{"operation":"document","citation":"09-0110","title":"FedEx Express — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2009-06-17","effective_on":null,"summary":"09-0110 response to FedEx Express concerning 172.202.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0110.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0110.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0110","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2009/090110.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration\n1200 New Jersey Ave, S.E.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nJUN 1 7 2009\nMr. Roy A. Parker, Ph. D.\nRadiation Physics Consutant\nFedEx Express\n5061 Abelia Drive\nBaton Rouge, Louisiana 70808\nRef. No. 09-01 10\nDear Mr. Parker:\nThis responds to your May 5,2009 email requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 1 7 1 - 1 80). Specifically, you ask if the following\ndescriptions are acceptable for describing the package type on a shipping paper for Class 7\n(radioactive) materials:\nExcepted Package\nIndustrial Package\nType A Package\nType B Package\nThe answer is yes. Section 172.202(a)(7) requires the number and type of packages to be\nindicated on a shipping paper. It is the opinion of this office that the descriptions that you\nprovided in your email are acceptable for describing the type of package on a shipping paper\nfor Class 7 (radioactive) materials.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if you require additional assistance.\nSincerely,, I\nhales E. Betts\nStandards Development\nOffice of Hazardous ate rials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nFrom:\nRoy A. Parker [roy@royparker.org]\nSent:\nFriday, May 08, 2009 3: 17 PM\nTo: ~ e t t s i ~harles <PHMSA>\nCc: David Littlejohn\nSubject: Request for Interpretation 49 CFR 173.202(a)(7)\nP 5hipp70g y e r s\nImportance:\nHigh\nAttachments: Roy Parker.vcf 09- 01 I0\nRoy Parker.vcf\n(671 6) Charles,\nPursuant to our telephone conversation please clarify for radioactive materials (Class 7)\nshipments that Excepted Package, Industrial Package, Type A package and Type B package are\nvalid descriptions for type of package in accordance with 49 CFR 173.202(a)(7) and that\nsuch descriptions as drum, fiberboard box and cylinder are not required on shipping\npapers.\nRegards,\nRoy A. Parker, Ph.D.\nRadiation Physics Consultant\nFedEx Express","truncated":false,"body_characters":1910}