{"operation":"document","citation":"07-0081","title":"Pilot Chemical Company — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2007-07-26","effective_on":null,"summary":"07-0081 response to Pilot Chemical Company concerning 172.504, 172.505, 172.514.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0081.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0081.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0081","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2007/070081.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\nJUL 26 2007\nMr. Matthew J. Leary\nRef. No.: 07-0081\nCorporate EHS Manager\nPilot Chemical Company\n2744 E. Kemper Road\nCincinnati, OH 45241\nDear Mr. Leary:\nresponsible to ensure placards are affixed to an isotainer offered for transportation by\nThis is in response to your letter dated April 12, 2007, requesting clarification as to who is\nhighway to a rail yard under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts\n171-180). Specifically, you ask if the offeror or the carrier has the responsibility to affix\nplacards to the isotainer in the scenario you describe.\nAs provided by § 172.514, each person who offers for transportation a bulk packaging\n§§ 172.504 and 172.505. In addition to the placards required to be placed on a bulk\nwhich contains a hazardous material must affix the placards specified for the material in\npackage by the offeror, each person offering a motor carrier a hazardous material for\nransportation by highway must provide the motor carrier with the required placards for\nhe material being offered prior to or at the same time the material is offered for\ntransportation, unless the carrier's motor vehicle is already placarded for the material. A\nmotor carrier may not transport a hazardous material in a motor vehicle unless the\nplacards required for the material are affixed to the motor vehicle (see § 172.506).\nI hope this information is helpful.\nSincerely,\nChiet, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n172.514\n172.504\n070081\n172.505\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n1 age 1 ul 1\n4. 50k\n§172.514\nJarman, Erin <PHMSA>\n§173.22\nFrom:\nMatt J. Leary [mjleary@pilotchemical.com]\nPlacarding\nSent:\nThursday, April 12, 2007 10:43 AM\n07-0081\nTo:\nINFOCNTR <PHMSA>\nSubject: Request for Formal Interpretation\nTo Whom It May Concern:\nI am writing to request a clarification on who is responsible for placarding.\n49CFR 172.506 states \"Each person offering a motor carrier a hazardous material for transportation by highway\nthe material is offered for transportation\"... whereas\nshall provide to the motor carrier the required placards for the material being offered prior to or at the same time\nmaterial, shall affix the placards\"....\n49CFR 172.514 states \"each person who offers for transportation a bulk packaging which contains a hazardous\nThe Situation:\nAn isotainer on a flat bed truck going by highway to a rail yard.\nhe motor carrier or the group offering the material for transportation? Thanks in advance, for your response\nBased on this situation, which rule takes precedence? Essentially, who is responsible for placarding the isotainer\nSincerely,\nCorporate EHS Manager\nMatthew J. Leary, CHMM\nPilot Chemical Company\n2744 E. Kemper Road\n(Ph) 513-326-0625\nCincinnati, OH 45241\n(Fax) 513-326-0601\n4/12/2007","truncated":false,"body_characters":2891}