{"operation":"document","citation":"05-0228","title":"Regulatory Resources, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2005-11-08","effective_on":null,"summary":"05-0228 response to Regulatory Resources, Inc. concerning 173.411.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0228.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0228.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-05-0228","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2005/050228.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nWashington, D.C. 20590\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nPipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration\nNOV 8 2005\nMr. Wade A. Winters\nRef. No. :\n05-0228\nRegulatory\nResources,\nInc.\n240 Joshua\nRd\nKennewick,\nWA\n99338\nDear Mr. Winters:\nThis is in response to your September 19, 2005 letter\nconcerning Industrial Packagings (Type 2\nand Type 3) under the\nHazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180).\nYour questions are paraphrased and answered as follows:\nQ1. Given that an ISO 1496-1 freight container in compliance\nwith § 173.411 (b) (6) is authorized for use as a Type IP-2\nor Type IP-3, may the same ISO 1496-1 freight container\nbe certified\nas a DOT-7A packaging if the water spray and\npuncture test are performed?\nA1. No. To be certified as a Type A package, the design must\n08 Che ce 0 79 12 6 16,\nmeet all the requirements of § 178.350.\nAlthough\ncompliance with § 173.411 (b) (6) and successful completion\nof the water spray and puncture test would satisfy the\nstill meet the requireents of S$ 173.403 and 173.412.\nrequirements of S§ 173.410 and 173.465, the design must\nIt must also be noted that certification of the design is\nrestricted to the content or contents specified in the\ntest report or the analysis conducted.\nExpansion of the\ncertification to contents with different physical\nproperties would require further analysis.\n22.\nIf the design and testing documentation is not available\nfor a foreign ISO 1496-1 certified freight container\nmanufacturer, may the shipper assume that the design and\ntesting criteria have been met?\nA2.\nNO.\nUnder § 173.411 (c), each offeror of an Type IP-2 or\nType IP-3 must have on file (and maintain on file for at\nleast one year) complete documentation of test and\n173.411(6) 6)\n050228\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nengineering evaluation or comparative data for the\nindustrial package.\nIf the information is unavailable\nfor an ISO 1496-1 freight container, it may not be used\nas a Type IP-2 or Type IP-3 package.\nI hope this information is helpful. If you have further\nquestions, please do not hesitate\nto contact this office.\nSincerely,\nthatle a nitrell\nHattie L. Mitchell\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice\nof Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\n09/19/2005 10:05 FAX\n509 628 0972\nRegulatory Resources Inc\nØ004/005\nPollack\n§173.411 (b)6).\n→ Regulatory\n240 Joshua Roa\nIndustrial Packugings\nKennewick, WA 9933\nResources nc.\nvoice: 509-628-1020\n05 - 02.28\nwade@regulatoryresources.net\nfax: 509-628-0972\n\"The Source You Come Back To\".\nwww.regulatoryresouroes.net\nSeptember 19.2005\nMs. Susan Gorsky\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nPlpeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nPHH-10\nU.S. Department of Transportation\n400 Seventh Street, SW\nWashington, DC 20590\nDear Ms. Gorsky:\nRegulatory Resources, Inc. (RRI) is a consulting and training company serving clients subject to the\nDepartment of Transportation (DOT) Hazardous Materlals Regulations (HMRs) and the Envlionmental\nProtection Agency (EPA) solid and hazardous waste management regulation. One of our specialty areas\ncovers the regulations for the safe transport of radioactive materlals. Varlous Class 7 packaging questions\nhave been ralsed in recent training classes and I'm seeking PHMSA's clarification on these. This particular\nrequest for clarification concerns freight containers authorized as Industrial packagings in 49 CFR 173.411.\nThe first of two questions concerns 49 CFR 173.411(b)(6). In this paragraph it states that freight containers\nmay be used as Industrial packages Types 2 or 3 (Type IP-2) or (Type IP-3) provided that...industrial\npackaging Type 2 (IP-2) require the package to pass specified criteria when subjected to, or evaluated\nagalnst, drop and stacking tests for Type A packages intended to contain soilds (§ 173.465(€) and (d)). Type\nP.3 packages are to be evaluated after being subjected to all Type A package design and test criteria\nThe adoption of the IAEA TS-R-1 regulations in Docket HM-230, January 26, 2004, allow an ISO 1496-1:\n\"Series 1 Freight Containers - Specifications and Testing - Part 1: General Cargo Containers\": excluding\ndimensions and ratings, to be used as Type IP-2 and Type IP-3 as long as two specific requrements are\nmet. Obviously, DOT has determined that the ISO 1496-1 testing Is the same as or equivalent to the Type\nA package drop and stacking tests when evaluated against:\n(A) no loss or dispersal of the radloactive contents; and\n(B) no loss of shielding integrity which would result in more than a 20% increase in the radiation level\nat any external surface of the freight container.\nGiven that an ISO 1496-1 freight container in compliance with 5173.411 (b)(6) is authorizec for use as, and\nso marked per $172.310(b), a Type IP-2 or Type IP-3 packaging, can this same ISO 1496-1 freight container\nevaluation/performance for the water spray and puncture test considerations?\nbe certified as a Type A DOT-A packaging with only the additional design and test\nRRI's second question concerns the same paragraph where it states that an ISO 1496-1 freight contalner\nIs certified as such by the information presented on the freight container's Container Safety Certificate (CSC)\nmanufactured in countries other than the U.S. The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) $173.411 (b)(6)\nplate put in place by the original manufacturer. Many of these type of freight containers are\nallow the ISO 1496-1 freight contalner to be certified, pending qualifying conditions, as a Type IP-2 and\nType IP-3 (see question above).\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\n09/19/2005 10:05 FAX\n509 628 0972\nRegulatory Resources Inc\n#005/005\nVoice: 509-628-1020\nKennewick, WA 99338\nwww.regulatoryresources.net\nFax: 509-628-0972\nMs. Susan Gorsky\nSeptember 19. 2005\nPage 2\nThe requirements in §173.411 (C) specify that the user of any Type IP-2 or Type IP-3 package must maintain\non file for at least one year after the latest shipment complete documentation of tests and an engineering\nof constructions comply with that specification.\nevaluation or comparative data showing that the construction methods, packaging design, and material\nfreight containers regarding the Inability to acqure the necessary §173.41 1(c) documentation from these\nConcerns continue to surface by both package manufacturers and users of foreign made ISO 1496-1\nforeign manufacturers. In some Instances it appears that the foreign manufacturer may not possess the\nrecords on the freight container, and yet, these freight containers are certifled and marked as ISO 1496-1\ncertifled\ncontainer manufacturer, can a U.S. manufacturer or shipper apply §173.22 (a) 3)i) in determining that the\nIf specific design and testing documentation Is not avallable from the foreign ISO 1496-1 certified freight\nspecification plate?\nISO 1496-1 design and testing criteria have been met by the presence of the freight contalners CSC\nThank you for your time in these matters. Please contact me if I can answer any questions.\nFor Regulatory Resources. Inc..\nwhited\nPresident\nWade A. Winters, CET, CHMM\nWAW/lom","truncated":false,"body_characters":7065}