{"operation":"document","citation":"06-0027","title":"Mr. Steve Kranyec — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2006-07-06","effective_on":null,"summary":"06-0027 concerning 173.21, 173.308.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0027.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0027.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0027","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2006/060027.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nHazardous Materials Safety\nPipeline and\nAdjoinistrati 2006\nMr. Steve Kranyec\n2500 W. Main\nStreet G16\nRef. No. 06-0027\nLeague\nCity,\nTX 77573\nDear Mr. Kranyec:\nThis responds to your letter\nregarding the applicability of\n180) to lighters that no longer contain fuel.\nthe Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-\nyou ask about requirements applicable to a lighter trat has\nSpecifically,\nbeen purged of all fuel and a lighter containing residue\namounts of fuel.\nand any inconvenience it may have caused.\nI apologize for the delay in responding\nIt is ultimately the shipper's responsibility to ascertain\nwhether a lighter is or is not subject to the HMR.\nlighter that contains no fuel (residual or otherwise) is not\nsubject to the HMR.\nMost lighter manufacturers provide\ndrain lighters to satisfy the requirements of the HMR.\nspecific instructions to assist their customers to purge or\nthe fuel reservoir in a gas-fueled lighter until it is empty\nTypically this process may consist of bleeding or purging\n(e.g., no longer contains liquefied gas or its vapors) or,\nwick and cotton fuel absorbing insert.\nfor a \"wick\" style liquid-fueled design, removing both the\nlighter is purged or drained in accordance with the\nGenerally, if a\nmanufacturer's instructions and the lighter will no longer\nignite, it is not subject to the HMR.\n173.21\n173.308\n060027\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nThere is no certification required by the HMR to\ncompliance with this requirement.\nI trust this satisfies your inquiry.\nPlease contact\nus if\nwe can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\nHattie L. Mitchell\nOffice\nChief,\nof Hazardous Materials Standards\nRegulatory Review and Reinvention\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\n04/03/1994\n01:39\n8323856314\nRETURNKEY SYSTEMS\nPAGE\n01\nstevens\n$173.21\n71/8/\nDirector Of Hazmat Standards\nMr. Edward Mazzullo\n§173-308\nPHH-10\n400755SW\nUS Department Of Transportation\nLighters\nWashington,/DC 20590\n2/8/05\n06-0027\nDear Mr. Mazzullo,\nI would like to receive written clarification on DOT guidelines for shipping previously\nlighter must be treated as Hazmat. However, we have been told by members of DOT\nis present. However, nobody is certain of the definition of residue or how to determine\nand shipping agencies that lighters that do not light may be shipped as long as no residue\ncertificate from a licensed purger must accompany any lighter that has been \"drained\"\nwe have been told that a\nCan you please provide this information as soon as possible. If possible can you please\nemail it to Kranyec@earthlink.net.\nThank you for your attention to this matter.\nsincere\nSteve Kramyec\n2500 W Main Street G16\nLeague City, TX 77573","truncated":false,"body_characters":2707}