{"operation":"document","citation":"09-0205","title":"URS Corporation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2009-10-07","effective_on":null,"summary":"09-0205 response to URS Corporation concerning 173.150, 173.27.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0205.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0205.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-09-0205","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2009/090205.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration\nOCT - - 7 2009\n1200 New Jersey Ave. S.E.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMs. Erin N. Jarman\nEnvironmental Scientist\nURS Corporation\n1600 Perimeter Park Drive\nMorrisville, NC 27560\nRef. No. 09-0205\nDear Ms. Jarman:\nThis responds to your August 19,2009 letter requesting clarification on the requirements for\nConsumer Commodity, ORM-D materials shipped by air under 8 173.150(b) of the\nHazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-1 80). Specifically, you ask if\nConsumer Commodity, ORM-D materials are subject to the requirement to use absorbent\nmaterial in 8 173.27(e).\nThe answer is yes. The requirements in 5 173.27 apply to limited quantity shipments\ntransported by aircraft. Because a shipment must conform to the applicable limited quantity\nprovisions to qualify for the consumer commodity exceptions, the requirement to use\nabsorbent material in 8 173.27(e) also applies to consumer commodity shipments transported\nby aircraft.\nI hope this answers your inquiry.\nSincerqly,\nCharles E. Betts\nChief, Standards Development\nof Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nAugust 19,2009\nMr. Edward T. Mazzullo\nDirector, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards\nU.S. DOTIPHMSA (PHH- 10)\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE East Building, 2nd Floor\nWashington, DC 20590\nDear Mr. Mazzullo:\nI am writing to you with regards to a clarification of the requirements for O M - D materials shipped\nvia air under 49 CFR §173.150(b). Specifically, a Class 3 material meets all ofthe criteria to be\nconsidered a limited quantity under 49 CFR $1 73.1 50(b). In addition, the material meets the criteria\nin 49 CFR §173.150(c) to be reclassed as a consumer commodity ORM-D. The language in 49 CFR\n4 173.1 50(b) states the following:\n\"For transportation by aircraft, the package must also comply with the applicable requirements of\n§ 173.27 of this subchapter and only hazardous materials authorized aboard passenger-carrying\naircraft may be transported as a limited quantity.\"\nMy question is as follows:\nWould materials that were originally within one of the hazard classes or divisions cited in 49 CFR\n$173.27(e) which have been reclassed as consumer commodities ( O M - D ) be subject to the\nrequirement to use absorbent materials if those ORM-D materials were being offered in inner\npackagings made of glass, earthenware, plastic or metal? Or does the fact that they have been\nreclassed as Consumer Commodities make them no longer considered to be within Class 3,4, 8, or\nDivision 5.1, 5.2, or 6.1?\nThank you in advance for your assistance. I look forward to your response.\nSincerely,\nErin N. Jarman\nEnvironmental Scientist\nURS Corporation\n1600 Perimeter Park Drive\nMorrisville, NC 27560\nTel: 919-461-1478\nFax: 919-461-1371\nErin-Jarman@urscorp.com","truncated":false,"body_characters":2830}