{"operation":"document","citation":"07-0100","title":"Petroleum Transportation & Storage Association — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2007-11-28","effective_on":null,"summary":"07-0100 response to Petroleum Transportation & Storage Association concerning 172.101.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0100.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0100.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0100","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2007/070100.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. .Department\nof Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\nNOV 2 8 2007\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMr. Mark Morgan, Esq.\nRegulatory Counsel\nPetroleum Transportation & Storage Association\n4200 Wisconsin Avenue N W, Suite 106\nWashington, DC 200 16\nRef. No. 07-0 100\nDear Mr. Morgan:\nThis responds to your May 8,2007 letter and subsequent emails requesting clarification\nof information provided in a July 3 1,2006 letter (Ref. No. 06-01 22) to Mr. Michael\nRitchie of the Minnesota Department of Transportation regarding the appropriate proper\nshipping names for biodiesel blends B2 and B20.\nMr. Ritchie indicated that the biodiesel blends B2 and B20 consist of diesel fuel mixed\nwith biodiesel at blending rates of 2% and 20% biodiesel, respectively. According to\nMr. Ritchie, the biodiesel blends have flash points meeting the criteria for Class 3\n(flammable) liquids under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts\n171 -1 80). Mr. Ritchie asked about shipping names appropriate for these products. In our\nJuly 3 1,2006 letter, we stated that the B2 and B20 diesellfuel oillbiodiesel blends must\nbe described with the proper shipping names \"Diesel fuel solution, NA1993,\" \"Diesel\nfuel solution, UN-1202,\" \"Fuel oil solution, NA 1993,\" or \"Flammable liquid, n.0.s.\n(diesel fuellfuel oil) L N 1993.\"\nAs indicated in our initial letter, a mixture or solution of a hazardous material identified\nin the § 172.101 Hazardous Materials Table (HMT) by technical name and a non-\nhazardous material must be described using the proper shipping name of the hazardous\nmaterial and the qualifying word \"mixture\" or \"solution\" unless otherwise excepted (see\n172.101 ( 1 0)) It is our understanding that diesel fuellbiodiesel blends that contain\nup to 5% biodiesel meet the criteria established in ASTM Standard D 975 for diesel fuel.\nFor this reason, we are revising our response concerning the appropriate proper shipping\nname for biodiesel blend B2 - a shipper may use the proper shipping name \"diesel fbel\"\nwithout the qualifying term \"solution\" for diesel fuellbiodiesel blends containing up to\n5% biodiesel.\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nThe following chart shows the proper shipping names that may be used to describe the\nabove-referenced blends of diesel fuel and biodiesel:\nI I Blend\nB2\nI Authorized Proper I\nComponents\nI Shipping ~ a m k s\n98% diesel fuel blended with 2% biodiesel\nDiesel fuel, NA1993\n1 1 I Diesel fuel, UN1202 1\n( Gas oil, UN 1202\nB20 1 80% diesel fuel blended with 20% biodiesel I Diesel fuel solution, NA 1993\nI\nDiesel fuel solution, UN 1202\nGas oil solution, UN 1202\nParagraphs (c)(4) and (c)(5) of section 172.336 provide an exception from UN\nidentification number marking requirements for liquid petroleum distillate fuels. In\naccordance with this section, UN identification numbers are not required for each of the\nliquid petroleum distillate fuels transported in cargo tanks or compartmented cargo tanks\nprovided the identification number is displayed for the distillate fuel having the lowest\nflash point. In conversations subsequent to your letter, you asked whether the exception\nfrom UN identification number marking requirements for liquid petroleum distillate fuels\nmay be utilized for diesel fuellbiodiesel blends. The answer is yes. Thus, for petroleum\ndistillate fuels, including diesel fuelhiodiesel blends, transported in cargo tanks or multi-\ncompartmented cargo tanks, you may mark the transport vehicle with the UN\nidentification number for the distillate fuel having the lowest flashpoint.\nIn addition to the above mentioned products, you asked about the proper shipping name\nfor ethanol blend E10. Please note that, in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)\npublished under Docket Number HM-218D (71 FR 55757; September 25,2006), we\nproposed to add a new entry to the HMT for ethanol and gasoline mixtures containing .\nmore than 10% ethanol and to revise the HMT entries \"Gasohol, gasoline mixed with\nethyl alcohol, with not more than 20 percent alcohol, \" NA 1203 and \"Gasoline,\" UN1203.\nThe proposed revisions are intended to help emergency response personnel respond\nappropriately to incidents involving such fuel mixtures. A copy of the HM-218D NPRM\nis enclosed.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if you require additional assistance.\nSincerely,\ndward T. Mazzullo\nDirector\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nEnclosure: HM-2 18D, Hazardous Materials; Miscellaneous Amendments, Notice of\nproposed rulemaking\nCc: Mr. Michael Ritchie\nMinnesota Department of Transportation\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nPTSA\nPetroleum Ti-ansportatim & Storage Association\nMay 8,2007\nHattie Mitchell, Chief\nRegu!a?cry Rsvielv and Reinvention\nU.S. DOT PHMSA\nEast Building PHH-I 0\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nRE: HAZMAT Shipping Papers for Biodiesel and Ethanol\nDear Ms Mitchell:\nIn a letter dated July 3 1, 2006 to Mike Ritchie, Minnesota Department of Transportation (Ref. No.\n06-0122) you clarified HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180 regarding proper shipping names for diesel fuel and\nfuel oils mixed with vegetable and animal oils and gasoline mixed with denatured alcohol (biodiesel and\nethanol).\nThe U.S. DOT Hazardous Material Hotline is providing information for these shipping papers that\ndiffer from the proper shipping names contained in your letter to Mr. Ritchie. Please confirm that the\nfollowing shipping names comply with the HMR for bio-diesel and ethanol blends:\nB-2 Biodiesel\n\"Diesel Fuel Solution NA 1993 PG 111\" or\n\"Fuel Oil Solution NA1993 PG 111\" or\n\"Diesel Fuel Solution UN1202 PG 111''\nB-20 Biodiesel\n\"Fuel Oil Solution NA1993 PG III\" or\n\"Flammable Liquid n.0.s. (he1 oil solution) UN1993 PG 11\"\n\"Gasohol NA1203 PG 11\" or.\n\"Flammable Liquid, n.0.s. (contains gasoline with 10% denatured alcohol) UN 1993 PG 11\"\n4200 Wisconsin Avenue N.W. Suite 106 Washington, DC 2001 6\nPhone: (202)364-6767 Fax: (202)966-4560\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\nPage 2. Hattie Mitchell, May 8, 2007\nSince there remains considerable confusion regarding this issue among not only the regulated\nindustry but also within state and federal transportation enforcement authorities, I am requesting an\nexpedited response to this inquiry.\nIf you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (202) 364-6767 or\nmrnor~anutsa0,cox.net. Thank you.\nSin erely, / F\nRc,, L > k(L, ZY-\nMark S. Morgan, Esq. J (\nRegulatory Counsel\nPetroleum Marketers Association of America\nPetroleum Transportation and Storage Association\ncc: Dan Gilligan, President\nPetroleum Marketers Association of America","truncated":false,"body_characters":6587}