{"operation":"document","citation":"05-0062","title":"Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2005-05-06","effective_on":null,"summary":"05-0062 response to Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc. concerning 172.101, 172.419.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0062.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0062.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0062","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2005/050062.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nWashington, D.C. 20590\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nPipeline and\nAdministration\nHazardous Materials Safety\nMAY 6 2005\nMs. Dianna F. Lee\nRef. No. 05-0062\n600 N. Broad Street\nMallinckrodt Baker, Inc.\nPhillipsburg, NJ 08865\nDear Ms. Lee:\nThis responds to your November 3, 2004 letter and March 18, 2005 fax requesting\ninternationally under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-\nclarification on the labeling requirements for 'Methanol' when shipped domestically and\n180). Specifically, you ask whether it is permissible to label the package in compliance\nwith international requirements when shipped domestically only.\nThe answer is yes. As your letter notes, the Hazardous Materials Table (HMT) includes\ntwo entries for methanol, one for international transportation and one for domestic\ntransportation. The two entries are identical, except that the international entry requires a\nsubsidiary hazard Division 6.1 label, and the domestic entry does not. In accordance with\n§ 172.101(b)(3) and (b)(5), you may use either the international or domestic entry in the\nHMT for domestic transportation of metharol.\nI hope this answers your inquiry.\nC\nChief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n172.101\n172.419\n050062\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nMAR. 18'2005\n11:06 9088599411\nMALBAKER QUALITY DEFT\n#0650 P. 002/003\nBoothe\ntyco\n3172.101\n222 Rod School Lane\nMallincinodt Baker, Inc.\nPhillipsburg, NJ 08865\nSpecialty Products\n3M2 119\nFax: 908-859-9411\nTal: 908-859-2151\nMallinckrodt Baker\nLabel ing\n05-0062\nMr. Edward T. Mazzullo\nDirector, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards\nU.S. DOT/PHMSA (DHM-10)\n400 7th Street S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590-0001\nNovember 3, 2004\nDear Mr. Mazzullo,\nThis letter is a request for a letter of interpretation regarding a hazardous material,\nmethanol.\nTo give you a brief overview of the situation, our company sells methanol as a product,\ninternational shipments. We are currently assessing the possibility of consolidating the\nand traditionally have been packaging and labeling them separately for domestic and\ntoxic labels to both domestically and interationally shipped packages.\ntwo and just use the international classification, and affixing both the flammable and\nThe current 49 CFR specifies in the Hazardous Materials Table (172.101) that for\na letter \"D) and one for international (denoted by a letter \"'\") shipping purposes. The\nVethanol, UN1230, PGIl, there exists two entries, namely one for domestic (denoted by\ntwo entries are identical except for the labeling codes required. International shipping\nrequires both a flammable label (3) and a toxic label (6.1) in order to meet the\nrequirements for hazard classes. Domestic shipping, however, only requires the\nflammable label (3), and there is no mention of toxicity hazards associated with the\nchemical. According to section 172.101(b)(5), \"The letter \"'\" identifies proper shipping\nnames which are appropriate for describing materials in international transportation. An\ninvolved.\" Mv interpretation of this is that although we may choose to use the domestic\nalternate proper shipping name may be se ected when only domestic transportation is\nclassification with only the flammable label and hazard class 3 requirement for\nmethanol, we will not be out of compliance if we choose to disclose the toxicity hazard\nand classify our product (methanol) as class 3, with a subsidiary hazard class of 6.1,\nwhich requires both the flammable and toxic labels for domestic shipping only purposes.\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nMAR. 18'2005 11:06 9088599411\nMALBAKER QUALITY DEPT\n#0650 P.003/003\nI would appreciate it if you can please rep y back with an official interpretation from the\nand out of compliance to affix both flammable(3) and toxic(6.1) labels on a package of\nhazmat administration regarding this issue: as to whether or not we would be incorrect\nmethanol shipped domestically only. The response can be forwarded to the below\naddress, and should you have any questions, please feel free contact me at the number\nalso provided below.\nMallinckrodt Baker, Inc.\n600 N. Broad Street\nPhillipsburg, NJ 08865\n(908)859-2151 ext. 9764\nOnce again, thank you in advance for you help and clarification in this matter, and I look\nforward to hearing from you.\nSincerely,\nDia L. Le\nDianna F. Lee\nQuality Information Acministrator","truncated":false,"body_characters":4367}