{"operation":"document","citation":"06-0198","title":"DuPont Global Logistics — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2007-03-20","effective_on":null,"summary":"06-0198 response to DuPont Global Logistics concerning 173.31, 174.67.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0198.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0198.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0198","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2006/060198.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\ns. Departmer\nf Transportatio\nWash ngton, D.C. 20590\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nHazardous Materials Safety\nPipeline and\nAdministration\nMAR 20 2C07\nMr. Kevin M.\nGreene\nHazardous Materials\nRef. No. 06-0198\nDistribution Consultant\nDuPont Global Logistics\nAxis,\nP.O. Box 525\nAlabama\n36505\nDear Mr. Greene:\nThis responds to your letter requesting clarification of\nunder the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CPR\ntank car loading and unloading signage requirements\nParts 171-180).\nsigns placed either on the tracks or tank cars as specified\nSpecifically, you ask whether caution\nin $ 174.67 (a) (4)\nwould satisfy the requirement in\n§ 173.31 (g) (2) that specifies that caution signs must be\nplaced between the rails.\nThe\nanswer to your question is yes.\nWe did not intend to\nrestrict placement of caution signs in § 173.31(g).|\nYou\nmay place caution signs on the track\nor the tank car to\nrequirement in both sections of the HMR is that adequate\nsatisfy the requirements in § 173.31(g) (2). The underlying\nwarning be given to persons operating equipment that might,\nif it struck the end of a car being loaded or unloaded,\ncause personal injury.\nPlacing caution signs between the\nrails does not preclude placing them on the car; \"between\nanywhere within the vertical plane of the gauge of the\ncommonly understood among railroaders to mean\nAs a general rule, the usual way to comply with\nhe car and the open end of the track and to have a siar\neither paragraph is to place a derail on the track betweer\nhanging on a pole\nextending upward from the derail that\n73.31 a.\n74. 67(a)4\n060198\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nserves as the caution sign.\nWe will correct the\ninconsistency of the language in § 173.31(g) (2) in a future\nrulemaking.\nwe can be of further assistance.\nI trust this satisfies your inquiry. Please contact. us if\nSincerely:\nHall Al!\nHattie L. Mitchell\nChief,\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nRegulatory Review and Reinvention\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nAug. 28.2006 5:35AM\ndupont\nNc. 0424 P. 1\nAuB. 4. 2006 12:11AM\ndupont\nstevens\nNo. 0407\nP. 1\n§173.31 (g) 2)\n$174.67 (a) 4)\nTankar Unloading Ale agai\nDuPont Global Logistics\n«UPOND\n06-0198\nDuPont Global Logistics\nAugust 2, 2006\nMr. Edward T. Mazzullo\nDirector, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards\n400 7\"\" Strect S. W.\nU.S. DOT/PHMSA (PHH-10)\nWashington, DC 20590-0001\nRequest for interpretation concerning the placement of caution signs prior to tank car loading and\nDear Mr. Mazzullo:\nFR 51906; October 30, 2003). Prior to HM223, placement of caution signs were addressed in 174.67(a)(3)\nSpectically, I request clarification of 173.31(g)(2) and 174.67(a)(4) as revised under Docket HM223 (68\nproaching the cars from the open end of a siding and must be left up until after the cars are unraded a\nid read \"Caution signs must be so placed on the track or cars to give necessary warning to perso\nunloading equipment\".\nplaced on the track or of the tank car to warn persons approaching the cars from the open end of the track\nWith that said, when performing tank car load and unloading under 173.31(g)(2), if the caution signs are\nit tek) for catchese placeding of is one as in sade ace erse end be requirement in.\nI hope this information is helpfu). Please contact me if you require additional assistance.\nHazardous Materlals Distribution Consultent\nKevin M. Greene\nP.O.Box 525\nDupon: Global Logistics\nAxis, Alabama 36505\nFax: (302) 355.2888\nPhone: (251) 679.5330\nKevin.m.greene@usa.dupont.com","truncated":false,"body_characters":3449}