{"operation":"document","citation":"11-0018","title":"Aluminio No. 7 — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2011-03-01","effective_on":null,"summary":"11-0018 response to Aluminio No. 7 concerning 173.150, 173.22.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-11-0018.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-11-0018.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-11-0018","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2011/110018.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S, Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE\nWashington. D,C. 20590\nMAR 0 1 2011\nMs, Isabel Martinez\nFuego Envasado\nAluminio No, 7\nFrace. Esfuero Nacional, Xaiostoc, Estado de Mexico, c.P. 55320\nMexico\nReference No.: 11-0018\nDear Ms. Martinez:\nThis responds to your letter requesting a review of your products and their classification under\nthe Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). In your letter you enclosed\ntwo Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for two variations of your product, \"Fuego Envasado.\"\na gelled Methanol and gelled Ethanol chafing fuel. Specifically, you request a letter confirming\nyour conclusions regarding the classification of these products as hazardous materials, their\nrespective proper shipping names and their eligibility for the consumer commodity ORM-D\nexception provided in § 173.150. You state your products would be described as \"UNI993,\nFlammable liquids, n.o.s., 3, PG III.\"\nIn accordance with § 173.22, it is the shipper's responsibility to properly class and describe a\nhazardous material. This Office does not perform that function. However, based on the\ninformation you provided in your letter and enclosed MSDS, it is the opinion of this Office that\nthe proper shipping names and identification numbers you selected are appropriate, provided the\nproducts do not meet the definitions of any other hazard classes, such as Division 6.1. It should\nbe noted however, that if a material is described on a shipping paper by a proper shipping name\nidentified by the letter \"G\" in Column (1) of the § 172.101 Table, the technical name of the\nhazardous material must be entered in parentheses in association with the basic description\nunless otherwise excepted (i.e. Methanol or Ethanol).\nYou state that your product is packed in 7.0 fluid ounce tin cans and then further packed in a case\nwith a total gross weight of 57.1 pounds. Generally, a consumer commodity, as defined in\n§ 171.8, is a material that is packaged and distributed in a form intended or suitable for sale\nthrough retail sales agencies or instrumentalities for consumption by individuals for purposes of\npersonal care or household use. A Class 3 (flammable liquid) material packaged for shipment in\naccordance with the limited quantity provisions in § 173.150 that meets the definition of a\nconsumer commodity may be renamed \"Consumer commodity\" and reclassed as ORM-D\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nmaterial. Packages containing an ORM-D material must be marked in accordance with\n§ 172.316. Based on the information provided in your letter, it is the opinion of this Office that\nyour products may be transported as consumer commodities.\nI hope this satisfies your inquiry. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\nrr#L~---\nT. Glenn Foster\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\ntne. O. LVII IL:''tnVI\nN!!~~lb ~. 1\n,~ ~' -genedic:,-!~ll2..IDJ\n~ 113· J~ 6\nc§ \"~~ ~\nC. lu:~s ihcc....·h'OYl December 28, 2010\n11- DO I@\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 0\nc-\no\nOffice of Hazardous Material Safety J;;!t.o\nz ::::!\n:;0\nEast Building, 2nd Floor I (j')\nMail Stop: E21-317 (J1\n1200 New Jersey Ave., SE -0\n........\n-.­ ....l>. :;=0\nWashington, DC 20590 :;:.'::::c\nr202-366-0656\n.. :\"\"3:\n0 U'J\n202-366-5713 (Fax) W\n~\nVia Facsimilg\n.Our Company Fuego Envasado is a Mexican manufacturer of Gelled Methanol, and Gelled\nEthanol used as chafing fuel for keep the food warming (like Sterno brand). These\nproducts are packed in 7.0 FL OZ tin can and they are packaged in a· form intended Oi' suitable for retail sale, and the gross weight is 57.1 pound per case of each producL\nThey are classified as a flammabl.e liquid, N.O.S. 3 UN1993 III.\nWe are in the process of export these products to USA territory by ground, and we will\nappreciate your clarification about:\n1. If our products could be classifying as a Consumer Commodity, ORM~D materials,\nunder provisions in 178.8 and 173.150. of the HMR. We enclosed MSDS for each\none of our products.\n2.. The Sterno MSDS show its produCts as N.O.S. 3 UN1993 III, while Ecoflame arid\nCandle Lamp MSDS'5 show their products as N.O.S. 4.1, UN1325, 111 and they\nare gelled methanol and ethanol as our products.\nWould you please clarify If our classification is correct? Our flash point is 86.9 F for\neach product.\nThank you in advance for you attention to this inquire and if you need any additional\ninformation, please let me know.\n~:;:1i;( ~h -.\"\n~bel Ma:rte~\nExport Department\nFax: (5255) 5569-2895\nEmail: i.martinez@masterbatch.com\nFUEGO E;NVASADO, S.A. DE C.V.\nAluminio No.7. Frace, Esfuerzo Nacional. Xa.lostoc. Eslado de Mexico, C.P. 55320\nTel. +52 55 5569 2890 I 01 800 70 12000 Fal( +6255 5569 6895\nwww.fuegoenvasadQ.cQm.mxventas@fuegoenvasado.com.mx\nMEXICO MONTERREY GUADALAJARA CANCUN\n.,.'","truncated":false,"body_characters":4949}