{"operation":"document","citation":"10-0075","title":"Landstar Transportation Logistics — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2010-05-13","effective_on":null,"summary":"10-0075 response to Landstar Transportation Logistics concerning 172.516.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0075.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0075.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0075","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2010/100075.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration\n1200 New Jersey Ave, SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\n~~AY 13 2010\nMr. WesPace\nDirector, Hazmat Compliance\nLandstar Transportation Logistics\n13410 Sutton Park Drive, South\nJacksonville, FL 32224\nRef. No. 10-0075\nDear Mr. Pace:\nThis responds to your April 14, 2010 request for clarification ofthe Hazardous Materials Regulations\n(HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Your scenario involves a flatbed trailer with mUltiple pallets ofnonbulk\npackages (e.g., 5 gallon pails) that have been individually shrink wrapped and properly secured\nto a transport vehicle. Specifically, you ask whether the requirements in § 172.516 are met ifthe\nrequired placards (adhesive backed) are placed on the shrink wrapped pallets so that the placards are\nvisible from all four sides ofthe transport vehicle.\nThe required placards may be attached or affixed to the load ofpackages instead ofthe truck itself.\nHowever, the shipment must conform to all the display and visibility requirements. Each placard\nmust be readily visible from the direction it faces except when the vehicle is attached to another\nmotor vehicle (§ 172.516(a». The required placards must be securely attached or affixed to the load\nof packages, and they must be located clear of appurtenances and devices (e.g. ladders, pipes, doors,\nand tarpaulin). The placards must also be affixed to a background of contrasting color or have a\ndotted or solid line outer border which contrasts with the background color (§ 172.516(c).\nI hope this answers your inquiry. If you need additional assistance, please contact this Office.\nSincerely,\n~~\nCharles E. Betts\n. ef. Standards Development\nOffice ofHazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nIANDSTAR.\ni\nlondstar Transporllllion logistics, Inc.\n13410 Suffon Park Drive, SouIb\nJDCksonvil/e, FL 32224\n~~e.\n~ 17Z · ~/(P •\n904 398 9400 P(acar-d, n:J\nlD\"0015\nU.S. DOT\nPHMSA Office of Hazardous Materials Standards\nAttn: Mr. Edward Mazzullo\nEast Building\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.\nWashington, DC 20590-0001\nMr. Mazzullo,\nPlease except this letter as my request for an interpretation of49CFR 172.516 (Visibility and Display of\nPlacards). Specifically, I'm requesting clarification on the use of placards on shrink wrapped pallets of\nnon-bulk packages on a flat bed to meet the transport vehicle placard requirements.\nThe scenario is, a flatbed trailer with multiple pallets of non-bulk packages (5 gallon pails for example)\nwhich have been individually shrink wrapped and are properly secured on the transport vehicle. Would\nthe requirements of 172.516 be met ifthe required placards (adhesive backed) were placed on the shrink\nwrap of pallets in a manner where placards are visible from all four side of the transport vehicle?\nThere is no specific reference to this scenario in 172.516 (c) and it would seem as though the intent of the\nrule would be met when a transport vehicle had been placarded in the method described.\nYour assistance is greatly appreciated.\nSincerely,\nWes Pace\nDirector, Hazmat Compliance\nLandstar Transportation Logistics\n(904) 390-4815\nwpace[al,landstar.com\nProviding Supply Chain Solutions and Complete Global &Domestic Transportation Services","truncated":false,"body_characters":3242}