{"operation":"document","citation":"07-0016","title":"Mr. Dave Middleton — 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":"07-0016 concerning 173.22.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0016.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0016.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0016","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2007/070016.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\nWashington, D.C. 20590\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nPipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration\nMAR - 0 2007\nMr. Dave Middleton\n75 Garden Drive\nReference No. 07-0016\nMontgomery, IL 60538\nDear Mr. Middleton:\nThis is in response to your January 12, 2007 letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nfor Division 6.2 (infectious substance) materials apply to the transportation of blood and/or other\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, you ask if the regulations\nbody fluids and materials collected for disposal at various crime scene or unattenced death clean-\nup operations. You state these materials may or may not have come from persons infected with\nvarious diseases.\nThe HMR define a Division 6.2 material under § 173.134 as a material known to contain or\nsuspected of containing a pathogen. In accordance with § 173.22, it is the shipper's\nresponsibility to properly class and describe a hazardous material. This office does not perform\nthat function. A shipper must classify the waste generated from a crime scene as a Division 6.2\nmaterial if he or she knows or suspects it contains a Category A or Category B pathogen, as\ndefined in § 173.134(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii). Category A infectious substance pathogenic material\nis in a form that is capable of causing permanent disability or life-threatening or fatal disease in\notherwise healthy humans or animals when exposure to it occurs. Category B infectious\nsubstance pathogenic material includes all other infectious substances that do not ineet the\nCategory A definition. A material that is not known or suspected to contain an infectious\nsubstance and does not meet the definition of another hazardous material is not regulated under\nI hope this information is helpful.\nSincerely,\nHatsable\nHattie L. Mitchell, Chief\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nRegulatory Review and Reinvention\n173.22\n173.134\n070016\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nEdmonson\n$ 113.134\nDave Middleton\n75 Garden Dr\nInfectious Substances\nJanuary 12, 2007\nMontgomery, IL 60538\n07-0016\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration\n400 Seventh Street, SW\nRoom 8410\nWashington, DC 20590\nDear U.S. DOT:\nI am writing to ask you for clarification of HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180. Specifically\ndoes transporting the byproduct of cleaning up after a crime scene, homicide, suicide or\nunattended death i.e. bloody carpet, bloody towels, rags, sometimes small pieces of skull,\nsubstance) or in 173.2. In most (if not all) cases it is not known if the deceased was\nor brain matter fall under any DOT guidelines in 173.134 Division 6.2 (infectious\ninfected with anything infectious. My understanding of this HMR is that this type of\ntransportation does not require any special permits, DOT numbers or labels. Is that\ncorrect? 1 am starting a new company for this service and I want to be certain I comply\nmy files. Thank You for your help in this matter.\nwith OSHA, DOT and EPA standards. Please respond by mail to the above address for\nSincerely,\nDiA\nDave Middleton","truncated":false,"body_characters":3099}