{"operation":"document","citation":"10-0197","title":"Oxford & Wells — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2010-10-21","effective_on":null,"summary":"10-0197 response to Oxford & Wells concerning 173.22.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0197.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0197.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0197","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2010/100197.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration\nOCT 2 1 2010\n1200 New Jersey Ave, SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMr. Ken Swenke\nOxford & Wells\n3102 Maple Avenue, Suite 450\nDallas, TX 75201\nRef. No.: 10-0197\nDear Mr. Swenke:\nThis responds to your September 7, 2010 letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). You indicate that your product is a 20z., nonaerosolized\n(pump spray) ironing starch that does not meet the definition of a hazardous material\nunder the HMR. You ask for a letter of interpretation enabling travelers and flight attendants to carry\nyour product aboard aircraft.\nSectionl73.22 requires a shipper to properly class and describe a hazardous material for\ntransportation in commerce. This Office does not perform that function. However, based on the\ninformation provided in your letter and subsequent email correspondence with a member of my staff,\nit is the opinion of this Office that the ironing starch you describe does not meet the definition of a\nhazardous material and is not subject to regulation under the HMR.\nIt should be noted that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the agency responsible for\nsecurity in all modes of transportation, including civil aviation, has the authority to restrict passengers\nfrom carrying materials perceived as security threats. Therefore, TSA officials may confiscate\nmaterials that they believe to be security risks even if the materials are not classified as hazardous\nunder the HMR.\nI trust this satisfies your inquiry. Please contact us ifwe can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\n'Ben\nSupko\nActing Chief, Standards Development\nOffice ofHazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n· \n Winter~\n115.10\nIt;;\nOXFORD & WELLS\nPCI CllZiCl/,itflaatJtfd; IO-O/Q7\nSeptember 7, 2010\nCharles Detts\nDirector of Hazmat Standards\nU.S. Department of Transportation\n1200 New Jersey Ave., SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nRe: Formal Letter of Interpretation\nMr. Detts,\nFirst, my compliments to your sharp and very helpful staff. I spoke with Adam and Debbie and both were\nexcellent.\nI write you to seek a Formal Letter of Interpretation, so that our 20z, non-aerosolized (pump-spray)\nironing starch be permitted / allowed for airline carry-on by passengers and crewmembers.\nCurrently, PHMSA & the FAA provide that \"aerosol laundry starch\" is not allowed to be carried by\npassengers and crewmembers aboard commercial aircraft (this page from FAA is enclosed and\nhighlighted).\nOur ironing starch product, however, is non-aerosolized (manual pump spray), does not contain any\nhazardous materials and would not meet any hazard classes. As a result, we humbly ask for a letter of\ninterpretation enabling travelers and flight attendants to carry our safe, 20z, non-aerosolized, product\naboard.\nI also included a sample of our product with the ingredient list below and hope it is helpful. I very much\nappreciate it and look forward to hearing from you soon. Below is a confidential listing of the ingredients;\n78.3% Water\n19.3% Corn Starch\n02.0% Fragrance\n00.3% Methylparaben (Food Preservative)\nKen Swenke\nOxford & Wells, LLC\n3102 Maple Avenue, Suite 450\nDallas, TX 75201\nOffice: 214-405-3839\nFax: 214-889-8600\nEmail: ken@oxfordwells.com\nWeb: www.oxfordwells.com\n3102 Maple Avenue, Suite 450 Dallas, Texas 75201 (214) 800-2322 oxfordwells.com\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nHazardous Materials\nCarried by Passengers and Crewmembers\nIn general, us Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations prohibit passengers and crewmembers from\ncarrying hazardous materials (dangerous goods) aboard commercial aircraft. The table below lists the\nexceptions that allow passengers and crewmembers to carry a limited amount of personal-use hazardous\nmaterials in carry-on and/or checked baggage. Though allowable by DOT regulations (see 49 CFR, section\n175.10), some of the items listed here may, at times, be prohibited in the aircraft cabin by Transportation\nSecurity Administration (TSA) rules. Individual airlines and other nations may also have more restrictive rules on\nwhat passengers can carry aboard the aircraft.\nPassenger Hazmat Exception Allowed Not Allowed\nRegulatory Text\nThat Allows It\n49 CFR 175.10(a) .•.\nMedicinal and toilet articles (including flammable and nonflammable aerosols) o Toilet or medicinal articles that are hazardous materials such as rubbing alcohol, flammable perfume and colognes, nail polish and remover, and aerosols (hairspray, shaving cream, etc.). ~ Hazardous materials\nthat are not\nmedicinal/toilet articles\nor described in the other\nexceptions, such as:\nspray paints, aerosol\nlaundry starch, insecticides, drain\ncleaners, camping fuel,\netc.\no Non-toiletry aerosols that contain nonflammable & non-toxic gas -in checked baggage only. Additional nonflammable aerosols that are not medicinal or toilet articles (Nonflammable aerosols are rare.) (1)(i) Non-radioactive toilet\narticles for personal use\n(including aerosols) carried in\ncarry-on and checked\nbaggage. Release devices on\naerosols must be protected by\na cap or other suitable means\nto prevent inadvertent release.\n(ii) Other aerosols in Div.\n2.2 (nonflammable gas) with\nno subsidiary risk carried in\nchecked baggage only.\nRelease devices on aerosols\nmust be protected by a cap or\nother suitable means to\nprevent inadvertent release;\nand\n(iii) The aggregate\nquantity of these hazardous\nmaterials carried by each\nperson may not exceed 2 kg\n(70 ounces) by mass or 2 L\n(68 fluid ounces) by volume\nand the capacity of each\ncontainer may not exceed 0.5\nkg (18 ounces) by mass or\n500 ml (17 fluid ounces) by\nvolume.\nAerosols without caps or other protective\nfeatures around the\nrelease device/button\nare also not allowed.\nPrepared by the FAA Office of Security and Hazardous Materials (http://www.faa.gov)\nUpdated January 1, 2008 (previous editions obsolete)","truncated":false,"body_characters":5877}