{"operation":"document","citation":"05-0188","title":"FPL Group — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2005-11-03","effective_on":null,"summary":"05-0188 response to FPL Group concerning 171.8.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0188.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0188.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0188","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2005/050188.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\nWashington, D.C. 20590\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nPipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration\nNOV - 3 2005\nMr. Frank Nesbihal\nRef. No. 05-0188\nSenior Environmental Specialist\nFPL Group\n700 Universe Blvd.\nJuno Beach, FL 33408\nDear Mr. Nesbihal:\nThis is in response to your August 8, 2005, letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials\nrelationship of the terms \"offeror\" and \"shipper\" in the HMR and when they are applicable to use.\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, you ask if DOT will clarify the\nUnder final rulemaking HM-223A (70 FR 43638; July 28, 2005), PHMSA amended the HMR to\nadd a definition for \"person who offers or offeror\" in order to codify long-standing interpretations\nand administrative determinations on the applicability of those regulations. Within this final rule,\nPHMSA defined in § 171.8 \"person who offers or offeror\" to mean any person who performs or is\nresponsible for performing any pre-transportation function required by the HMR or who tenders or\nmakes the hazardous material available to a carrier for transportation in commerce. When the word\n\"shipper\" is used, such as in the title of Part 173 - \"Shippers-General Requirements for Shipments\nand Packagings\" - that word refers to a person who prepares a shipment for transportation. As\nalready discussed, that person may also be a carrier, when it prepares the shipment for its own\ntransportation (as a private carrier) or for transportation by a succeeding carrier. The word\n\"shipper\" is not used in the HMR in a commercial or contractual sense that denotes the economic\narrangements of a shipment.\nI hope this satisfies your request.\nSincerely,\nJohn A. Gale\nChief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n171.8\n050188\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nMessage\nBAH\nPage 1 of 1\n$171.8\nINFOCNTR <PHMSA>\nDefinition\nFrom:\nFrank__Nesbihal@fpl.com\n85-0188\nSent:\nMonday, August 08, 2005 2:29 PM\nTo:\nINFOCNTR <PHMSA>\nCc:\nRoger_Messer@fpl.com\nSubject: \"Shipper\" vs \"Persons Who Offer or Offeror\"\nDear Sir/Madam:\nFPL Group has reviewed the July 28, 2005 final rule regarding the Applicability of the Hazardous Materials Regulations\nto clarify the meaning of the\nOur comment was addressed on page 43641 in the final rule, but the DOT did not believe it is necessary to modify the HMR\nterm \"shipper\". We understand DOT's answer in regards to the rulemaking.\nHowever, to avoid confusion within our company, we are kindly asking if the DOT can clarify the relationship of these two\nterms, and when they are applicable to use.\nIf you have any questions, please call me at 561-691-7013.\nFrank Nesbihal, CHMM\nRespectfully,\nFPL Group\nSenior Environmental Specialist\n700 Universe Blvd. JES/JB\nJuno Beach, FL 33408\n8/9/2005","truncated":false,"body_characters":2780}