{"operation":"document","citation":"08-0080","title":"Idaho State Police — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2008-09-17","effective_on":null,"summary":"08-0080 response to Idaho State Police concerning 172.202.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-08-0080.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-08-0080.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-08-0080","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2008/080080.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Ave , S.E\nWash~ngton, DC 20590\nMr. Thomas R. Wright\nIdaho State Police\n5205 So. 5'h Street\nPocatello, Idaho 83201\nRef. No.: 08-0080\nDear Mr. Wright:\nThis responds to your email regarding shipping paper requirements under the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171 -1 80).\nAccording to your email, the Chevron Pipe Line Company prepares shipping papers for truck\ndrivers who are hauling gasoline and diesel fuel for several companies. You describe a\nsituation in which a driver of a cargo tank motor vehicle consisting of two separate cargo\ntanks, one of which is compartmented, picks up three loads described on three separate\nshipping papers, as follows:\nLoad 1 : 8,200 gallons of gasoline to be shipped to Chevron gas stations. The driver loads\n5,000 gallons in the first cargo tank and 3,200 gallons in a compartment of the second cargo\ntank.\nLoad 2: 1,200 gallons of gasoline (a different blend) for Sinclair gas stations, which is loaded\ninto in a separate compartment on the second cargo tank.\nLoad 3: 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel, consignee unspecified, which is loaded in a separate\ncompartment on the second cargo tank.\nThe driver leaves the loading facility with three shipping papers. You ask how the number\nand type of packages should be shown on the shipping papers.\nThere are a variety of ways this shipment could be described. The three original shipping\npapers may be used, if there is some indication of the type of package on each shipping paper\n(e.g., \"cargo tank motor vehicle\", \"cargo tank\", or \"cargo tank compartment\"). Alternatively,\nthe shipping information could be combined in a single document describing the shipment in\nany practical manner which includes a package type (i.e., \"cargo tank motor vehicle\", \"cargo\ntank\", or \"cargo tank compartment\") and the shipping descriptions for gasoline and diesel\nfuel. Since materials in bulk packages are excepted from requirements to identify the total\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nquantity by mass or volume, it is permissible but not necessary to indicate the mass or\nvolume.\nTwo examples of possible descriptions are as follows:\nDescription 1 : 1 Cargo tank motor vehicle containing:\nUN 1203, Gasoline, 3, I1\nUN 1202, Diesel Fuel, 3, I11\nDescription 2: 1 Cargo tank: UN1203, Gasoline, 3,11, 5000 gallons\n1 cargo tank: UN1203, Gasoline, 3,11,4400 gallons\nUN1202, Diesel Fuel, 3, 111, 1200 gallons\nI hope this information is helpful. If we can be of further assistance, please contact us.\nSincerely,\nbid;'' vT/\nEdward T. Mazzullo\nDirector\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nDrakeford, Carolyn <PHMSA>\nFrom:\nSent:\nTo:\nSubject:\nINFOCNTR <PHMSA>\nFriday, March 21, 2008 3:31 PM -\nDrakeford, Carolyn <PHMSA>\nFW: Information Center Comments/Questions\nCarolyn,\nCould you process this as a formal request for interpretation? Thanks!\nErin\n----- Original Message-----\nFrom: thomas.wright@isp.idaho.gov [mailto:thomas.wright@isp.idaho.gov]\nSent: Friday, March 21, 2008 3:10 PM\nTo: INFOCNTR <PHMSA>\nSubject: Information Center Comrnents/Questions\nBelow is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Thomas R. Wright\n(thomas.wright@isp.idaho.gov) on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 15:10:07.\nName: Thomas R. Wright\nCategory: Other questions?\nOrganization: Idaho State Police\nStreet: 5205 So. 5th St.\nCity: Pocatello\nState: Idaho\nZip Code: 83201\nPhone: 208-236-6466\nFax: 208-236-6068\nComments: Reference 172.202(a)(7) Which requires the # and type of packages that need to\nbe listed on a shipping paper. My question is as follows for cargo tanks with multiple\ncompartments:\nThe Chevron Pipe Line Co. is making shipping papers for truck drivers who are hauling\ngasoline and diesel fuel for several companies. The question came up on what is the\nproper way to list on shipping papers the number and type of containers when a cargo tank\ndriver has multiple shipping papers for loads on the two cargo tanks.\nFor example driver A picks up 8,100 gallons of gasoline to be shipped to Chevron gas\nstations. He loads 5,000 gallons in the first cargo tank and 3,200 gallons in the second\ncargo tank.\nThe same driver picks up a different blend of gasoline for Sinclair gas stations and loads\n1,200 gal. of the gasoline in a separate compartment on the second cargo tank. The 1,200\ngallons of gas is listed on a separate shipping paper.\nThe driver also loads 1200 gallons of diesel fuel on the second cargo tank and makes a\nseparate shipping paper for the diesel fuel.\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\nA l l t h e above i s contained i n t h e two cargo t a n k s and t h e d r i v e r l e a v e t h e loading\nf a c i l i t y with t h r e e shipping papers.\nHow should t h e # and t y p e of packages be shown on t h e shipping papers?","truncated":false,"body_characters":4809}