{"operation":"document","citation":"06-0054","title":"Scranton Cooperage, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2006-04-07","effective_on":null,"summary":"06-0054 response to Scranton Cooperage, Inc. concerning 180.352.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0054.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0054.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0054","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2006/060054.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nPipeline and\nAdministration\nHazardous Materials Safety\nAPR\n7 2006\nMr. Eric Spatt\nReference No.: 06-0054\nScranton Cooperage, Inc.\n1264 Mid Valley Drive\nJessup, PA 18434\nDear Mr. Spatt:\nThis responds to your letter concerning the markings on intermediate bulk containers (IBCs)\nrequired by § 180.352 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180).\nYou ask what is meant by \"durably mark the IBC near the manufacturer's UN design type\nmarking.\"\nSection 180.352 requires the person performing routine maintenance on an IBC to durably\nmark the IBC with the country in which the routine maintenance is carried out and the name or\nmeans \"able to exist for a long time without significant deterioration.\" It is our opinion that the\nauthorized symbol of the party performing the routine maintenance. \"Durable\" generally\nrequired markings should remain on the IBC and be clearly legible until the next scheduled\nretest and inspection.\nI trust this satisfies your request.\nSincerely:\nHotte z moto\nHattie L. Mitchell\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n180.352\n060054\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nCorbin\n$180.352\nIBC's\nMEMO\n06-0054\nFROM THE OFFICE SCRANTON COOPERAGE INC.\n1264 Mid Valley Drive\n(570) 383-7244\nJessup PA. 18434\n(570) 383-7250 FAX\nericspatt@scrantoncooperage.com\nDate: 2-21-06\nFrom : Eric Spatt\nSubject: Regulation interpretation\nRegulation Specialist,\nWe at Scranton Cooperage Inc. M# 5154 are an IBC reconditioner and we need assistance\nin interpretation of a regulation §180.352 Requirements for retest and inspection\nof IBCs Sub Section E This a new regulation and we are not sure what is meant by\ndurably mark the BC near the manufactures information\nof metal, rigid plastics and composite IBCs performed by the owner of the IBC, whose State\ne) Requirements applicable to routine maintenance of IBCs. Except for routine maintenance\nroutine maintenance shall durably mark the IBC near the manufacturer's UN design type\nand name or authorized symbol is durably marked on the IBC, the party performing the\nmarking to show the following:\n(e) (1) The County in which the routine maintenance was carried out; and\n(e)(2) The name or authorized symbol of the party performing the routine maintenance.\nPlease advice and thank you for your assistance\nSoon\nErig Spatt","truncated":false,"body_characters":2410}