{"operation":"document","citation":"07-0236","title":"Northern Air Cargo — 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":"07-0236 response to Northern Air Cargo concerning 171.22, 172.202.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0236.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0236.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-07-0236","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2007/070236.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration MAR 17 2008\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMr. Mark Smith\nHazardous Materials Instructor\nNorthern Air Cargo\nAnchorage, AK 99502\nRef. No. 07-0236\nDear Mr. Smith:\nThis responds to your December 18,2007 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 - 180) 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 1Okg\"). 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(5 172.202(a)(6)). The use of average gross mass per package is not authorized by the HMR.\nNote that 5 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. Please keep in mind that many\nhazardous materials that qualify as ORM-D consumer commodities under the HMR may not\nqualify as Class 9 consumer commodities under 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\n18 Dec 07\nNORTHERN AIR CARGO\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Attn: PHH-10\nU.S. Department of Transportation, East Building\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.\nWashington, DC 20590-000 1\nRe: Using average gross mass for piece and weight description of 'consumer\ncommodity ORMD' on shipping papers for air transport.\nUnder the ICAO Technical Instructions, packing instruction 91 0(1)(2), a shipper is\nallowed to offer an average gross mass of packages for an ID8000, consumer commodity,\n9. (For example, if there are 10 packages and the total gross mass of them is 100kg, the\ndangerous goods transport document may show this as \"average gross mass per package\n1 Okg\".)\nThis option is not given under 49CFR, but its use is not restricted for domestic air\ntransport under 49CFR 17 1.22, 17 1.23 & 17 1.24. Is this description allowed to be used\ndomestically for air shipments?\nIf so, is it restricted to the definition of an ID8000, consumer commodity, 9 as defined in\nICAO packing instruction 910, or can the definition and reclassification of a consumer\ncommodity ORMD offered under 49CFR be used?\nSincerely,\nMark Smith\nHazardous Materials Instructor\nNorthern Air Cargo\n907-249-5 186\nNORTHERN AIR CARGO INC 3900 Old International Airport Rd Anchorage AK 99502\n907-243-3331 800-727-21 41 FAX 907-249-51 90 WWW.NORTHERNAlRCARGO.COM","truncated":false,"body_characters":3461}