{"operation":"document","citation":"09-0191","title":"All-Pak Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2009-10-20","effective_on":null,"summary":"09-0191 response to All-Pak Inc. concerning 178.601.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0191.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0191.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0191","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2009/090191.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration\n1200 New Jersey Ave, S.E\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMr. Christian Prickett\nAll-Pak Inc.\nCorporate One West\n1 195 Washington Pike\nBridgeville, PA 150 1 7\nRef. No.: 09-0 19 1\nDear Mr. Prickett:\nThis responds to your letter of August 19,2009, regarding testing of specification packagings\nunder the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171 -1 80). Specifically,\nyou ask if your company may use another manufacturer's cap in place of the cap currently\nbeing used on the inner packagings of a combination packaging intended for the\ntransportation of liquid hazardous materials.\nAccording to your letter, your company uses combination packagings consisting of four one-\ngallon plastic inner packagings placed inside of a UN 4G fiberboard box. The inner\npackagings were tested with a Van Blarcom 7.7 gram 38-CRC cap. You ask if you may\nsubstitute an alternative cap manufactured under the same process as the Van Blarcom cap -\na Mold rite 38-CRC cap.\nThe answer is yes. Section 178.601 (g) of the HMR provides a series of conditions for the\nselective testing of packagings that differ in only minor respects from a tested design-type\n(see 0 178.60 1 (g)(l)(i)(A)-(F)). In accordance with 9 178.60 1 (g)(l )(i)(C), you may vary the\nclosures on inner packagings of a tested combination packaging without further testing of the\npackage provided the inner packagings have the same or smaller openings as the tested\ndesign and the closure is of similar design as the tested design. The information provided\nwith your letter indicates that the cap you wish to use is of the same design type as the cap\nused in the tested design; therefore you may substitute the Mold rite cap for the Van Blarcom\ncap.\nI hope this information is helpful. If we can be of further assistance, please contact us.\nSinc ely,\n{JIQ) lp$#J\nCharles E. Betts\nChief, Standards Development\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nPage 1 of 1\nDrakeford, Carolyn (PHMSA)\n--\"-- - - -- --\"-? -* - ------- - * \"\"\nFrom: INFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nSent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:31 PM\nTo: Drakeford, Carolyn (PHMSA)\nSubject: FW: interpretation for 178.601\nAttachments: BR 6425.pdf; CRC38 (Assembled).pdf\nFrom: Prickett, Christian T. [mailto:prickettc@alI-pak.com]\nSent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:24 PM\nTo: INFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nSubject: interpretation for 178.601\nMr. Edward Mazzullo,\nWe have a 1 gallon UN rated 4 pack tested with a Van Blarkum 7.7 gram 38-CRC cap. We have an alternative\ncap manufactured under the same process (injection molded unscrewing mold) that with the liner is about 7.8 to 8\ngrams (using the same thickness and type of lining material). I'd like to know, may I use the Mold rite 38-CRC\nwith F217 liner as an LTN approved substation under the interpretation for 178.601 for substation in place of the\nVan Blarkum cap?\nI've found only one document on your website that discussed this but it talks about caps made of a different\nprocess and doesn't talk about matching specs at all.\nl?t.tu:!!w?vw.yh~.~~d.o_t'~.~.v!staticfiIesLP~~i.MMSs~!~eew_r!~oaCr.ableeE~!ees!fi'1!~s!I~~!~ xre ta t i0n%20E&e~!2002/@0126. pd!\nInformation on the Mold Rite 38-CRC cap we are using can be found on the following link.. .\n!~.GP:~!YY w w.~~~lrp~~~~.~~~~!inf0/d.o~~ume~~t.s!.C.R.C38~r.~t_oc.~~.~~~.f The drawing of the cap is the PDF file CRC38 pdf attached.\nPlease call me with any questions.\nThank you,\nChristian Prickett\nAll-Pak Inc.\nCorporate One West\n11 95 Washington Pike\nBridgeville, PA 150 17\nPhone: (41 2) 257-3000\nFax: (412) 257-3001\nCell: (724)344-07 19\nThis message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to\nwhich it is addressed and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged,\nconfidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may constitute as attorney work\nproduct. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination,\ndistribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this\ncommunication in error, delete this message immediately. Thank you.","truncated":false,"body_characters":4199}