{"operation":"document","citation":"08-0093","title":"Woodard & Curran — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2008-05-13","effective_on":null,"summary":"08-0093 response to Woodard & Curran concerning 172.203, 173.306.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-08-0093.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-08-0093.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-08-0093","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2008/080093.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMs. Kelly V. Camp CHMM\nSenior Project Manger\nSuite 100\n95 Cedar Street\nProvidence, RI 02903\nRef. No.: 08-0093\nDear Ms. Camp:\nThis is in response to your March 25,2008 letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR, 49 CFR Parts 17 1 - 180) regarding a water pump system tank\ncontaining limited quantities of compressed gases. Your questions are paraphrased and\nanswered below.\nQ1: Section 173.306(g) specifies that \"shipments are not subject to subpart F of this\nsubchapter.\" Is the \"subpart F\" that is specified in this provision, Subpart F of Part 172?\nA1 . Yes. Also we will correct this oversight in a h r e rulemaking.\n42: Section 173.306 is titled as \"Limited Quantities of Compressed Gases.\" Is a water\npump system tank that meets the packaging provisions in $ 173.306(g) required to comply\nwith all of the applicable limited quantity provisions such as $ 172.203(b), which requires\nthe addition of text to specify the described material as a limited quantity on the shipping\npaper, and $ 172.3 15, which allows the use of the identification number instead of the\nproper shipping name to be marked on the packaging?\nA2. Yes.\n43. If a water pump system tank transported in accordance with $ 173.306(g) has a special\npermit that allows for certain exceptions (e.g., a 24-inch diameter limit is expanded to a 26-\ninch diameter limit), do the rest of provisions such as the placarding exceptions still apply\ndespite not being mentioned in the special permit?\nA3. Yes. Unless the exception is specifically forbidden from use in the special permit, the\nexception would still be applicable.\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n44: Would the water pump system tank specified in 4 3 be subject to both the applicable\nspecial permit provisions (e.g., $9 172.203(a) and 172.30 1 (c)) and the limited quantity\nprovisions (e.g., $$ 172.203(b) and 172.3 15(b))?\nA4: Yes.\nI hope this information is helpful. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to\ncontact this office.\nSincerely,\n7 m -\nHattie L. Mitchell\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nCOMMITMENT &INTEGRITY DRIVE RESULTS 95 Cedar Street I Suite 100 T 800.985.7897\nProvidence, Rhode Island 02903 T 401.273.1 007\nwww.woodardcurran.com F 401.273.5087\nMarch 25,2008\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n4 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nb Attn: PHH-10\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nWOODARD East Building\n&CURRAN 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.\nWashington, DC 20590-0001\nRE: 1. Questions About 49 C.F.R. 173.306(g)\nI have reviewed 49 C.F.R. 173.306(g) and have the following questions:\nThe introductory paragraph to 49 C.F.R. 173.306(g) states, \"In addition, shipments are not subject\nto subpart F of this subchapter.\" Please confirm that this should reference subpart F of part 172,\nthe regulations related to placarding.\n2. 49 C.F.R. 173.306 is titled \"Limited Quantities of Compressed Gases.\" Please confirm that the\nwater pump system tanks referred to in paragraph (g) are limited quantities and are subject to the\nrequirements for limited quantities in 49 C.F.R. 172.203(b) (for adding \"Limited Quantity\" or \"Ltd.\nQty.\" following the basic description on the shipping paper) and 49 C.F.R. 172.315 (allowing the\nuse of the ID number in marking instead of the shipping name).\n3. If a water pump system tank subject to paragraph (g) has a special permit that allows exceptions to\nsome specific portions of the paragraph (e.g., the 24-inch diameter limit is permitted to be a 26-inch\ndiameter limit), do the rest of the requirements of the paragraph apply, such as the exception to\nplacarding? Placarding is not addressed in the special permit.\n4. If a wate~ pump system tank subject to paragraph (g) has a special permit that allows exceptions to\nsome specific portions of the regulation (e.g., the 24-inch diameter limit is permitted to be a 26-inch\ndiameter limit), are such tanks also considered to be limited quantities and therefore, not only\nsubject to the requirements for special permits in 49 C.F.R. 172.203(a) and 172.301(c), but also\nsubject to the requirements for limited quantities in 49 C.F.R. 172.203(b) (for adding \"Limited\nQuantity\" or \"Ltd. Qty.\" following the basic description on the shipping paper) and 49 C.F.R.\n172.315 (allowing the use of the ID nurr~ber in marking instead of the shipping name)?\nThank you for your help in addressing these questions. I can be reached at 401.273.1007 ext 2009 if\nyou need clarification.\n. , ,\nSincerely, , ,\n. . .\n. , . . , , , .\n. ,\n...\n. ,\nWOOPARD-& CURRAN INC. . .\n,. .\n. . . . . . . .\n. , . , . ( . ,\n. G .\n. .\n. .\n. .","truncated":false,"body_characters":4790}