{"operation":"document","citation":"10-0237","title":"Avon Products Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2010-12-21","effective_on":null,"summary":"10-0237 response to Avon Products Inc. concerning 171.24.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0237.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0237.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-10-0237","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2010/100237.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration\nDEC 2 1 2010\n1200 New Jersey Ave, SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMr. Kevin Gannon\nManager, Hazmat Compliance & Transportation\nA von Products Inc.\n1 Avon Place\nRye, NY 10580\nRef. No.: 10-0237\nDear Mr. Gannon:\nThis is in response to your October 22,2010, letter requesting clarification of requirements in the\nHazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to consumer\ncommodities shipped by air. Specifically, you ask if an air carrier has the discretion to require a\npackage to display consumer commodity markings in accordance with the International Civil\nAviation Organization's Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air\n(ICAO Technical Instructions) in lieu ofmarkings required by the HMR.\nA material shipped by air and described with the proper shipping name \"Consumer commodity\" may\nbe offered and transported in accordance with the ICAO Technical Instructions as specified in\n§ 171.24. The ICAO Technical Instructions describe consumer commodities as Class 9 while the\nHMR use the hazard class ORM-D. Since the HMR provide the option for shippers and carriers to\nuse the ICAO Technical Instructions in domestic air commerce, airline carriers may require shippers\nto offer hazardous material for transport in accordance with the ICAO Technical Instructions.\nI hope this answers your inquiry. If you need additional assistance, please contact the Standards and\nRulemaking Division.\nSincerely,\n~5,~\nBen Supko\nActing Chief, Standards Development Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n!-earL{\nAVO N\nthe company for women\n,--\n~ (1/·~\n~111'l..Z\n-:rlrrA ~\n10 -'D?-../1\nKEVIN GANNON\nMANAGER\nHAZMAT COMPLIANCE &\nTRANSPORTATION\n1 Avon Place\nRye, NY 10580\n914-935·2029\nOctober 22,2010\nMr. Edward T Mazzullo\nDirector, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards\nU.S. DOT / PHMSA (PHH-10)\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE East Building, 2nd Floor\nWashington, DC 20590\nMr. Mazzullo\nAvon Products Inc. is a shipper by air freight to Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, and Saipan from our\nCalifornia based distribution facility. Our products are produced as Consumer Commodity ORM-D.\nWe tender our freight to a 3rd party air freight forwarder whom have come back to us stating that the\nAirlines whom they work with will not accept or recognize the Consumer Commodity ORM-D-AIR\nclassification. The Airlines will only honor the ICAO/IATA 108000 Consumer Commodity Class 9\nPI910 to the pOints which I have referenced.\nWhen referencing Title 49,171.8 United States, means a State of the United States, the District of\nColumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,\nthe Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or any other territory or posseSSion of the United States\ndesignated by the Secretary.\nMy question, is it the discretion of the Airline to make the call in favoring the ICAO/IATA regulations\nover the 49 CFR , or do the Airlines base this call on the 12 mile variance which these points exceed.\nLooking forward to the regulatory clarity on this.\nThank You","truncated":false,"body_characters":3139}