{"operation":"document","citation":"09-0156","title":"PSC Environmental Services, LLC — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2009-07-31","effective_on":null,"summary":"09-0156 response to PSC Environmental Services, LLC concerning 173.12.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0156.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0156.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0156","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2009/090156.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration\n1200 New Jersey Ave., SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nMr. James V. Levitz\nPSC Environmental Services, LLC\n6405 Thornridge Drive\nAvon, IN 46 123\nRef. No. 09-0 156\nDear Mr. Levitz:\nThis responds to your July 1,2009, letter requesting clarification on assigning generic\nshipping descriptions to specific materials with a fixed description under the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171 -1 80). Specifically, you ask whether the list\nof fixed description entries provided in your letter may also be assigned a generic shipping\nname under the provisions for lab packs in 5 173.12(b).\nIn your letter, you reference a previous letter of clarification (Ref. No.07-0144;\nMarch 4,2008) in which we stated that it is permissible to package specific materials with a\nfixed description, such as aniline and phenol, under the lab pack provisions in 5 173.12(b),\nand use a generic shipping description in place of the specific fixed description. You note\nthat there are additional entries, listed in your letter, that may also qualify under the\nfj 173.1 2(b) provisions. You ask whether these additional listed materials qualify for the use\nof the generic shipping description under the lab pack provisions in 8 173.12(b).\nThe answer is yes. The additional materials with fixed shipping descriptions listed in your\nletter that meet the hazard class/divisions specified in 5173.12(b) may be transported using a\ngeneric shipping description instead of the fixed description as provided in paragraph (b)(l)\nof 5173.12.\nI hope this answers your inquiry.\nSince\niCsa\nCharles E. Betts\n'ef, Standards Development L\nOfice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nU.S. DOT\nPHMSA Office of Hazardous Materials Standards\nAttn: PHH-10\nEast Building\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.\nWashington, DC 20590-0001\nJuly 1, 2009\nRe: Fixed Descriptions/Lab Packs\nDear Director;\nI am inquiring about the proper guidance in lab packing materials with a fixed description.\nI n D.O.T. Interpretation Letter 07-0144 dated March 4, 2008, it explains that it is permissible to\npackage specific materials with a fixed description (Aniline and Phenol) under the lab pack\nregulations (173.12(b)); and, use a generic shipping description in place of the specific fixed\ndescriptions.\nI n addition to Aniline and Phenol, there are numerous other hazardous materials that could qualify\nunder this interpretation. Can the following also be packaged in accordance with the lab pack\nregulations with the utilization of a generic shipping description in place of the fixed description?\nPlease note, this list only includes those fixed description materials that would qualify under the lab\npack regulations as identified in 173.12(b)(l) and (3).\nLLC\n6405 Thornridge Dr.\nAvon, I N 46123\njlovitz@pscnow.com\n317-281-5195","truncated":false,"body_characters":2877}