{"operation":"document","citation":"06-0271","title":"Georgia Department of Public Safety — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2007-01-09","effective_on":null,"summary":"06-0271 response to Georgia Department of Public Safety concerning 172.101, 172.504.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0271.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0271.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-06-0271","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2006/060271R.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nu.5. Department\nof TI-ansportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMcrlSerials Safety Administration\n400 Ssventh Street, S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nCa.~tain Bruce Bugg\nGeorgia Department of' Public Safety\nMctor Carrier Compliance Division\nP.0. Box 1456\nAtlanta, GA 30371-14ti6\nRef. No.: 06-027 1\nDeiu- Captain Bugg:\nThis is in response to your letter dated November 20,2006, regarding the placardirig and labeling\nreq~~irements for intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) under the Hazardous Materials Regulations\n(HMR; 49 CFR Parts 17 1-180). Specifically, you request clarification on subsidiary placarding\nand labeling. Your questions are summarized and answered below.\nQ1. If an IBC, portable tank of less than 1000 gallons, DOT 106 or 110 multi-unit tank car tank,\nor c,ther bulk package, containing a hazardous material, do not bear any labels or placards, which\nis the correct regulatory violation?\nAl. In accordance with 4 172.514, each person who offers for transportation a bulk packaging\nwhich contains a hazartlous material shall affix the placards specified for the material in\n$ 9 172.504 and 172.505. A bulk packaging placarding exception authorized in 4 172.5 14(c)\nallows an IBC to be placarded on two opposing sides or, alternatively, labeled in accordance\nwid1 Part 172, Subpart 13 of the HMR. A bulk package that is not placarded or, whsn authorized,\nlabeled is in violation of Part 172, subpart F.\nQ2. Sf such a bulk package is carrying a hazardous material with a subsidiary hazard, but is not\nsubject to Q 172.505, arl: subsidiary labels required?\nA2. :[f labeled under Subpart E of Part 172, each package containing a hazardous lnaterial must\nbe li~beled with primary and subsidiary hazard labels as specified in Column 6 of tke Q 172.101\nHazardous Materials Table (HMT) unless excepted in Q 172.402(a)(2). However, if placarded.\nundw Subpart F of Part 172, each package containing hazardous material must be l la carded with\nthe p~imary hazard placm2rd and the subsidiary hazard placarded when required by 4 172.505.\nQ3. IF an IBC is placarded on 2 opposing sides, is on an open, non-sided, truck or trailer, and the\nplacards are visible, are placards also required on the transport vehicle?\nA3. Each transport vehicle subject to the placarding requirements of Part 172, Subpart F, must be\nplacarded on each side and each end. This requirement may be met by placards displayed on\nfrei~;ht containers or poxtable tanks loaded on a flat-bed motor vehicle (9 172.516(a)). IBCs are\nnot irlcluded in this pro\\ision. Under Q 172.514, an IBC need only he placarded on two opposite\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nsid~:s or alternatively ]nay be labeled in accordance with Part 172, Subpart E. Therefore, a\npr3perly placarded or labeled IBC may not be used to satisfy vehicle placarding r,:quirements. In\naddition, IBCs may bt: substantially smaller than portable tanks and freight containers, which\nmiry effect the visibility of a placard when the IBC is placed on a flat-bed vehicle However, if a\nshipper chooses to placard an IBC on each side and each end and the IBC is large enough that\neach placard on the IEC: is readily visible from the direction it faces when the IBC is placed on a\nflat-bed vehicle, then he vehicle itself need not be placarded.\nQ4.. The HMT specifies that Hydrogen fluoride, anhydrous, UN 1052, PG I, is classified as a\ncoi~osive with a toxic subsidiary hazard. The special provisions provide that the material is\npo.sonous by inhalaticn in Hazard Zone C. Does this material meet the requirements for\ndescription under 9 172.203(m)? If not, is the material therefore subject to 9 172.505?\nA4. In spite of the hazard class to which a material is assigned, for materials that are poisonous\nby inhalation (see $5 173.132 and 173.133), the words \"Poison-Inhalation Hazard ' or \"Toxic-\nInhalation Hazard\" and the words \"Zone A\", \"Zone B\", \"Zone C\", or \"Zone D\" fcr gases, or\n\"Zone A\" or \"Zone B\" for liquids, as appropriate, shall be entered on the shipping paper\nimnediately following the shipping description. In this case, if the material in question is a\nliq111.d and \"Zone C\", then it is not subject to 5 172.203(m); and therefore not subject to\n5 172.505. , .\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if you require additional assis~.ance.\nCha~les E. Betts\nTransportation Specialist\nof Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nPage 1 of 1\nFrorn: 0.Bruce Bugg [obbugg@gsp.net]\nSent: Monday, November 20,2006 10:47 AM\nTo: INFOCNTR <PI-IMSA>\nSubject: Request for Clarification\nThis e-mail requests a written clarification on the following issues:\n§172.4110(a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), and state that certain bulk packagings must be labeled, \"unless placarded in\naccordztnce with..\" regulatiors which appear in Subpart F of part 172. Similarly, §172.514(c) reflects\nthese alternatives.\n( I ) If an IBC, Portable tank o' less than 1,000 gallons, DOT 106 or 110 tank car tank, or othe- bulk package,\ncontaining a hazardous material, do not bear any labels or placards, which is the correct regulatory violation? The\nlanguag! of 5172.400 appea-s to be the regulatory standard and $172.514 appears to be the option, but we need\nclarity on how to list these vicllations.\n(2) If such a bulk package is carrying a hazardous material with a subsidiary hazard, but NOT subject to\n5172.505, are subsidiary labels required? This could be further broken down into the following scenarios:\n(a) The material is in a bulk psckage, and is labeled for the primary hazard. Are subsidiary labels required?\nW T h e i-rlaterial is in a bulk p.ackage, and is placarded for the primary hazard. Are subsidiary labels required, or\nare subsidiary placards required?\n(3) If an 113C is placarded on L! opposing sides, is on an open, non-sided, truck or trailer, and the placards are\nvisible, ;.re placards also req~ired on the transport vehicle?\nOn a separate issue, §172.101 Table specifies that Hydrogen fluoride, anhydrous, UN 1052, PG I, is classified as\na corrosive liquid, with a toxic subsidiary hazard. The special provisions provide that the mater a1 is in Hazard\nZone C. Cloes this material meet the requirements for description under §172.203(m), because it is a liquid? If not,\n- ?.\nis the material therefore subject to 51 72.505?\nCap!. B N C ~ Bugg\nGeorgia Delartrnent ol Public Safety\nMotor Carrier Cornoliance Division\nP.O. BOX 14!jt; .\nAtlanta . GA 30371 -1 456\nPhone: 404.ti24.7211 or 7210\nFax: 404.62r ,7295\ne-mail: obbu!j(l(at)gsp.net [replace '(at)'wilh \"@\"I","truncated":false,"body_characters":6489}