{"operation":"document","citation":"08-0099","title":"DPC Industries, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2008-06-12","effective_on":null,"summary":"08-0099 response to DPC Industries, Inc. concerning 172.203.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-08-0099.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-08-0099.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-08-0099","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2008/080099.pdf","body":"<<>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\nJC!d 1 2 2008\nMs. Charlcye Sells\nDPC Industries, Inc.\nP.O. Box 24600\nHouston, TX 77229-4600\nReference No. 08-0099\nDear Ms. Sells:\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nThis is in response to your April 17,2008 letter and telephone conversation with a member of\nmy staff concerning how to properly indicate on a shipping paper when a Special Permit\napplies to a hazardous materials entry under 5 172.203(a) of the Hazardous Materials\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). You state most of the bulk tanks (multi-unit tank\ncar tanks and cargo tanks) your company uses conform to DOT specifications but some are\nspecial permit tanks. When the shipping paper is computer generated, the type of tank that\nwill be used is not known. The tank selection is based on availability at the shipping location\nwhen the order is filled.\nYou ask if your shipping paper may display the required information and include the wording\n\"DOT-SP 595 1 May Apply\" for your multi-unit tank car tank (ton tank) shipments or offer a\ncheck-off option for your cargo tanks operating under a special permit, as follows:\nUN1017, Chlorine, 2.3, (8), RQ\nPoison - Inhalation, Zone B\nCorrosive, Marine Pollutant\nDOT-SP 595 1 May Apply\nUN179 1, Hypochlorite solutions,\n8, PG 111, RQ (Sodium Hypochlorite)\nSpecial Permit applies if checked:\nDOT-SP 10878\n- DOT-SP 125 16\nThe correct special permit number must be entered on a shipping paper in association with the\nbasic description of the material to which it applies. See 172.203(a). Therefore, based on\nthe information you provided, when shipping Chlorine, the above shipping paper entry is\nacceptable provided you remove or obliterate the words \"May Apply\" when using a DOT-SP\n595 1 ton tank, and remove or obliterate the entire phrase \"DOT-SP 595 1 May Apply\" when\n\n<<>>\n\nusing any other type of ton tank. When shipping Hypochlorite solutions, the above shipping\npaper entry is acceptable provided the blank line beside \"DOT-SP 10878\" or \"DOT-SP\n125 16\" is checked only for the shipping description to which each special permit specifically\napplies.\nI hope this satisfies your request.\nHattie L. Mitchell\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<>>\n\nDate: April 17, 2008\nTo: U.S. Department of Transportation\nPipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nHazardous Materials Information Center\ninfocntr@dot.gov\nFrom: DPC Industries, Inc.\nCharlcye Sells\ncsells@dxgroup.com\nWe request interpretation of 49CFR 172.203(a), regarding the requirement to\nprint DOT-SP and the special permit number in association with the shipping\ndescription. We have questions about two kinds of shipments.\n1) Each year, we transport thousands of multi-unit tank car tanks filled with\ncompressed gases. Most of these tanks are DOT specification tanks, but\nsome are transported under the provisions of DOT-SP 5951. When the\ncomputer generates the shipping paper, we do not know whether a\nshipment will include special permit containers. The order is filled from the\nstock available at each shipping location at the time. Will we be in\ncorr~pliance with 172.203(a) if our shipping description includes \"DOT-SP\n5951 may apply\"? All special permit containers are properly marked and\nlabeled, and all transport vehicles carry copies of the special permit. The\nshipping description looks like this:\nUN1017, Chlorine, 2.3, (8), RQ\nPoison - Inhalation Hazard, Zone B\nCorrosive, Marine Pollutant\nDOT-SP 5951 May Apply\n2) We transport cargo tanks of sodium hypochlorite. Most of our cargo tanks\nare DOT specification tanks, but we have several that operate under DOT-\nSP 10878 or DOT-SP 12516. When the computer generates the shipping\npaper, we do not know which cargo tank will be available. Will we be in\ncompliance with 172.203(a) if our shipping description offers a check-off\noption for tanks operating under a special permit? The shipping\ndescription would look like this:\nUN 1791, Hypochlorite Solution\n8, 111, RQ (Sodium Hypochlorite)\nSpecial Permit applies if checked:\n- DOT-SP 10878\n- DOT-SP 12516\nSincerely,\nCharlcye Sells\n\n<<>>\n\nt\nDrakeford, Carolyn \nFrom:\nSent:\nTo:\nCc:\nSubject:\nINFOCNTR \nMonday, April 21, 2008 1 1 :30 AM\nDrakeford, Carolyn \n'CSELLS@dxgroup.com'\nFW: Request for lnterprestation\nAttachments: Request for interpretation.doc\nRequest for\ninterpretation.doc ...\nCarolyn,\nAttached is a request for a letter of interpretation on the requirements in 49CFR\n172.203 (a) .\nThanks,\nRob\n----- Original Message-----\nFrom: Sells, Charlcye [mailto:CSELLS@dxgroup.com]\nSent: Monday, April 21, 2008 10:27 AM\nTo: INFOCNTR \nSubject: Request for Interprestation\nI have attached our request for an interpretation of the requirements in 49CFR 172.203(a).\n<>\nCharlcye Sells\nDPC Industries, Inc.","truncated":false,"body_characters":4940}