{"operation":"document","citation":"11-0110","title":"Delta Air Lines, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2011-06-22","effective_on":null,"summary":"11-0110 response to Delta Air Lines, Inc. concerning 173.185, 175.30.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-11-0110.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-11-0110.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-11-0110","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2011/110110.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE\nof Transportation Washington. DC 20590\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration JUN 2 2 2011\nMr. Rick Blenkush\nManager, Corporate Dangerous Goods\nDelta Air Lines, Inc.\n1020 Delta Blvd Dept 043\nAtlanta, Georgia 30320-6001\nRef. No. 11-0110\nDear Mr. Blenkush:\nThis responds to your letter requesting clarification of the air shipment inspection\nrequirements under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180).\nSpecifically, you ask whether an air carrier, as specified in § 175.30, is obligated to inspect\nindividual packages of hazardous materials conditionally excepted from any other\nrequirements ofthe subchapter that are placed in a unit load device loaded by the shipper\nand offered to an air carrier for transportation. In your letter, you cite as an example the\n§ 172.1 02( c)( 1) Special provision 188, which excepts packages of small lithium cells and\nbatteries from any other requirements of the subchapter if certain conditions are met. Our\nresponse assumes all applicable conditions have been met.\nThe answer is no. An air carrier is not obligated to inspect individual packages of\nhazardous materials conditionally excepted from the HMR that are placed in a unit load\ndevice loaded by the shipper and offered to an air carrier for transportation. Under\n§ 175.30(b), an air carrier's responsibility in the scenario you describe would be to inspect\nthe unit load device itself and not the contents contained therein, provided the shipper has\nproduced any documentation required by Special provision 188, if applicable, and the unit\nload device is otherwise in an airworthy condition.\nI trust this satisfies your inquiry. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\nT. Glenn Foster\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nstevens\n~ nz .I()2 ~p IZ> ~\n~ 115·30\n~.DE LTA;~ L%'um Ba.~ries\nll-OllO\nDelta Air Lines, Inc.\n1020 Delta Blvd Dept 043\nAtlanta, Georgia 30320-6001\nJune 1. 2011\nMagdy EI-Sibaie, PhD\nAssociate Administrator, Hazardous Materials Safety\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nUS Department of Transportation\n1200 New Jersey Ave., SE\nEast Bldg. Second Floor\nWashington, DC 20590-0001\nSUBJECT: Request for Interpretation\nDear Dr. EI-Sibaie:\nThe purpose of this letter is to seek clarification on the interpretation of 49CFR 175.30 and its relationship\nto Special Provision 1 as.\nMultiple places in 49CFR the statement\" ... are not subject to any other requirements of this subchapter if\nthey meet the following:\". What follows this statement is usually the provisions for emergency reporting,\npackaging requirements and shipping paper entries. The question posed is; if not specifically listed in the\nrequirements that follow the above statement, is the carrier for an air shipment required to comply with all\naspects of 49CFR 175.30, Inspecting Shipments? If the carrier is able to verify all the carrier's\nresponsibilities of the requirements listed after \"are not subject to any other requirements\", then does the\nshipment need to be inspected per 175.30?\nAs an example, this statement is used in 49CFR 172.102. Special Provision 1 aa. For shipper-prepared\nunit load devices that the shipper states are in compliance with the requirements listed in SP 188. is an\nair carrier allowed to transport these shipper prepared unit load devices without inspecting the packages\nin the shipper unit load device containing the lithium batteries in or with equipment? The unit load device\nitself would be inspected per 49CFR 175.30, but the individual packages inside of the unit load device\nwould not be inspected per this regulation.\nWe appreciate your assistance with this interpretation. If you have any additional questions or comments,\nthen please contact me at 404-714-5634.\nSincerely,\n~\nRick Blenkush\nManager - Corporate Dangerous Goods\ncc: Helen Howes. Managing Director - Safety, Health and Environment\nBrad Matheny, Manager - Cargo Field Support\nJon-Peter Kelly, Senior Attorney - Law Department","truncated":false,"body_characters":4103}