{"operation":"document","citation":"07-0082","title":"City Carbonic Sales & Service, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2007-05-17","effective_on":null,"summary":"07-0082 response to City Carbonic Sales & Service, Inc. concerning 180.209.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0082.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0082.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0082","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2007/070082.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMaterials Safety Administration\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMAY 17 2007\nPresident\nMs. Amy Morgan Bruecks\nRef. No. 07-0082\n406 S.W. 4'\" St.\nCity Carbonic Sales & Service, Inc.\nOklahoma City. OK 73109\nDear Ms. Bruecks:\nservice. Specifically. you ask whether only these specific cylinders may be eddy current\ntested and marked with the VE marking as required by $$ 180.209 and 180.213.\nrespectively.\nThe answer is no. Any cylinder may be eddy current tested and marked with the VE\ncylinders for which the eddy current test and marking are not required. the test exceeds\nmarking regardless of whether the test is required for the particular cylinder. For those\nthe HMR requirements and is not prohibited.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact this office if you have additional\nquestions.\nSincerely.\nHath thes\nHattie L. Mitchell\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nChief. Regulatory Review and Reinvention\n180.209\n070082\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nApr 16 07 08: 24a\nCity Larponic sa\nMCIntyre\n$180.209\nCylinders\n07-0082\nPhone: (405) 239-2068\n• Oklahoma City, OK 73109\n406 S.W. 4th Street\nToll Free: (800) 286-4291\nFax: (405) 236-5429\nApril 13, 2007\nPHH-12\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nAttn: Mrs. Hattie Mitchell\nWashington, D.C. 2059(\n400 Seventh Street, S.W\nVIA FACSIMILE: 202-366-3012\nSubject: Request for a letter of interpretation\nCan you please help my company with a written letter of clarification on the following issue?\nn) DOT-3AL cylinders manufactured of 6351-T6 aluminum alloy. In addition to t\nFR 49 § 180.209 Requirements for requalification of specification cylinde\nVE. Marking any cylinders other than those \"manufactured of aluminum alloy 6351-T6 used in\nIt is my interpretation that only these cylinders may be eddy current tested AND marked with the\nself-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), self-contained breathing apparatus\n(SCBA), or oxygen service\" would result in a violation upon a DOT inspection.\nthis requirement intended to be a minimum requirement? Is it an acpeptable practice to eda\nurrent test and mark all aluminum cylinders with the VE regardless of their alloy or use\nThank you for your assistance in this matter.\nSipcerely,\nRIN B435\nPresident","truncated":false,"body_characters":2296}