# Buckeye Fire Equipment Company — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** 06-0101
- **title:** Buckeye Fire Equipment Company — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2006-05-30
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** 06-0101 response to Buckeye Fire Equipment Company concerning 172.101, 173.309.
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400 Seventh Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20590
Pipeline and
Administration
Hazardous Materials Safety
MAY 3 0 2006
Mr. John Classic
Buckeye Fire Equipment Company
Reference No.: 06-0101
110 Kings Road
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
Dear Mr. Classic:
This responds to your request concerning your company's line of restaurant kitchen fire
mixture, UN 1066" is the correct shipping name and identification number under the
Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR, Parts 171-180).
The answer is yes, the proper shipping description for the component is "Nitrogen,
cylinder is not equipped to function as a fire extinguisher.
I trust this satisfies your request.
Sincerely,
Halle z. notabel
Hattie L. Mitchell
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention
172.101
060101
173.309

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Corbin
3172.101
Proper Shipping Name
Edward Mazzullo
Director
06-010 pri 28, 2006
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
Dear Mr. Mazzullo,
The Buckeye Fire Equipment Company has developed a product line of restaurant
The question posed to Ms. Hatti Mitchell was what is the UN number and proper
used as a fire extinguisher in the configuration in which it is shipped, the most
shipping name that should be used? Her reply was that since the component could not be
appropriate identification would be UN 1066 Nitrogen, Compressed, Mixture.
is the proper identification would preclude any future questions D.O.T. personnel may
Ms. Mitchell suggested that getting written confirmation from your office that UN 1066
have in regards to the correctness of the UN number.
Thank you for your assistance.
Should you have any questions about this matter, please direct them to the undersigned.
John Classic
Buckeye Fire Equipment Company
Ph: 704.739.7415
Email: techservice@buckeyef.com
110 Kings Road
Kings Mountain, NC, 28086
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