{"operation":"document","citation":"09-0124","title":"Parsons Corporation Newport Chemical Depot NECDF — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2009-07-22","effective_on":null,"summary":"09-0124 response to Parsons Corporation Newport Chemical Depot NECDF concerning 171.8, 173.3.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0124.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0124.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0124","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2009/090124.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration\nJUL 2 2 2009\n1200 New Jersey Ave, S.E.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMr. Lawrence S. Thompson\nWaste Manager\nParsons Corporation\nNewport Chemical Depot NECDF\nHighway 63 South, P.O. Box 5 19\nNewport, IN 47966\nRef. No. 09-0124\nDear Mr. Thompson:\nThis responds to your April 6,2009 letter requesting clarification of the applicability of the\nHazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 17 1-1 80) to materials designated as\n\"hazardous wastes\" by the State of Indiana. Specifically, you ask whether chemical\nmunitions, including VX (0-ethyl-S (2-diisopropylaminoethyl) methyl phosphonothiolate),\ndesignated as hazardous wastes under state law are considered hazardous wastes for purposes\nof the HMR.\nAccording to your letter, the 2003 State of Indiana Hazardous Waste Annual Update\namended 329 IAC 3.1-6-3 to clarify that chemical munitions are acute hazardous wastes.\nYou state that this amendment provided that the chemical munitions listed in this section\nmust be managed in accordance with requirements for acute hazardous wastes in the\nhazardous waste program. You ask if you are correct in your understanding that it is\nappropriate to manage these chemical munitions under the HMR as a hazardous waste.\nThe answer is no. As defined in the HMR, a \"hazardous waste\" is any material that is subject\nto the hazardous waste manifest requirements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\n(EPA) specified in 40 CFR Part 262. Materials that are not subject to the EPA manifest\nrequirements are not hazardous wastes under the HMR. Note that nothing in the HMR\nprohibits a state from \"managing\" these materials as state-designated hazardous wastes so\nlong as the state does not require the material to be identified as a \"hazardous waste\" on the\nmanifest. Note as well that if the chemical munitions described in your letter meet any of the\nDOT hazard class definitions in Part 173, they are subject to all applicable HMR\nrequirements for that hazard class.\nShipping descriptions from the HMR may not be used to describe a non-EPA waste material\non a state manifest document. Thus, the word \"waste\" may not precede the basic description\nfor a DOT regulated hazardous material when the material is not an EPA hazardous waste.\nUse of the word \"waste\" preceding the basic description indicates that the material is a\nfederally regulated hazardous waste. However, a shipping name from the HMR may be used\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nfollowing the word \"waste\" so long as the hazard class number, LJN or NA identification\nnumber, and packing group number are not included in the description of the waste material.\nNothing in the HMR prohibits a state from imposing requirements on EPA-designated waste\nmaterials that are in addition to those required by EPA regulations so long as these additional\nrequirements do not interfere with the actual movement of the waste. Thus, states may\nrequire certain additional information on the manifest form. However, this additional\ninformation may not be made mandatory during transportation of the material, and states may\nnot apply enforcement sanctions on the transporter during transportation for any failure of the\nmanifest to show optional state information entries.\nI hope this answers your inquiry.\nharles E. Betts\nief Standards Development k\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nHighway 63 South P.O. Box 519 Newport, Indiana 47966-0519 (765) 245-5802 Fax: (765) 245-5801 www.parsons.com\nApril 6, 2009\nCOG: 12742\nMr. Edward T. Mazzullo\nDirector, Office Hazardous Materials Standards\nU.S. DOTRHMSA (PI-IH- 10)\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.\nEast Building, Second Floor\nWashington, D.C. 20590-0001\nRe: Letter of Interpretation Request for State of Indiana Regulated Hazardous Waste\nDear Mr. Mazzullo:\n49 CFR 171.8 defines a hazardous waste as any material subject to the Hazardous Waste Manifest\nRequirements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency specified in 40 CFR part 262.\nSections 3006 and 3009 of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (RCRA) (42\nU.S.C. 6926 and 42 U.S.C. 6929, respectively) allow a state to administer and enforce a state\nhazardous waste program. The US EPX has authorized the State of Indiana to administer the state\nRCRA program in lieu of the federal RCRA program.\nThe 2003 State of Indiana Hazardous Waste Annual Update amended 329 IAC 3.1-6-3 to clarify\nthat chemical munitions including VX (0-ethyl-S-(2-diisopropylaminoethyl) methyl\nphosphonothiolate) are acute hazardous wastes. This amendment provided that chemical munitions\nlisted in this section must be managed in accordance with the requirements for acute hazardous\nwastes in the hazardous waste program.\nAs the State of Indiana is authorized by the USEPA to administer the state RCRA program in lieu\nof the federal RCRA program; and, as the State of Indiana requires chemical munitions including\nVX to be managed as acute hazardous wastes subject to all RCRA requirements, do you concur\nthat it is appropriate to continue management of these materials under the HMR as a hazardous\nwaste?\nI am requesting a written response to this question to keep on file should this determination ever be\nin question. Thank you for time and assistance in this matter.\nParsons Corporation Waste Manager\nNewport Chemical Depot NECDF\nHighway 63 South, P.O. Box 5 19\nNewport, IN 47966\n(765) 215-5354","truncated":false,"body_characters":5428}