b) .
TRANSIT TESTED
INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION
MAMMINIM INTER MINOR
1481
The answer is no. Section 172.312 (b) prohibits the use of
arrows for purposes other than indicating proper package
rientation on packages containing liquid hazardous materials
t is our opinion that the "Transit Tested" logo depicted i
sufficiently distinct from any orientation marking referenced by
the HMR.
I hope tinis information is helpful. If you have further
questions, please do not hesitate
to
contact this office.
Sincerely,
Hatle z Michelo
Hattie L. Mitchell
Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
172-303
172.312 (5)
040252

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INFOCNTR
From: lonnie jaycox [ljaycox@clsmith.com]
14-2252
Sent:
Wednesday, November 03, 2004 3:29 PM
To:
INFOCNTR
Subject: C.L. Smith Cert Mark.pdf
Attached is the ar work provided to us by ISTA for use in marking cartons that comply with a test protocol used for
the parcel environment: My question is this:
Is the display of this logo on a 4G carton a violation of 49 CFR 172.312(b)?
This logo is 2"x3" on the carton.
Lonnie Jaycox
CL Smith Co.
St. Louis, MO 63110
1311 South 39th Street
ljaycox@clsmith.com
314-771-1202, ext: 267
11/4/2004

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TRANSIT TESTED
INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION
MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE NUMBER:
1481
The manufacturer certifies that this PACKAGED-PRODUCT
has passed preshipment testing requirements established by ISTA.
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