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11-0022
Clean Venture, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation
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Page 1U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration MAR 1 5 2011 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE Washington, D.C. 20590 Mr. Roy H. Swartz Manager ofRegulatory Compliance Clean Venture, Inc. 138 Leland Street Framingham, MA 01702 Ref. No. 11-0022 Dear Mr. Swartz: This responds to your January 29, 2011 letter regarding shipping papers under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). According to your letter, generators of waste commonly ship a waste using drums of different material of construction (e.g., fiber, metal). You note that in such shipping situations, when only one line of the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (manifest) remains for a hazardous materials description, your company has indicated the container abbreviation for both types of drums (e.g., DF and DM) in Item 10 and noted the number of each in Item 14 of the manifest in order to save time and manifest forms. You provide a copy of a manifest illustrating this practice with your letter. Previous guidance by your state authority and by the DOT Hazardous Materials Information Center has indicated this practice to be acceptable. In light of the new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration compliance, safety, and accountability program, you request clarification whether this practice of entering both container abbreviations on a single line (i.e., in Item 10) remains acceptable. The practice you describe is not prohibited by the HMR. Section 172.202(a)(7) ofthe HMR requires the number and type ofpackages used to transport a hazardous material to be included on the shipping paper (the manifest in your case) in association with a hazardous material description. Additionally, instructions for completing a manifest provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) state that the number of containers and the appropriate abbreviation (e.g., DF) for the container type are to be entered in Item 10 of the manifest. Thus, based on the example manifest you provided, and for circumstances when only one line remains on a manifest, it is the opinion of this Office that it is acceptable for both container types to be entered in Item 10 ofthe manifest. The EPA Instructions/or Completing the Hazardous Waste Manifest is available at: http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/transportationimanifestJ. I hope this information is helpful. If you have further questions, please contact this office. Sinp~5~ Ben~~ Acting Chief, Standards Development Branch Standards and Rulemaking Division#
Page 2Per l<Jhderevt . ~/12.I01" rr". App/IGabd, tel L':=Jr!! h'" CCO@(%11Ji) \Vl@IJi)~@1J['f'@ OIJi)©o 'tI -062:i!. Responsive Environmental Management Services November 19,2010 l \l. e.!'<.",.f 1/2..1 I"') Mr. Edward T. Mazzullo Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards U.S. DOT/PHMSA (PHH-I0) 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE East Building, 2nd Floor Washington, DC 20590 Re: Hazardous Waste Manifest Question - CSA 2010 Dear Mr. Mazzullo On behalf of Clean Venture, Inc. (US DOT 200827), I would like to ask you what DOT's current position is relative to container type entries on the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (box 10). Specifically, may two types of containers be referenced on a single line? The situation which commonly occurs in our business involves a generator having several drums of the same type of material, but using both metal and fiber drums (DM and DF). We have been putting "DM/DF" in box 10 (and noting in box 14 how many of each) in order to save time and manifest forms (when only one line remains on a manifest). This practice was deemed acceptable by our state environmental agency (MassDEP) and by the US DOT Hotline a couple of years ago. With the advent of the new CSA rules, we are requesting assurance that this practice would not be considered a violation in the cargo related category ofthe CSA 2010 system. Sincerely, Roy H. Swartz Manager of Regulatory Compliance 138 Leland SlIeel • Framingham, MA 01702 508-872-5000 • FAX; 508-875-5271 www.cyclechem.com corpotllte Office: New leIS<}' lSDF: SOUlh leJSey oJUre: Mary"'nd Din,.: MassadlUl..ll TSDf: (onl1ecU(ut Ofllce: 201 S<lu\h Flrsl Street 217 S<lutll FilS! St,,,,,,' 600 (el1(O Doulevo,d 2031 Inverness Avenue Ceneral (hemlcol One Dod< Sheet Elilabelh. III 07206 Elll.b~lh, NJ 07206 (Jayton, NJ oa3l2 Dailimote, MD 21230 138 leland 51J.., Stamford CT 06902 908'35·\·0210 908-355'5890 B56'863-8718 410-368'9170 FramIngham. MA. 01702 20)'969-2800 fAX' 656'86303725 Fax: 41(H66-9171 508-872-5000 fAX: Z03-969-2264 FAX' 908'3,4·9731 f,\X: 908-355-0562fAX: 508'875·5271#
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