{"operation":"document","citation":"07-0232","title":"Alaska Airlines, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2008-03-17","effective_on":null,"summary":"07-0232 response to Alaska Airlines, Inc. concerning 171.22, 172.202.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0232.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0232.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0232","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2007/070232.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\nMAR 1 7 2008\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMr. Michael Tobin, CHMM\nManager, Dangerous Goods\nAlaska Airlines, Inc.\nP. 0. Box 68900 SEADG\nSeattle, WA 98168\nRef. No. 07-0232\nDear Mr. Tobin:\nThis responds to your December 17,2007 email requesting clarification of the shipping paper\nrequirements for consumer commodity (ORM-D) materials under the hazardous materials\nregulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 17 1 - 1 80) and the Internationals Civil Aviation\nOrganization (ICAO) Technical Instructions (TI). You note that under the ICAO TI, for a\nmaterial described as an \"ID8000, consumer commodity, 9,\" the gross mass may be indicated\non the shipping paper using the average gross mass per package (for example, if there are 10\npackages and the total gross mass of them is 100 kg, the dangerous goods transport document\nmay show this as \"average gross mass per package IOkg\"). You ask if the HMR permit the\nuse of average gross mass per package to indicate total quantity on shipping papers for\ndomestic transportation of consumer commodity, ORM-D materials by air.\nThe answer is no. For transportation by aircraft, the gross mass per package is required to be\nindicated on the shipping paper for consumer commodity (ORM-D) materials\n(§ 172.202(a)(6)). The use of average gross mass per package is not authorized by the HMR.\nNote that fj 17 1.22 authorizes the use of the ICAO TI for transportation of hazardous\nmaterials by aircraft. Therefore, average gross mass per package may be used to describe the\nquantity of a material on a shipping paper when the material is described as \"ID8000,\nconsumer commodity, 9\" in accordance with the ICAO TI.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if you require additional assistance.\nchief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nAlaska Airlines-\nBoothe\nDecember 17, 2007\n§172.202\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n§ 173-306 (a)(3)(i)\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nAttn: PHH-10\nshipping Papers\nU.S. Department of Transportation, East Building\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.\n07-0232\nWashington, D.C. 20590-0001\nRe: Description of consumer commodities on domestic air mode shipping papers\nPlease answer the following 2 questions regarding this example:\nA 5 piece shipment of Consumer Commodity\nbox 1: 5 Ibs gross\nbox 2: 2 Ibs gross\nbox 3: 10 Ibs gross\nbox 4: 12 lbs gross\nbox 5: 7 Ibs gross\nToday, a shipment prepared under 49CFR would show this:\nConsumer Commodity, ORM-D. 5 boxes total 36 Ibs\nEffective January 1, 2008 due to HM-2151, a shipper's document prepared under 49CFR\nwill look like this:\nfibreboard box x 10 Ibs, I fibreboard box & 12 Ibs, I fibreboard box x 7 Ibs\nConsumer Commodity, ORM-D. I fibreboard box y 5 Ibs. I fibreboard box & 2 Ibs. 1\ndocument must be shown \"for more than one package, either the gross mass of each\nHowever, under ICAO Packing Instruction 910 at (I)(2), the gross mass on the transport\npackage or as the average mass of the packages. (For example, if there are 10\npackages and the total gross mass of them is 100 kg, the dangerous goods transport\ndocument may show this as \"average gross mass per package 10 kg\".)\nTherefore, a shipment prepared under ICAO would show this:\nID 8000. Consumer Commodity, 9. 5 fibreboard boxes x average gross mass per package\n7.2 Ibs\nQuestion 1:\nWe do not see a prohibition in 49 CFR 171 Subpart C of use of ICAO's\ndescription, so is the following description authorized effective January 1, 2008?\n7.2 Ibs\nConsumer Commodity. ORM-D. 5 fibreboard boxest average gross mass per package\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nQuestion 2:\nWould the use of ICAO's format only apply to ORM-D Consumer Commodity, and\nnot other forms, such as ORM-D Small Arms Ammunition?\nPlease answer the following question regarding this example:\nQuestion 3:\nAlthough the definitions of consumer commodity are closely aligned, 49CFR and\nICAO are not completely harmonized. 49CFRl73.306(a)(3)(i) permits aerosols up to 1 L\ncapacity. Whereas ICAO P I 910(h) only allows aerosols as consumer commodities when\nthe capacity is less than 120 ml for non-metal receptacles, 500 ml for flammable\naerosols in metal receptacles and 820 ml for non-flammable aerosols in metal\nreceptacles.\nExample: An aerosol can of flammable lubricant that has a gross weight of 23 oz\nand a net weight of 18 oz is acceptable as ORM-D Consumer Commodity. However, 23\noz = 680 rnl and therefore this item cannot be reclassified as Consumer Commodity\nunder ICAO. (note - even using the net weight of 18 oz, 532 ml still exceeds the 500 rnl\nlimit in ICAO.)\nCan we therefore use the ICAO format of averages for consumer commodities that are\nonly acceptable as such under 49CFR?\nThank you for your prompt assistance.\nSincerely,\nMichael G. Tobin, CHMM\nManager Dangerous Goods\nAlaska Airlines, Inc.\nP.O. Box 68900 S E A N\nSeattle, WA 98168\n(206) 392-9848\nfax (206) 392-9862\nemail: mike.tobin@alaskaa~r.com","truncated":false,"body_characters":5024}