{"operation":"document","citation":"11-0200","title":"Wyle Laboratories — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2011-10-12","effective_on":null,"summary":"11-0200 response to Wyle Laboratories concerning 178.980.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-11-0200.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-11-0200.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-11-0200","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2011/110200.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation 1 200 New Jersey Ave, SE\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nSafety Administration\nOCT 1 2 2011\nMr. Brian Coppock\nManager, Product SafetylPackaging Technology\nWyle Laboratories\n7800 Highway 20 West\nHuntsville, AL. 35806\nReference No. 11-0200\nDear Mr. Coppock:\nThis is in response to your e-mail requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to wooden large packagings. SpecificalJy,\nyou ask for us to clarify which evaluation criteria would be used in the stacking test with a large\nwooden packaging using static weights. You state that § I 78.980(e) \"Criterion for Passing the\nTest\" addresses specific categories of large packagings, but that there is no reference for the\ncriterion for a wooden large packaging undergoing a static weight test.\nThis appears to be an oversight and we are evaluating this issue to determine the need for a\nrulemaking. In the meantime, we recommend the criteria provided in § 178.980(e)(1). Also, in\nthe HM -231, \"Miscellanous Packaging Amendments,\" final rule that was published on\nSeptember 30,2010 (75 FR 60333), we stated that the design, construction and testing\nrequirements are based on the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods,\nThirteenth Revised Edition (2003); Chapter 6.6, Requirements for the Construction and Testing\nof Large Packagings. Section 6.6.5.3.3.5 provides the criteria for passing the stacking test for\nlarge packagings as, \"No pe~manent deformation which renders the large packaging unsafe for\ntransport and no loss of contents,\" to cover all of the large packaging construction types.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact this office should you need additional\nassistance.\nSincerely,\nr-7~?L~\nT. Glenn Foster\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nDrakeford. Carolyn (PHMSA)\nFrom: INFOCNTR (PHMSA) \n /1- OZOO\nSent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 4:23 PM\nTo: Drakeford, Carolyn (PHMSA)\nSubject: FW: Request for Official Letter of Interpretation\nAttachments: image001.jpg; image002.gif\nWe received the following request for a letter of interpretation at the I nfo Center. The caller previously spoke with Vince\nHi Carolyn,\nBabich.\nThanks,\nVictoria\nVictoria Lehman\nHazmat Information Center (HMIC)\nhttp://phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/info-center\n(202) 366-1035\nFrom: Coppock, Brian [mailto:Brian.Coppock@wyle.com]\nSent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 11:47 AM\nTo: INFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nCc: Hardy, Bobby; Bates, Dawn; Fisher, Ronda\nSubject: Request for Official Letter of Interpretation\nDear Sir/Madam,\nI am writing to request an interpretation of 49 CFR Part 178 Subpart Q IITesting of Large Packagings\", specifically\n178.980(e) \"Criterion for Passing the Test\" for the Stacking Test.\nThe subject section appears to address specific categories of Large Packagings but I do not find a reference for the\ncriterion for a wooden Large Packaging undergoing a static weight test.\nIf you could, please clarify what evaluation criteria would be used in the event of an anomaly in the stacking test with a\nwooden Large Packaging using static weights.\nThank you,\nBrian\nBrian Coppock\nManager, Product Safety/Packaging Technology\n••rctle\n·WVJ~\n7800 Highway 20 West\nHuntsville, AL. 35806\nV.(256) 716-4270\nF.(256) 721-0144\nBrian.coppock@wyle.com\nhttp://www.wyle.com\n1\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\n2 ista\nCERTIFIED LABORATORY","truncated":false,"body_characters":3440}