{"operation":"document","citation":"05-0115","title":"United States Enrichment Corporation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2005-07-27","effective_on":null,"summary":"05-0115 response to United States Enrichment Corporation concerning 172.302, 172.310.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0115.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0115.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0115","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2005/050115.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\nJUL 27 2005\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nPipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration\nMr. Don McCarty\nReference No.: 05-0115\nJnited States Enrichment Corporation\nManager, Packaging and Transportatior\nP.O. Box 628\nPiketon, OH 45661\nDear Mr. McCarty:\nThis is in response to your April 28, 2005, letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) regarding the marking requirements for\nother than a DOT 7A Type A specification packaging and to Department of Energy (DOE) or\nNuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) certified Type B packagings used to transport\nradioactive materials and wastes. Specifically, you ask whether non-specification radioactive\nmaterials packages meeting the requirements in § 172.302 and other relevant sections of\nSubpart D are required to be marked with the United Nations identification number on an\norange panel.\nThe answer is yes. The general bulk package markings required by 49 CFR 172.302 (i.e.\nidentification numbers on orange panels or placards, etc.) must be applied to all specification or\nnon-specification packages of radioactive material when these packages are marked to meet 49\nCFR 172.301, 172.310 and other relevant sections of Subpart D.\nI trust this information is helpful.\nSincerely,\nHallez. mitchell\nHattie L. Mitchell\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n172.302\n172.310\n050115\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nwebb\n$ 172.302\n~ USEC\n§172-310\nA Global Energy Company\nMarking\n05-0115\nApril 28, 2005\n400 7\" Street, S. W.\nEdward T. Mazzullo, Director DHM-10\nWashington, DC 20590-0001\nDear Mr. Mazzullo:\nThis letter is to request a clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulation\n(HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) regarding the marking requirements for other than a DOT\n7A Type A specification packaging and to Department of Energy (DOE) or Nuclear\nRegulatory Commission (NRC) certified Type B packaging used to transport radioactive\nmaterials and wastes. Do all non-specification radioactive packages that meet the\ndefinitions in 49 CFR 172.302, and other relevant sections of Subpart D, have to be\nmarked with the United Nations identification numbered orange panel?\nUSEC is sighting the attached letter dated September 10, 2001, Reference No. 01-\n0153. This letter speaks only to certified packages. My question includes, but is not\nlimited to, waste boxes, 48X and 48Y cylinders, and cylinders shipped as waste or any\nother radioactive package that meets both the definition of a bulk package, 49 CFR 171.8\nand a radioactive package. In 2001, the HMR was silent on how the packages are\ndefined. Has this changed or will it change in the future to make the definition more\neasily understood?\nThank you for your consideration of this letter and if you have any questions\nregarding my letter, please contact me at 740-897-2668.\nThank You,\nDon Micat\nDon McCarty, Manager\nPackaging and Transportation\nDLM:ccb\nAttachment\nUnited States Enrichment Corporation\nPortsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant\nP.O. Box 628, Piketon, OH 45661\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nULS. Department\nRessarch and\nof Transportation\nWashinx#on, D.C. 20580\n400 Soventh St, 5.WC\nSpadial Programs\nAdministration\nSEP 1 0 2001\nMr. J. Kent Harcock\nActing Director, Office of Transportation\nRefereze No.: 01-0153\nUnited Stares Department of Energy\nOffice of Environmental Management\nWashington, DC 20590-0001\nDear Mr. Hancock:\nMateriais Regulations (HMIR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) regarding the marking requirements for\nThis is in response to your June 14, 2001, letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nNuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) certified Type B packagings used to transport\nshipmenis of DOT 7A Type A specification packaging aad to Dcpartment of Energy (0OE) or\nradioactive materials and wastes. Specifically, you ask whether DOE sites must apply the\ngeneral bulk package markings required by 49 CFR 172.302 (i.c. identification numbers on\norange panels ar placards, eta.) to Type A or Type B packages of radioactive material when.\nSubpart D.\nthese packages: (a) aro marked to meet 49 CFR 172.301, 172.310 and other reloyant sections of\nThe marking and labeling roquirements for these packages depend on wheter tbey are\nthese packages are dofined. It has been this office position to define these packages as meeting\nconstrued to be bulk or non-bulk packagings. Currently, th HIMR is silent in regards to how\npackaging comaining a hazardous material shall be marked with the proper shipping name and\nthe definition of a non-bulk packaging, Accondingly, § 172,301 staten that a non-bulk\nthe identification nuraber. However, we would accept a package marked as prescribed for a\nbulk package.\nI trust this information is helpful.\nSincerely,\ntatte z. mitchelp\nHattie L. Mitchell\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nChief, Regulatory Revicw and Reinvotion","truncated":false,"body_characters":4904}