{"operation":"document","citation":"06-0122","title":"Minnesota Department of Transportation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2006-07-31","effective_on":null,"summary":"06-0122 response to Minnesota Department of Transportation concerning 172.101.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0122.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0122.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0122","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2006/060122.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\nWashington, D.C. 20590\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nPipeline and\nAdministration\nHazardous Materials Safety\nJUL 3 1 2006\nMr. Michael Ritchie\nMinnesota Department of Transportation\nRef. No. 06-0122\nOffice of Freight and Commercial\nVehicle Operations\nMail Stop 460, Room 121\n395 John Ireland Blvd.\nSt. Paul, MN 55155\nDear Mr. Ritchie:\nThis is in response to your letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials\nfuel and fuel oils mixed with vegetable and animal oils, and gasoline mixed with\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) regarding proper shipping names for diesel\ndenatured ethanol. The first product (B-2) is 98% fuel oil/diesel fuel blended with 2%\nvegetable and animal oils. The third product is gasoline blended with at least 1.0%\nvegetable and animal oils. The second product (B-20) is 80% fuel oil blended with 20%\nanimal oils have flash points meeting Class 3 (flammable) or combustible liquid\ndenatured ethanol. You state that data indicates the fuel oils blended with vegetable and\ndefinitions under the HMR. You also state that the shipping papers for these materials do\nYou ask which shipping names are most appropriate for these products.\nnot indicate that the material is mixed, rather, they show the materials listed separately.\n192.101 (E)(0) (i)(A)\n060122\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nCurrently, the most appropriate proper shipping name for gasoline mixed with not more\nwould be appropriately assigned to gasoline that is not mixed with other hazardous\nmaterials.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact this office should you have additional\nquestions.\nSincerely,\nHattie L. Mitchell\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nDEPART\nMinnesota Department of Transportation\nTHAT OK TRANS\nMail Stop 420\nOffice of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations\n1110 Centre Pointe Curve\nTel: 651/405-6060\nMendota Heights, MN 55120-4152\nFax: 651/405-6082\nM'Inture\n3172.101\nProper Shipping Name\nMay 3, 2006\n06-0122\nUS Department of Transportation\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nMr. Edward T. Mazzullo\nPHH-10\n400 Seventh Street SW\nWashington, DC\nRe: Proper shipping names for alternative fuels.\nDear Mr. Mazzullo,\noffice show a boiling point of >400° F and a flash point of 321° F PMCC. The MSDS\nshows Biodiesel is not regulated by USDOT as a hazardous material.\nDiesel fuel/fuel oils blended with the Biodiesel material are shipped at several different\nand 80% fuel oil. Data received by my office indicates the blended products have flash\nblending rates. B-2 is 2% Biodiesel and 98% fuel oil/diesel fuel. B-20 is 20% Biodiesel\npoints that would make them flammable liquids or combustible liquids by USDOT\ndefinitions.\ninformation that some of the blended products are being shipped and transported with\nThe fuel oils and Biodiesel are splash blended and then distributed. My office has\nshipping papers showing a hazardous materials description for diesel fuel or fuel oil or\nthe first line, and the entry Biodiesel or Fatty acid esters on a second line. There is no\nindication on the document that the product is a blend of the two materials. The blended\nmaterials are shipped and transported in cargo tanks.\nIf the blended materials are a solution of a hazardous material and a non-hazardous\nmaterial, should the proper shipping name be diesel fuel solution or fuel oil solution, as\nrequired in 49 CFR 172.101 (c) (10)?\nAn equal opportunity employer\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\nethanol by volume. The hazardous materials table assigns the proper shipping name\nMost gasoline offered for sale in Minnesota is required to be at least 10% denatured\nGasohol to gasoline mixed with not more than 20% ethyl alcohol. Is Gasohol the required\nname for this material, or can the shipper identify it as Gasoline on a hazardous materials\nshipping paper!\nMichel Flie\nThank you for your assıstance\nMichael Ritchie\nHazardous Materials Specialist\nMinnesota Department of Transportation\nOffice of Freight and Commercial\nVehicle Operations\n395 John Ireland Boulevard\nMail Stop 460, Room 121\nMichael.Ritchie@dot.state.mn.us\nSt. Paul, MN 55155","truncated":false,"body_characters":4194}