{"operation":"document","citation":"07-0136","title":"Bolds & Associates, LLC — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2007-09-24","effective_on":null,"summary":"07-0136 response to Bolds & Associates, LLC concerning 171.8, 173.31, 174.67.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0136.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0136.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0136","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2007/070136.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\n1200 New Jersey Ave.. SE\nPipeline and Hazardous\nof Transportation\nSEP 24 2007\nWashington. DC 20590\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\nMr. James J. Bolds\nManaging Consultant\nRef. No. 07-0136\n3o Box Associates, LLC\nMontgomery, TX 77356-084\nDear Mr. Bolds:\nThis is in response to your July 6, 2007 letter concerning the applicability of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR: 49 CFR 171-180) to tank car unloading. In your letter, you\npresent the following scenario:\nunloading, the tank cars are disconnected and prepared for return transit as residue cars.\nYou state that railroad tank cars are unloaded into fixed storage tanks at a terminal. After\nTank trucks are then loaded from the fixed storage tanks. You state that this specific\nunloading rack operation is not a transloading operation as defined in the HMR because the\ntank cars are unloaded into fixed storage tanks rather than non-bulk or bulk packaging, and,\ntherefore is not subject to the tank car unloading requirements specified in § 174.67. You ask\nwhether your interpretation is correct.\nThe answer is yes. As defined in § 171.8, transloading means the transfer of a hazardous\nI hope this information is helpful.\nSincerely,\nnect\nChief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n174.67\n171.8\n070136\n173.31(g)\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nFoster\n5174.67\nBOLDS & Associates, LL.C\nRail Car Equipment Consulting\nTank Car Unloading\n07-0136\n725 First Avenue South\nSuiteC\nSend all correspondence to:\nNitro, WV 25143\nMontgomery, TX 77356-0846\nO Box 846\nVIA EMAIL\nJuly 6, 2007\nMr. John Gale, Chief Standards Development\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nEast Building, 2nd Floor (PHH)\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590-0001\nRE: Clarification of 49 CFR 174.67\nDear Mr. Gale:\nMaterials. One of my clients is requesting a clarification of 49 CFR 174.67. Please, bear with\nI am a consultant specializing in railroad tank cars and transportation of Hazardous\nme while I describe the situation and the conclusions drawn.\nunloading, the tank cars are disconnected and prepared for return transit as residue cars.\n1. The physical location is a terminal, where tank cars are unloaded into fixed storage tanks, after\ntrucks are then loaded from the fixed storage tanks.\n2. 49 CFR 174.67 states that this section applies to transloading:\n→§ 174.67 Tank car unloading.\nobserved:\nFor transloading operations, the following rules must be\n3. 49 CFR 171.8 defines transloading as:\n49 CFR 171.8 - definitions\nperson from one bulk packaging to another bulk packaging, from\nTransloading means the transfer of a hazardous material by any\npackaging to a bulk packaging for the purpose of continuing the\na bulk packaging to a non-bulk packaging, or from a non-bulk\nmovement of the hazardous material in commerce.\nwww.boldsassociates.com\nVoice: (936) 582-6865\nFax: (936) 582-1479\njjjbolds@boldsassociates.com\nMobile: (936) 697-0727","truncated":false,"body_characters":3009}