{"operation":"document","citation":"09-0148","title":"Mr. Peter Collins — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2009-08-07","effective_on":null,"summary":"09-0148 response to Mr. Peter Collins concerning 171.2, 173.301.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0148.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0148.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0148","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2009/090148.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\nBUG 0 7 2009\nMr. Peter Collins\nU.S. Department of Justice\nFederal Bureau of Prisons\n320 First Street, NW\nWashington, DC 20534\nReference No. 09-0148\nDear Mr. Collins:\nThis is in response to your August 19,2004 letter, postmarked June 17,2009, and your\nJune 29, 2009 telephone conversation with Ms. Eileen Edmoi~son of my staff concerning\nrequalifying cylinders under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HNIR; 49 CFR Parts 171-\n180). Specifically, you ask whether a cylinder filled before its requalification date may\nremain in storage and be transported off-site for use for an indefinite period of time after this\ndate.\nThe answer is yes. Under the HMR, a cylinder filled (i.e., charged) before its requalification\nbecomes due may remain in service until it is emptied, and may be transported in commerce\nby highway, rail, aircraft, or vessel provided the cylinder is in sound condition and all\napplicable HMR requirements are met (see $$ 171.2, 173.301(a)(6), and 180.205). A DOT\nspecification cylinder containing a hazardous material need not be emptied to meet a testing\nschedule under the HMR but may be required for cylinders used in certain applications by\nsome other Federal agency. A cylinder past its test date may not be filled or topped off with a\nhazardous material and transported in commerce. After emptying, a cylinder due for retest\nmay not be refilled and offered for transportation unless it has been inspected and retested in\naccordance with Part 180, Subpart C of the HMR. However, a cylinder with a specified\nservice life may not be refilled and offered for trailsportation after its authorized service life\nhas expired (see $5 173.301(a)(7) and 180.205(c)).\nYou also ask how the wording \"remain in service\" is defined under the HMR. The HMR do\nnot define this phrase; however, as this phrase is used in the HMR, it meails the cylinder may\nbe used to transport the product it contains until the cylinder is emptied, provided the cylinder\ncontinues to meet all applicable requirements.\nI hope this satisfies your request.\nHattie L. Mitchell\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n-\n9 18 0 205 0 U.S. Department of Justice\nC ~;rrders d 0 -0138\nFederal Bureau of Prisons\nWashington, D. C. 20534\nAugust 19,2004\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nPHMSA Ofice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nAttn: PHH-10\nEast Building\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590400 1\nRe: Request for clarification on 49 CFR 180.205(c), general requirements for requalification of\nspecification cylinders.\nGood morning,\nI am writing to request clarification on language contained in 49 CFR 180.205 paragraph\n(c), which outlines the requirements for the periodic requalification of cylinders. My specific\nquestions deal with the provision allowing a cylinder, filled before the requalification becomes\ndue, to remain in service until it is emptied.\nQuestion # 1 : Has the term 'kemain in service\" been defined?\nQuestion # 2: Can a cylinder, filled prior to the requalification date, remain in storage for an\nindefinite period of time beyond the scheduled requalification date?\nQuestion # 3: Can a cylinder, W p r k to the n q d & c d b date, be\nlocation after the scheduled requalification date?\nF&\nyou for y o u time an8 assistance.\nPeter Collins\nFederal Bureau of Prisons\n320 First Street NW\nWashington, DC 2053","truncated":false,"body_characters":3523}