{"operation":"document","citation":"06-0037","title":"Waste Technology Services, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2006-03-27","effective_on":null,"summary":"06-0037 response to Waste Technology Services, Inc. concerning 173.6.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0037.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0037.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0037","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2006/060037.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\ns. Departme\nTransportatic\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nPipeline and\nAdministration\nHazardous Materials Safety\nMAR 27 2006\nTed L. Nebrich, Jr., CHMM, QEP, REM\nReference No. 06-0037\nTechnical Director\n435 North 2^d Street\nWaste Technology Services, Inc.\nLewiston, NY 14092\nDear Mr. Nebrich:\nThis is in response to your February 13, 2006 letter to Mr. Jack Albright, Information\nResources Manager, Office of Administration, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA), U.S. Department of Transportation. Mr. Albright forwarded\nyour letter to PHMSA's Office of Hazardous Materials Standards for response.\nYou ask if hazardous waste or suspected hazardous waste samples may be transported to a\nlaboratory or other facility for analysis under the Materials of Trade (MOTs) exceptions\nprescribed in § 173.6 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-\n180). You explained that some of these samples may not be considered a hazardous waste\nunder 40 CFR 261.4(d) of the Environmental Protection Agency's regulations, and asked\nif these excluded materials may still be transported as MOTs under the HMR.\nFor purposes of the HMR, a hazardous waste is a material that is subject to the Universal\nHazardous Waste Manifest requirements in 40 CFR Part 262 (see § 171.8). Under\n§ 173.6, MOTs are hazardous materials, other than hazardous wastes, transported on a\nmotor vehicle and meeting the definition for one of the following hazard classes or\ndivisions: 2.1 (flammable gas), 2.2 (non-flammable gas), 3 (flammable), 4.1 (flammable\nsolid), 4.3 (dangerous when wet), 5.1 (oxidizer), 5.2 (organic peroxide), 6.1 (poison), 6.2\n(infectious, other than Risk Group 4), 8 (corrosive), 9 (miscellaneous), ORM-D (consumer\nommodity). A Division 4.1 self-reactive material or a Division 6.1 poison-by-inhalatic\nlaterial mav not be transported as MOTs. See §$ 173.6(a)(5). 173.124(a)(2\n173.6\n060037\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n173.133(a)(2), and 173.133(b). A sample may be transported as MOTs provided it meets\none of the above-mentioned authorized hazard classes and it complies with additional\nrequirements for the material prescribed in § 173.6.\nI hope this information is helpful.\nSincerely,\nHattie L. Mitchell, Chief\nRegulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nEdmonson\n8173.6\nMOT\nFebruary 13, 2006\n06-0037\nMr. Jack Albright\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\n400 Seventh Street, SW\nRoom 2103\nWashington, DC 20590\nDear Mr. Albright:\nI am writing to request a clarification of the Materials of Trade exceptions in 49 CFR\n173.6. Specifically, does this exception pertain to samples which as Environmental\nConsultants we need to transport to laboratories and hazardous waste facilities (TSDFs)\nfor analysis? That is, some if not most of these samples are RCRA hazardous waste or\nare suspected to be hazardous waste. However, under RCRA in 40 CFR 261.4\nExclusions...samples being transported to a laboratory or TSDF for analysis and\ntreatability studies are not considered a hazardous waste and are afforded some\nexclusions from hazardous waste generator requirements including manifesting.\nTherefore, would these samples since they retain the RCRA exclusion from being a\nhazardous waste, do they also retain the DOT exception for \"Materials of Trade\"\n(MOTS)? Also, if theses samples were not afforded the RCRA exclusion for \"samples\nfor analysis\" (because of sate requirements) could they still get the DOT exception for\n\"Materials of Trade\"?\nIf you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.\nVery truly yours,\nWASTE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, INC.\nT.L. Nebrich, Jr., CHMM, QEP, REM\nTechnical Director\nTLN/tIn\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\nPage | of\nNickels, Matthew <PHMSA>\nFrom: Albright, Jack <PHMSA>\nSent:\nMonday, February 13, 2006 9:44 AM\nTo:\nINFOCNTR < PHMSA>\nSubject: FW: Materials of Trade\nFrom: Ted L. Nebrich Jr. [mailto:TLNebrich@wtsonline.com]\nSent: Monday, February 13, 2006 9:51 AM\nSubject: Materials of Trade\nTo: Albright, Jack <PHMSA>\nDear Mr. Albright\ncover. I'm requesting a clarification of the DOT \"Materials of Trade\" exception.\nAttached is a clarification request letter which I have also sent to you under a separate\nThanks in advance....\nT. L. Nebrich Jr\nTechnical Director\n435 N. 2nd Street\nWaste Technology Services, Inc.\nPh: (715) 754-5400\nLewiston, NY 14092\nFax: (716) 754-8001\nE-mail: tlnebrich@wtsonline.com\n2/13/2006","truncated":false,"body_characters":4448}