{"operation":"document","citation":"12-0071","title":"Industrial Packaging Alliance of North America — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2012-05-30","effective_on":null,"summary":"12-0071 response to Industrial Packaging Alliance of North America concerning 178.503.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-12-0071.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-12-0071.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-12-0071","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2012/120071.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMAY 3 0 2012\nMr. John McQuaid\nIndustrial Packaging Alliance of North America\nP.O. BOX 100907\nArlington, VA 22210-3907\nReference No.: 12-0071\nDear Mr. McQuaid:\nThis responds to your March 6, 2012 letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to the marking of steel\ndrums. Specifically, you ask if a manufacturer is permitted to use a three-line mark instead\nof a four-line mark that contains the pertinent information without listing the month of\nmanufacture, US origin, and M-number twice.\nThe answer is no. Section 178.503(a) states that the packaging must bear the marks as\nspecified in (a)(1) through (a)(6) of this section. It then states that the marking may be\napplied in a single line or in multiple lines provided the correct sequence is used. In\nremoving the month of manufacture, US origin, and M-number as shown in your letter, the\nmarking would no longer meet the requirements of§ 178.503(a) which requires that the\ninformation on the marking be presented in the correct sequence, and, therefore would not\nbe in compliance with the HMR.\nI hope 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\nAndrew\n-§( 7£.503\n_Erakeford, Carolyn (PHMSA)\nFrom:\nSeot:\nTo:\nCc: Subject:\nAttachments:\nFoster, Glenn (PHMSA)\nIZ.- oo1/\nTuesday, March 06, 2012 7:21AM\nDrakeford, Carolyn (PHMSA)\nBetts, Charles (PHMSA); Billings, Delmer (PHMSA); Kelley, Shane (PHMSA); Supko, Ben\n(PHMSA)\nFW: Inquiry on Content on Durable Marking on Steel Drums\nDurable Mark Inquiry- New Labeler(1 ).pdf\nImportance: High\n:r:s~\nGood morning, Carolyn.\nPlease log in the attached as a formal request for interpretation and assign.\nThanks,\nGlenn\nFrom: John McQuaid [mailto:mcguaid@industrialpackaging.org]\nSent: Monday, March 05, 2012 6:13 PM\nTo: Foster, Glenn (PHMSA)\nSubject: Inquiry on Content on Durable Marking on Steel Drums\nImportance: High\nMr. Foster,\nI am writing on behalf of a member of the Steel Shipping Container Institute (SSCI) of IPANA that is\nin the process of updating its durable marking technology at its steel drum manufacturing facility.\nThey have asked me to inquire as to whether the change in the content on a planned new durable\nmark labeler meets with the requirements of the regulations.\nAs indicated in the attached illustration, the manufacturer is inquiring whether the proposed\nreduction from a four-line durable mark that duplicates the CFR-required information to a new\nthree-line mark that contains the pertinent information without listing the month of manufacture,\nUS origin, and M-number twice meets regulatory requirements.\nWe would appreciate PHMSA's position with respect to this inquiry.\nAn expedited response to this inquiry would be appreciated as the manufacturer's upgrade is\ncontingent, somewhat, on PHMSA's reply.\nThank you.\nCordially,\nJOHN A. MCQUAID\nwww.industrialpackaging.org\nIndustrial Packaging Alliance of North America\nPHONE: 571.527.0779\nCELL: 703.629.6239\nIPANA lOth ANNUAL MEETING\nApril15- 17, 2012\n1\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nEvergreen Marriott, Stone Mountain, GA\nConsider the environment; print this document only if necessary.\nCONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT\nThis electronic message transmission contains information from IPANA and is confidential or privileged. This information is intended only for the\nperson or persons named above. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any other action based on the\ncontents of this information is strictly prohibited.\n2\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\nCURRENT:\n7A2453\n12/USA/M NOHBER\nProposed:\n(4)\n) 1A2/ 1.2/100\n6SIA2/Y45/S\n12/USA/M NOHBER","truncated":false,"body_characters":3900}