{"operation":"document","citation":"06-0192","title":"Austin Powder Company — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2006-09-20","effective_on":null,"summary":"06-0192 response to Austin Powder Company concerning 173.415.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0192.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0192.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0192","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/2024-10/060192.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\n.S. Departmen\nf Transportatio\nWashington, D.C. 20590\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nPipeline and\nAdministration\nHazardous Materials Safety\nSEP 2 0 2006\nMr. Larry J. \"Scooter\" King\nReference No. 06-0192\n25800 Science Park Drive\nAustin Powder Company\nCleveland, OH 44122\nDear Mr. King:\nThis is in response to your August 21, 2006 e-mail, and September 7, 2006 telephone\nconversation with a member of my staff concerning requirements in the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to the transportation of\npounds of \"Ammonium nitrate, 5.1 (oxidizer), UN 1942, PG III\" inside UN standard\nammonium nitrate. According to your letter, your company has placed one million\n13H1, 13H2, 13H3, or 13H4 woven plastic intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) that are\nof Washington awaiting shipment to Alaska before the vessel shipping lanes close at the\nflexible, sift-proof and water-resistant. You state the packages are at a dock in the State\nend of September. You ask if the IBCs, when loaded into a 20 to 40-foot metal cargo\ncontainer as a combination packaging, would qualify as non-combustible inside\npackagings in a rigid packaging under § 176.415(b)(1) of the HMR.\nThe answer is no. Section 176.415(b)(1) permits UN 1942 ammonium nitrate to be\nloaded or unloaded from a vessel at any waterfront facility without obtaining a permit\na non-combustible inside packaging. Although the IBCs, both alone and in the\nfrom the Captain of the Port (COPT) if the ammonium nitrate is in a rigid packaging with\ncombination packaging you describe, are authorized for transporting this material under\n§ 173.240 of the HMR, and the HMR do not specifically define \"non-combustible\npackaging,\" it is the opinion of this office that a plastic packaging is capable cf burning\nor igniting from a flammable ignition source and, therefore, does not qualify as a non-\ncombustible inner packaging under § 176.415(b)(1). You may place this material in\ncombination packagings with metal, glass, or earthenware inner packagings; comply with\nthe U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) permit requirements; or apply for an emergency special\nmay wish to contact Lieutenant Brett J. Thompson, USCG Sector Seattle, Facilities &\npermit under the HMR. For more information on the USCG permit requirements, you\nContainers Branch, (206) 217-6165. The procedures for submitting an application for an\n173.415(6)0)\n060192\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nemergency special permit under the HMR are contained in § 107.117. Please note that in\nyour application you must demonstrate the packaging scheme you are proposing will\nachieve a level of safety at least equal to that established by the current standard\nI hope this information is helpful.\nSincerely,\nHattie L. Mitchell, Chief\nRegulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Regulations\n2\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nEdmonson\nINFOCNTR <PHMSA>\n$173.415(b).\nFrom:\nSent:\nScooter King [Scooter.King@austinpowder.com]\nSubject:\nTo:\nINFOCNTR <PHMSA>\nMonday, August 21, 2006 3:08 PM\nUN 1942 in Specification IBC in Sea Container\nThis e-mail to to request in writing an interpretation of whether Ammon: um Nitrate UN 1942\npackaged in specification\nloaded into a metal cargo container meet the description of products described in 49 CFR\n13H1, 13H2, 13H3, or 13H4 intermediate bulk containers and\n173.415 (b)\n(1).\nPlease respond in writing to:\nAttn: Larry J. King\nAustin Powder Company\nCleveland, OH 44122\n25800 Science Park Drive\nScooter King\n216-464-2305 - Fax\n216-464-2400 - Office\nscooter.king@austinpowder.com\nThis email is intended only for the use of the party to which it is addressed and may\nthe intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copying or\ncontain information that is privileged, confidential, or protected by law.\nIf you are not\n'distribution of this email or its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received\nthis message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and\ndeleting it from your computer.","truncated":false,"body_characters":3981}