{"operation":"document","citation":"10-0095","title":"Mr. Bill Briner — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2012-05-01","effective_on":null,"summary":"10-0095 concerning 173.301.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0095.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0095.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0095","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2010/100095.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue SE\nWashington. DC 20590\nMAY 0 1 2012\nMr. Bill Briner\n1324 West Bend Drive\nDardenne Prairie, MO 63368-8824\nRef. No. 10-0095\nDear Mr. Briner:\nThis responds to your April 26, 2010, request for clarification on the Hazardous Materials\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). We apologize for the delay in responding and for\nany inconvenience it has caused. Specifically, you ask for clarification on how to describe the\n\"type of packaging\" on a shipping paper for a DOT Specification 39 cylinder shipped by\nhighway in a fiberboard box as required in § 173.301 ( a)(9). You also ask for clarification on the\ntransportation of lithium batteries by aircraft.\nYour questions are paraphrased and answered as follows:\nQ I. When shipping a single DOT Specification 3 9 cylinder in a fiberboard box, how must the\n\"type of packaging\" be described on the shipping paper?\nAI. The \"type ofpackaging\" may be described as \"1 fiberboard box\" or \"1 cylinder contained\nin a fiberboard box.\"\nQ2. When shipping two DOT Specification 39 cylinders in a fiberboard box, how must the \"type\nof packaging\" be described on the shipping paper? You state that carrier software provides three\noptions for describing two DOT Specification 39 cylinders within a single fiberboard box (see\nbelow). Based on the carrier options, you ask if Option A complies with the International Civil\nAviation Organization (ICAO) Technical Instructions (TI).\nOption A\n1 fiberboard box x 1 kg\n1 fiberboard box x 1 kg\nAll packed in one fiberboard box\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nOption B\n1 kg\n1 kg\nAll packed in one fiberboard box\nOption C\n1 cylinder x 1kg\n1 cylinder x 1kg\nOverpack used\nA2. Describing the \"type of packaging\" in accordance with Option A would satisfy regulatory\nrequirements under the HMR and ICAO TI.\nQ3. For an air shipment of lithium ion batteries, if the watt-hour rating of cells is not more than\n20 Wh and the watt-hour rating of batteries is not more than 100 Wh and the gross weight of the\npackage exceeds 10 kg gross, must the package be shipped in accordance with Section I of ICAO\nPacking Instruction (PI) 965, including UN standard packaging, Class 9label and Shipper's\nDeclaration for Dangerous Goods?\nA3. Yes. It must be shipped in accordance with Section I of the ICAO Technical Instruction PI\n965.\nQ4. If both DOT Specification 39 cylinders and lithium batteries that meet the requirements of\nSection II of ICAO Packing Instruction 965 are contained in a single fiberboard box, and the\nweight of the cylinders caused the packages to exceed 10 kg gross or 2.5 kg gross in the case of\nPI 968, must these packages meet the requirements of Section I requirements of ICAO Packing\nInstructions 965 and 968, including UN standard packaging, Class 9label and shipper's\ndeclaration for dangerous goods.\nA4. Yes. The package quantity limits specified in Section II of ICAO TI Packing Instructions\n965 and 968 apply to the weight of the entire package, including the cylinders.\nQ5. It is your understanding that a Class 9 label is required for a package containing lithium\nbatteries prepared in accordance with Section I of ICAO TI packing instructions 965 through\n970 and a lithium battery handling label is required as a condition in Section II of ICAO packing\ninstructions 965-970. You ask if it is permissible to display both a lithium battery handling label\nand the Class 9 label on a package containing lithium batteries prepared in accordance with\nSection I of ICAO packing instructions 965-970.\nA5. Yes. It is permissible to display the lithium battery handling label and the Class 9 label on\npackages prepared in accordance with Section I of ICAO TI packing instructions 965-970.\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nQ6. Section II of ICAO TI packing instruction 967 only requires the lithium battery handling\nlabel if the package contains more than 4 lithium cells or 2 lithium batteries. Is it permissible to\ndisplay a lithium battery handling label even if the package does not contain more than 4 cells or\n2 batteries?\nA6. Yes. It is permissible to display a lithium battery handling label even if the package does not\ncontain more than 4 cells or 2 batteries.\nQ7. You ask for confirmation that lithium metal batteries, shipped in accordance with either\nSection I or Section II of ICAO TI packing instruction 968, are prohibited from passenger\naircraft.\nA?. Lithium metal batteries are forbidden for transport aboard passenger aircraft (see\n§ 172.102(c), Special Provision AlOO). This prohibition applies regardless of whether the\nbattery is packaged in accordance with PI 968 Section I or Section II (See US Variation 2).\nI hope this answers your inquiry. If you require additional assistance, please contact this Office.\nSincerely,\n8~~\nBen Supko\nActing Chief, Standards Development\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\n~~~~~\n~ \\ 1\"3. \"3 OJ ( Q)(q)\n~q,U-er··ies\nto-ocqs\nHi Shane,\nI'm Bill Briner, formerly of Monsanto Company in St. Louis and still an ad-hoc member\nofthe Ag Chern Industry T&D Committee. Sorry I missed the meeting at CropLife\nAmerica April 6th.\nI have a comment concerning the upcoming NPRM on combustible liquids plus several\nquestions concerning the shipment of DOT 39 cylinders and lithium batteries by air.\nThanks in advance for your guidance.\nBest regards,\nBill Briner\n(636) 300-1731\n===============================================================\nI called the DOT Hazardous Materials Information Center this morning with several\nquestions concerning the shipment of (a) a 1-2 liter DOT 39 cylinder in a fiberboard box;\nand (b) lithium batteries by air. They referred me to the International Standards Office.\nQuestion 1:\nAndrew in the DOT Hazardous Materials Information Center provided an opinion on the\n\"type of packaging\" for a DOT 39 cylinder shipped by highway. Since a fiberboard box\nis part of the 173.301(a)(9) requirements, Andrew's interpretation (which I liked) was\nthat the shipment could either be described \"I box\" or \"1 cylinder contained in a\nfiberboard box.\" FedEx wants my client to list this as \"1 fiberboard box\", which I am\ninclined to endorse unless there is a regulatory reason not to.\nQuestion 2:\nFedEx wants my client to describe two DOT 39 cylinders within a single fiberboard box\nas follows:\nOption A-\n.. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. 1 Fibreboard box x 1 kg\n.................. 1 Fibreboard box x 1 kg\n.................. All packed in one fibreboard box\n\n<<<PAGE 5>>>\n\nThe FedEx software prevents them from listing this in either of the following manners:\nOption B-\n.................. 1 kg\n.................. 1 kg\n.................. All packed in one fibreboard box\nor\nOption C-\n.................. 1 cylinder x 1 kg\n.................. 1 cylinder x 1 kg\n.................. Overpack used\nPersonally, it seems to me that Option Cis the best choice, but please provide an opinion\nas to whether Option A complies with the ICAO Technical Instructions.\nQuestion 3:\nFor an air shipment of lithium ion batteries in accordance with PI 965, ifthe Watt-hour\nrating of cells is not more than 20Wh and the Watt-hour rating of batteries is not more\nthan 1 OOWh, but the gross weight of the package exceeds 10 kg G, please confirm that\nthis package must be shipped in accordance with the PI 965 Section I requirements,\nincluding UN Standard packaging, CLASS 9 label and Shipper's Declaration for\nDangerous Goods.\n'If both DOT 39 cylinders and Section II lithium batteries are contained in a single\nfiberboard box, and the weight of the cylinders causes the packages to exceed 1 0 kg G in\nthe case of PI 965 or 2.5 kg Gin the case of PI 968, please confirm that these packages\nmust be shipped in accordance with the Section I requirements, including UN Standard\npackaging, CLASS 9 label and Shipper's Declaration for Dangerous Goods.\nQuestion 4:\nAs I understand it, one or the other label is required -- CLASS 9 label for a Section I\nshipment; Lithium Battery label for a Section II shipment -- but both labels are never\nrequired. Even if that is correct, is it permissible to display a Lithium Battery label in\naddition to the CLASS 9 label for a Section I shipment?\nQuestion 5:\n\n<<<PAGE 6>>>\n\nPI 967 Section II only requires the Lithium Battery label if more than 4 cells or 2\nbatteries are contained in the package. Even if not required, is it permissible to display a\nLithium Battery label if not more than 4 cells or 2 batteries are contained in the package?\nQuestion 6:\nPlease confirm that lithium metal batteries, shipped in accordance with PI 968, either\nSection I or Section II, are prohibited from passenger aircraft\nThanks Shane.\nBest regards,\nBill Briner\n( 636) 300-1731","truncated":false,"body_characters":8699}