# Industrial Health & Safety Consultants — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** 06-0214
- **title:** Industrial Health & Safety Consultants — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2006-11-07
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** 06-0214 response to Industrial Health & Safety Consultants concerning 173.22.
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Washington, D.C. 20590
400 Seventh Street, S.W.
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
NOV 7 2006
Ms. Denese Deeds
Industrial Health & Safety Consultants
Ref. No.: 06-0214
17 Hazel Terrace
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Dear Ms. Deeds:
This is in response to your September 19, 2006, letter requesting clarification of (49 CFR Parts
100-185). Specifically, you ask whether contract logistics providers who are responsible for the
preparation of shipping papers and the loading and unloading of hazardous material shipments
must register.
In your letter, you present the following scenario:
Company "A" contracts the delivery of mail, equipment, and hazardous materials
between its facilities to a contract logistics provider, Company "B". While Company "B"
and its personnel are responsible for the movement of these deliveries, Cornpany "A" is
the offeror of the hazardous material and their equipment is used and at no time does
ownership of the materials transfer to Company "B". As the logistics provider, Company
"B" is responsible for the preparation of shipping papers and the loading and unloading
of the hazardous material shipments. You further note that many of the hazardous
material shipments utilize public roads and require placards.
The answer is yes. In accordance with § 107.601, a person who offers or transports hazardous
materials in the amounts listed must register. Based on the scenario described in your letter, the
person who transports, loads, unloads or prepares a shipping paper for a hazardous material
shipment in an amount required for registration, must register. You should also be aware the
requirement to register is retroactive and registration is required for all prior years in which a
person was engaged in activities requiring a hazardous material registration and failed to register.
I hope this satisfies your request.
Sincerely,
TakE bits
Charles E. Betts
Senior Transportation Specialist
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
107.601
173.22
060214

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INFOCNTR < PHMSA>
From:
To:
Sent:
REGISTER < PHMSA>
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:51 AN
BAH
Subject:
FW:
INFOCNTR <PHMSA>
3107.60,
3173.22
COMPLETED BY TELEPHONE 9/19/2006
GR 3: 05PM
Registration" Shisperibility
John James
Catapult Technology
06-0214
Administration
Contractor to Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety
john. james@dot.gov
(202) 366-4518
From: Nobody [mailto:nobody@bugatti.volpe.dot.gov]
-----Original Message----
To: REGISTER < PHMSA>
Sent: Tuesday,
September 19, 2006 10:00 AM
Subject:
Subject: Registration Program
d.deeds@ih-sc.com
Denese Deeds (d.deeds@ih-sc.com) on Tuesday, September 19, 2006
is the result of your feedback form.
Questions/Comments
It was submitted by
at 10:00:11.
Email:
d.deeds@ih-sc.com
Name:
Denese Deeds
Category: Do I Have to Register?
Organization:
Industrial Health & Safety Consultants
Street:
17 Hazel Terrace
City:
Woodbridge
State:
Connecticut
Zip Code:
06525
Phone: 203-929-3473
Fax:
203-929-5823
Comments: Dear Sir or Madam;
The purpose of this letter is to request clarification of the DOT requirement for Hazmat
(Company A) that uses a contract logistics provider (Company B) to make deliveries of
nail, courier packages, equipment, and Company A materials including hazardous materials
party logistics provider and at no time has title or ownership interest in the
etween various Company A facilities in a limited geographic area. Company B is a third
materials are carried on public roads. Both the hazardous materials and vehicles are owned
shipments/deliveries.
The hazardous materials require placarding in some cases and the
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vehicles operate under Company A's DOT authority, and Company A holds a Hazmat
and maintained by Company A. Company A is the offeror of the hazardous materials, all
registration. Company B provides drivers and other logistics personnel who load, unload
bills of lading for the shipments per the direct instruction and request: of Company A,
and drive the vehicles. Company B provides supervisory staff on-site and prepares the
provided by Company A.
with all shipping descriptions and information pertaining to the hazardous materials being
covered by Company A's registration? If Company B is required to have a separate Hazmat
In this case is Company B required to have a separate Hazmat registration or are they
registration, who's DOT number would the vehicles and drivers operate under?
Thank you for your assistance. Please let me know if you need any further information.
Wants a Written Letter of Interp.
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