{"operation":"document","citation":"11-0038","title":"Los Alamos National Laboratory — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2011-04-21","effective_on":null,"summary":"11-0038 response to Los Alamos National Laboratory concerning 173.403, 173.433.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-11-0038.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-11-0038.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-11-0038","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2011/110038.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\n.APR ? 1 2011\nMr. Donald Thorp\nEngineering Manager\nLos Alamos National Laboratory\nP.O. Box 1663, MS A194\nLos Alamos, New Mexico 87545\nRef. No.: 11-0038\nDear Mr. Thorp:\nThis responds to your February 15, 2011 letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, you ask if any ofthe\ngeneral packaging requirements in § 173.24 apply to a consignment containing radionuclides\nin quantities that do not exceed both the activity concentration and the total activity limits\nspecified in the table in § 173.436 or the values derived according to the instruction in\n§ 173.433.\nThe answer is no. Radioactive Material (see § 173.403) means any material containing\nradionuclides where both the activity concentration and the total activity in the consignment\nexceed the values specified in the table in § 173.436 or values derived according to the\ninstructions in § 173.433. Based on the information you provide, the consignment is not\nregulated as a Class 7 (radioactive) material under the HMR because it does not meet the\ndefinition ofradioactive material. Therefore, provided the material contained in the\nconsignment does not otherwise meet the definition of a hazardous material in § 171.8, the\npackaging used for the consignment described in your letter is not subject to the HMR\n(including § 173.24).\nI trust this satisfies your inquiry. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely, 11 'f\nI,;;~\nBen Supko\nActing Chief, Standards Development Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nhihen/tttli;\nA ~/73. ~33\n.LosAlamos ~/73· '2t./\nNATIONAL LABORATORY\n~ 173 t ~30\n---EST.1943 --­ jfA-1IA\nPackaging and Transportation /1- t){}J$\nP.O. Box 1663, MS A194\nLos Alamos, New Mexico 87545 Date: February 15; 2011\n(505) 66S-8628fFax (505) 667-9829 Refer To: P&T: ll-008\nMl'. Charles E. Betts\nDirector, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards\nU.S. DOTIPHMSA (PHH-lO)\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE East Building, 2nd Floor\nWashington, DC 20590\nSubject: REQUEST FOR INTERPRETATION, 49CFR 173.433 AND § 173.24\nDear Mr. Betts:\nThis cOlTespondence was initiated by a non-conformance receipt inspection of a shipment of low level waste at the\nEnergy Solutions LLC waste facility at Clive, Utah in November 2010. lIthe radlonuclicles in a consignment do\nnot exceed both the activity concentration and the tofal activity limits specified in the table in 49 CFR 173.436 or\nthe values derived according to the instructions in 49 CFR 173.433 are any ofthe general requirements for\npackagings and packages specified in 49 CFR 173,24 applicable?\nThank yOlt for your consideration of th is question and the time and effort your organization takes to provide a\nresponse. I look forward to your formal clarification which can be sent to me at dUhorp@lanl.gov. Please contact\nme at 505-665-2713 if you have questions.\nSincerely,\nDonald Thorp\nEngineeting Manager\nOperations SupportlPackaging and TransPQltation\nDT/pjt\ncy:\nGilbert Torres,OS-PT, gtorres@1anl.gov IRM-RMMSO, AlSO\nJose Chavez, OS-PT,chavezjose@lanl.gov OS-PT RecOl'ds, A194\nJames Angelo, OS-PT, jangelo @lan1.gov\nTamer Armin, WDP-HMWO, tamer@lanl.gov\nRobert Murpby, LASQ-SO, rmurphy@lanl.gov","truncated":false,"body_characters":3364}