# USCG TRACEN Yorktown (tmst) — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

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- **citation:** 09-0040
- **title:** USCG TRACEN Yorktown (tmst) — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2009-03-17
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** 09-0040 response to USCG TRACEN Yorktown (tmst) concerning 176.30.
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U.S. Department of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Ave, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20590
Mr. Kevin Henson
Training Specialist (L3)
USCG TRACEN Yorktown (tmst)
End of State Route 238
Yorktown, VA 23690-5000
Reference No. 09-0040
Dear Mr. Henson:
This is in response to your request for clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations
(HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) regarding information required to be included on the
dangerous cargo manifest. Specifically, you ask whether the subsidiary hazard class and the
packing group must be included on the dangerous cargo manifest.
The answer is yes. Section 176.30(a)(5) requires the classification of the hazardous material,
which includes the subsidiary hazard class and the packing group, to be noted on the
dangerous cargo manifest. The dangerous cargo manifest assures that information about the
hazardous materials on board a vessel is readily available in a single document. As specified
in $ 176.30(b), the hazardous material information on the dangerous cargo manifest must be
the same as the information furnished by the shipper on the shipping order or other shipping
document. The wording in 176.30(a) will be revised to provide clarification in an upcoming
rulemaking.
I hope this information is helpful. Please contact this office if you have additional questions.
Hattie L. Mitchell
Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards

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Drakeford, Carolyn <PHMSA>
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Subject:
Kelley, Shane <PHMSA>
Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:58 PM
Drakeford, Carolyn <PHMSA>
Mclntyre, Joan <PHMSA>
FW: interpretation of 49 CFR $176.3 0
4 172
----- Original Message-----
From: Henson, Kevin CTR
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:18 AM
To: Bornhorst, Richard
Cc: Sorge, Randy MSTCS; Foss, George CTR; Jolly, Danica MSTl
Subject: interpretation of 49 CFR
I am requesting a formal interpretation of the requirement to show subsidiary hazard
class and packing group on the Dangerous Cargo Manifest (DCM). These entries are vague and
would leave questions in enforcement.
Possible fixes would just omit 176 and refer to IMDG or have it state the DCM will
described each hazard as directed in 172.202 with the addition information required by
176. <i.e.. stowage location>.
Kevin Henson
Training Specialist (L3)
USCG TRACEN Yorktown (tmst)
End of State Route 238
Yorktown, Va 23690-5000
Phone: 757-856-3500 ext 3206
FAX : 757-856-2098
Email: Kevin.L.Henson@USCG.mil
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