{"operation":"document","citation":"10-0126","title":"Minnesota Department of Transportation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2010-10-28","effective_on":null,"summary":"10-0126 response to Minnesota Department of Transportation concerning 172.516.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0126.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0126.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0126","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2010/100126.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\n1200 New Jersey Ave. SE\nWashington. D.C. 20590\nOCT 28 2010\nMr. Michael Ritchie\nHazardous Materials Specialist\nMinnesota Department ofTransportation\nCommercial Vehicle Operations Section\n395 John Ireland Boulevard\nSt. Paul, MN 55155\nRef. No.: 10-0126\nDear Mr. Ritchie:\nThis responds to your letter regarding placarding and marking ofcargo tank motor vehicles in\naccordance with the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). You asked\nwhether the required placards and markings, including the proper shipping name or common name\nand the INHALATION HAZARD marking, must be displayed directly on the cargo tank, or may the\nmarkings and placards be displayed on the \"vehicle equipment boxes\" or other appurtenances, as\nshown in the enclosed photographs of cargo tank motor vehicles in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)\nand Anhydrous Ammonia service, as long as the placards and markings are clearly visible.\nA cargo tank meets the definition of a bulk packaging and must be placarded on each side and each\nend. Section 172.516 states that each placard on a motor vehicle must be readily visible from the\ndirection it faces except from the direction of another transport vehicle to which the motor vehicle is\ncoupled. Generally, placards on the sides and ends ofthe cargo-carrying portion of a vehicle's cargo\nbody satisfy requirements for placarding the sides and ends, as long as they are readily visible and not\nobscured by appurtenances in the direction they face.\nIt is the opinion of this Office that a cargo tank motor vehicle placarded and marked with an\nidentification number display, including the proper shipping name or common name and the\nINHALATION HAZARD marking, as depicted in your photographs, complies with the requirements\nin § 172.516 for visibility and display.\nI hope this information is helpful. Ifwe can be of further assistance, please contact us.\nSincerely. ~\nBen~\nActing Chief, Standards Development\nOffice ofHazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nMinnesota Department of Transportation\nOffice of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations 395 John Ireland Blvd.\nSt. Paul, MN 55155-1899\ntnsrum\n~ fl2. ·31 3\n%Jll.· 328\nJune 7, 2010\n<!3172-.5a4Charles E. Betts\nChief, Standards Development\nM\no..rlLl'Y>j IPIQCQrdll'lJ\nOffice ofHazardous Material Standards JO-Of:lCo\nUSDOTIPHMSA\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nRe: Placarding and marking of cargo tank motor vehicles\nDear Mr. Betts,\nThe Federal hazardous material regulations require placarding and marking ofboth bulk hazrnat\npackages and vehicles transporting hazardous materials. 49 CFR 172.504 requires placarding of\neach bulk packaging and transport vehicle, unless excepted. Section 172.514 requires each\nperson offering a bulk packaging containing hazardous material to affix the placards specified\nfor that material to the bulk packaging. Section 172.328 requires cargo tanks transporting Class 2\ncompressed gases to display the proper shipping name or common name ofthe material, and its\nID number. Section 172.313 requires bulk packaging containing materials poisonous by\ninhalation to be marked INHALATION HAZARD on two opposing sides.\nEnclosed are photographs oftwo cargo tank motor vehicles. One is in propane service, the other\nin anhydrous ammonia service. Both display placards and markings on the equipment boxes\nattached to the vehicles, not on the bulk packaging itself. The placards and markings are clearly\nvisible from the direction they face.\nQuestion: On a cargo tank motor vehicle in LPG or anhydrous ammonia service, must the\nrequired placarding and marking be displayed on the bulk packaging (the cargo tank) or may the\nrequired placards and marks, including the shipping name and the INHALATION HAZARD\nmarking, when appropriate, be displayed on vehicle equipment boxes or other appurtenances, as\nlong as those marks and placards are clearly visible?\nMichael Ritchie\nHazardous Materials Specialist\nMinnesota Department of Transportation\nCommercial Vehicle Operations Section\n395 John Ireland Boulevard\nSt. Paul, MN 55155\n(651) 366-3697\nAn equal opportunity employer\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nPROPANE\nLANCENEAKES\nNOT\nPh: 346-3500\nPerham, MN\nCo-op Creamery\nDivision of Perham\nCenex Petroleum\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\n1.888-550-SAFE\nENETY 8 MY EM 3614A\nHAZARD:\nINHALATION\n1005\n\n<<<PAGE 5>>>\n\nHAZARD\nINHALATION\n1005\n\n<<<PAGE 6>>>\n\nHAWKINS INC.\nUS DOT 075303\nHAZARD\nINHALATION\n1005","truncated":false,"body_characters":4490}