# Hapag-Lloyd (America) Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** 07-0039
- **title:** Hapag-Lloyd (America) Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2007-06-28
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** 07-0039 response to Hapag-Lloyd (America) Inc. concerning 172.602, 176.30.
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J.S. Departmen
of Transportatior
400 Seventh Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20590
Pipeline and
Administration
Hazardous Materials Safety
JUN 2 8 2007
Mr. Robert F. Ahlborn
Ref. No. 07-0039
Hapag-Lloyd (America)
Manager, Hazardous Materials
399 Hoes Lane
Inc.
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Dear Mr. Ahlborn:
2007, requesting the validity of an interpretation
This responds to your electronic mail dated February 2,
issued to you by this office on May 22, 1995, concerning
CFR Parts 171-180) and
differences in the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49
the International Dangerous Goods
You again ask whether a shipping paper certification is
Code (IMDG Code) with regard to documentation requirements.
necessary for import shipments of hazardous materials at
marine terminals in U.S. ports awaiting subsequent
transportation.
list requirement in paragraph 5.4.3 of Part 5 of the IMDG
The answer to your question is yes. The dangerous goods
materials loaded
Code and in § 176.30 of the HMR apply only to hazardous
on board a ship.
Once a container is
unloaded from a vessel
to a marine terminal and is awaiting
subsequent transportation or devanning,
there is no
requirement specified
requirement other than the emergency response information
in § 172.602 (c) (2).
Using a
document is permissible when the dangerous goods list meets
dangerous goods list to serve as the emergency response
the requirements in §
172.602 (c) (2).
When subsequent transportation is provided and the
required is a shipping paper.
container is loaded on a truck
or rail car, the document
Use of a dangerous goods
list to serve as the shipping paper is permissible when the
dangerous goods list meets all shipping paper requirements
172.602 c) (z)
070039
176.30

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and G (shipping papers, including certification and
of Part 5 of the IMDG Code or 49 CFR Part 172, Subparts C
emergency response, respectively) .
I trust this satisfies your inquiry.
Please contact us if
we can be of further assistance.
Sincerely,
Hattie L. Mitchell
Chief Regulatory Review and Reinvention
Office of Hazardous Materials
Standards

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Drakeford, Carolyn <PHMSA>
Sent:
From:
Gorsky, Susan <PHMSA>
To:
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:30 AN
Stevens
Subject:
Drakeford, Carolyn <PHMSA>
$176.30
-W: interpretation
Attachments:
uscg dg list int.pdf
$172.602
Vessel
07-0039
uscg dg list int.pdf
(660 KB)
Please enter this in the interp
system.
Thanks.
Susan
son, ay bay 3, 207 31:07
o: Gorsky, Susan <PHMSA
ubject: FW: interpretatio:
FYI - Thank you for helping with this!
From: Richard, Bob < PHMSA>
-----Original Message---..-.
To: Pfund, Duane <PHMSA>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 11:16 AM
Cc: Kelley, Shane <PHMSA›; Bornhorst, R; Mazzullo, Ed
Subject: FW: interpretation
Duane,
Can you review the attached interp and if it is still valid modernize it (attached) and
coordinate a draft with PHH-10 and USCG?
quickly.
I would like to get something back to Bob
Bob
From: Ahlborn, Robert [mailto:Robert.Ahlborn@hlag.com]
•----Original Message--
To: Richard, Bob
Sent: Friday, February
02, 2007 9:40 AM
Subject: interpretation
with regard to marine terminal dg documentation for import shipments. It seems they are
we are experiencing problems with a terminal operator and local USCG inspector in Seattle
reluctant to accept the attached interpretation as 'RSPA no longer exists', it is more
Wonder if the attached interpretation can be reissued under' PHMSA' with updated regulatory
section references and who I should direct my request to ?
Thanks
Bob
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