{"operation":"document","citation":"05-0033","title":"Hazmat Seminars — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2005-04-12","effective_on":null,"summary":"05-0033 response to Hazmat Seminars concerning 173.62.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0033.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0033.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0033","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2005/050033.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Depatment\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nPipeline and\nAdministration\nHazardous Materiais Safety\nAPR 12 2005\nMr. Paul Shelton\nRef No.: 05-0033\nPost Office Box 6122\nHazmat Seminars\nOak Ridge, Tennessee 37831\nDear Mr. Shelton:\nThis responds to your January 26, 2005 letter requesting clarification of the packaging\nrequirements for explosives contained in § 173.62 of the Hazardous Materials\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, you ask if shippers are free to\nassuming there is no packaging specified in the approval letter, even when that option\ndiffers from the configuration in which classification testing was conducted.\nThe competent authority approval issued by the Associate Administrator for Hazardous\nMaterials Safety is the definitive statement of proper shipping name, identification\nnumber, and classification code for new explosives. The approval document may also\ncontain additional stipulations, including packaging requirements. Any packaging\ninformation contained in the approval document takes precedence over the requirements\ncontained in the Table of Packing Methods in § 173.62. If the approval does not contain\nspecific packaging requirements, the explosive must be packaged as prescribed in the\nTable of Packaging Methods found in § 173.62. In these instances, you may utilize any\npackaging; configuration authorized by the packing instruction for the explosive.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if you require additional assistance.\nSincerely,\nJohn A. Gale\nChief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n173.62\n050033\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nHAZMAT SEMINARS\nOAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE 37831\nPOST OFFICE BOX 6122.\nDOT/RSPA/\nSupko\nCERTIFIED MAIL NO. 5768 3240\n$173.62\nOSFEB -7 PH\nRETUR V RECEIPT REQUESTED\nPatkaging of\nJanuary 26, 2005\n05 FEB - 7\nExplosives\nChief, Interpretations\nDOT/ESPA / OMMS\nP.S. De and sent of Transpars Administration\n05-0033\n400 Seventh Street, SW\nWashington. DC 20590\nRe: 49 CFR 173 Subpart C:\nPackaging of Explosives\nI am an instructor in hazardous materials transportation regulations, including the DOT\nRegulations applicable to the classification, packaging, and transportation of explosives.\nAn issue has arisen in several classes concerning the flexibility provided by the Table of\nPacking Methods in $173.62.\nIt is clear that the new explosive classification document issued by the Associate\nand classification code. It is also routine for the Associate Administrator to include\nAdministrator is the definitive statement of proper shipping name, identification number,\nadditiona requirements or limitations in the document, frequently stipulating packaging\nwhich much be utilized for commercial transport. Where such stipulations differ from\nprovisions in the Table of Packing Methods in §173.62, it is understood that the\nclassification document takes precedence over the Table.\nThe question concerns those situations in which the new explosive classification\ndocument is silent on packaging requirements, and the identification number is used to\nreference a packing instruction in §173.62. In such situatiors, are shippers free to utilize\nfrom the configuration in which classification testing was conducted?\nany option provided in the referenced packing instruction, even when that option differs\nThank you for your assistance.\nPaul Shelton\nHAZMAT SEMINARS\nTELEPHONE: (865) 693-2837 • FAX: (865) 470-4444","truncated":false,"body_characters":3460}