{"operation":"document","citation":"09-0180","title":"Burdette & Associates, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2010-06-07","effective_on":null,"summary":"09-0180 response to Burdette & Associates, Inc. concerning 180.605.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0180.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0180.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0180","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2009/090180.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration\nJUN 072010\n1200 New Jersey Ave. SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMr. Michael Burdette\nBurdette & Associates, Inc.\nP.O. Box 264\nMilton, LA 70558\nRef. No.: 09-0180\nDear Mr. Burdette:\nThis responds to your August 4, 2009 letter regarding the 1M and UN portable tank periodic\nrequalification requirements for the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171180).\nSpecifically, you ask whether an approval agency must witness the leakage test required\nby § 180.605(e) and (h).\nThe answer is no. There is no requirement in § 180.605(e) and (h) for the leakage test to be\nperformed or witnessed by an approval agency. The tank owner or user may have the tank\ninspected and tested by any qualified tester including an approved third party testing agency, as\nlong as the qualified testers are trained in accordance with the HMR.\nI trust this satisfies your inquiry. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\nHattie L. Mitchell\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nDrakeford, Carolyn (PHMSA)\nFrom: Lehman, Victoria (PHMSA)\nSent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 11 :25 AM\nTo: Drakeford, Carolyn (PHMSA)\nSubject: Letter of Interp Request @ HMIC\nThis letter is a request for a formal letter of interpretation;\nThis question regards an interpretation of 180.605 (e)&(h). During a 5 year\nperiodic inspection of an 1M or UN Portable tank is an Approval Agency required to\nwitness the leakage test (air test to 25% of MAWP)? The leakage test is required\nif the pressure relief device is removed, and the hydrostatic (or pneumatic) test\n\"shall\" be witnessed, but what about the leakage test?\nThank you for your response.\nMichael Burdette, P.E.\nDOT Authorized Agency IA-9702\nName: Michael Burdette, P.E.\nOrganization: Burdette & Associates, Inc.\nEmail: msbpe@bellsouth.net\nAddress: P.O. Box 264\nCity: Milton\nZip Code: 70558\nPhone: 3378938652\nCountry: USA\nFAX: 3378935655\n8/4/2009","truncated":false,"body_characters":2041}