{"operation":"document","citation":"06-0111","title":"AmeriPath — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2006-08-08","effective_on":null,"summary":"06-0111 response to AmeriPath concerning 172.101, 173.22.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0111.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0111.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0111","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2006/060111.pdf","body":"<<>>\n\n.S. Departmer\nf Transportatio\nWashington, D.C. 20590\n400 Seventh Street. S.W.\nlaterials Safety Administratio\nipeline and Hazardou\nAUG\n• 8 2006\nMs. Julie Frail\nRef. No. 06-0111\nAmeriPath\n895 SW 30\" Avenue, Suite 101\nPompano Beach, FL 33069-4887\nDear Ms. Frail:\nThis is in response to your letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) regarding the classification of rags\ncontaining xylene and alcohol. Specifically, you ask whether the rags are regulated under\nthe HMR and, if so, what proper shipping name is most appropriate.\nAs specified in § 173.22, it is the shipper's responsibility to properly classify a hazardous\nmaterial and select the shipping name that most accurately reflects the material being\nshipped. The proper shipping name may be assigned by either:\n(1) Assigning the proper shipping description \"Solids containing flaminable\nliquid, n.o.s. (xylenes, ethyl alcohol),\" UN3175, PG II without first applying the\nclassification criteria of Division 4.1 (see Special Provision 47). Provided there is\nfurther classify these materials.\nno free liquid around the rags or on the bottom of the drum, there is no need to\n(2) Determining whether the rags meet a Class 4.1 material. The burn rate may\ne determined on the rags before any evaporation of these liquids by simply usin\nlames. (The UN test method for Class 4.1 materials is designed for granula\nmaterials and, therefore, is not applicable to rags wetted with flammable liquids.)\nIf the package contains any residual free liquids on the bottom of the container or\n172.101\n060111\n179.22\n\n<<>>\n\nNA3082 or \"Waste Environmentally hazardous substances, solid, n.o.s. (xylene,\nappropriate proper shipping names are \"Hazardous waste, solid, n.o.s. (xylene, alcohol),\"\nalcohol),\" UN3077.\nfor a hazardous waste, they are not regulated under the HMR.\nIf the rags do not meet the definition of any of the hazard classes nor the definition\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact this office should you have additional\nquestions.\nSincerely,\nHathe z. mitched\nHattie L. Mitchell\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<>>\n\nMcIntyre\n$112.101\nAmeriPathi\nPrope? happing\n22\nSouth Florida\nImproving Diagnostics, Improving Lives\nName\n06-0111\nDear Mr. Edward Mazzullo,\nInnovative Waste Management Inc., they were inquiring about our current hazardous waste. Innovative Waste\nxylene and alcohol (see attached MSDS) are not flammable solids but are actually non-hazardous. I asked him\nManagement said that one of our wastes (flammable Solids n.o.s. (xylene, alcohol) which are rags that contain\nindeed flammable solids n.o.s. (xylene, alcohol). When Innovative waste management contacted the DOI\nto contact DOT since I had contacted the DOT hazardous material information center and they had told me it is\nI need to know what the official DOT shipping name will be for rags containing xylene and alcohol in a 55\ngallon metal waste drum.\nIf you need additional information feel free to contact me at 954-493-6555.\nSincerely,\nJulie Frail\nAmeriPath\nSouth Regional Safety Manager\nPhone: 954-493-6555\nFax: 954-633-3767\nCell: 561-767-7326","truncated":false,"body_characters":3214}