{"operation":"document","citation":"07-0146","title":"Mr. Frank Milam — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2007-08-30","effective_on":null,"summary":"07-0146 concerning 172.407, 172.411.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0146.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0146.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0146","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2007/070146.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMaterials Safety\nPipeline and Hazardous\nAdministration\nAUG 30 2007\n1900 River Road\nMr. Frank Milam\nRef. No.: 07-0146\nBurlington, NJ 08016\nDear Mr. Milam:\nThis is in response to your July 19, 2007 letter and your follow-up letter of July 23, 2007,\nrequesting that this Office review your company's hazard warning labels for compliance\nwith the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). You enclosed\napproximately 32 different labels and duplicates of those labels in a follow-up letter, sixty-\nfour (64) in all.\nUnder the HMR, hazard warning labels must conform to the requirements specified in\n§ 172.407. Any color on a hazard warning label, upon visual examination, must fall within\nspecifications set forth in Table 1 or 2 in Appendix A to Part 172 (see § 172.407(d)(4)). In\nthe color tolerances on the appropriate color charts conforming to the technical\naccordance with § 172.407(d)(5), labels conforming to PANTONE® color standards are\nalso acceptable. However, if you choose to use PANTONE® colors, the labels must be an\nexact match to the color in the PANTONE® formula guide coated/uncoated.\nLabels are required to be at least 100 mm (3.9 inches) on each side with each side having a\nsolid line inner border 5.0 to 6.3 mm (0.2 to 0.25 inches) from the edge (see\n§ 172.407(c)). The background color on each label must be as prescribed in §§ 172.411\nshown in black on a label, except that white may be used on a label with a one color\nthrough 172.448 (see § 172.407(d)(1)). The symbol, text, numbers, and border must be\nbackground of green, red, or blue, and white must be used for the text and class number for\nthe CORROSIVE label (See § 172.407(d)(2)).\nhazard warning labels required on packages of hazardous materials for transportation in\nThis Office does not perform extensive compliance reviews of the design and color of\n172.407\n070146\n172.411-448\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\ncommerce.\nWe are returning all of your labels in the two envelopes you enclosed for this\npurpose.\nI hope this information is helpful. If we can be of further assistance, please contact us.\nSincerely,\nChief, Standards Division\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\n•\nEngrum\n$192.407\n07/19/07\n§172.411-448\nTo whom it may Concern,\n17-814\nPlease review our labels for D.O.T. compliance standards.\nReply in supplied return envelope with your comments.\nThank you for your help.\nFrank Milam\n1900 River Rd\nBurlington, NJ 08016\nPh# 609 499 7011\nE-mail\nfrank.milam@gsa.gov","truncated":false,"body_characters":2571}