# Belshire Environmental Services, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

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- **citation:** 13-0008
- **title:** Belshire Environmental Services, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2013-02-20
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** 13-0008 response to Belshire Environmental Services, Inc. concerning 173.12, 173.28.
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U.S. Department
of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety
Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C. 20590
FEB 2 0 2013
Mr. Larry Moothart
Manager
Belshire Environmental Services, Inc.
25971 Towne Centre Drive
Foothill Ranch, CA 9261 0
Ref. No.: 13-0008
Dear Mr. Moothart:
This is in response to your January 7, 2013 email requesting clarification of the Hazardous
Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, you seek clarification
of the packaging requirements for non-bulk shipments in specification packaging of
materials regulated as a hazardous waste. You indicate that you will be using the packaging
exception provided in § 173 .12( c), which allows previously used packagings to be reused for
shipments of waste materials transported for disposal or recovery. Your questions are
paraphrased and answered below.
Q 1. Must non-bulk specification packagings, (i.e., 55-gallon drums) meet the
requirements of Part 178 when using the exception provided in § 173 .12( c)?
A 1. Yes. Non-bulk specification packagings that are being reused to ship hazardous
waste under the exception provided in § 173 .12( c) are subject to all applicable
requirements in Part 178, except those pertaining to the reconditioning and reuse
proVISIOnS.
Q2. Are there any hazard classes that would not be allowed under the exception in
§ 173.12 for hazardous waste?
A2. No. A waste material in any hazard class may be transported for disposal or
recovery under the exceptions provided in § 173.12.
Q3. Is it a correct understanding that § 173 .28(b )( 6) provides relief from the
container reconditioning requirement for waste materials identified in
§ 173.12(c)(5)?

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A3. Yes. As provided by § 173 .28(b )( 6) a "previously used non-bulk packaging
may be reused for the shipment of hazardous waste, not subject to the reconditioning
and reuse provisions of this section, in accordance with§ 173.12(c)."
I hope this information is helpful. If you have fmiher questions, please do not hesitate to
contact this office.
Sincerely,
J>4- ZJ.!li-
Robert Benedict
Chief, Standards Development
Standards and Rulemaking Division

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Hi Carolyn,
We received the following request for a formal letter of interpretation.
Thanks,
Victoria
From: Larry Moothart [mailto:Larry@belshire.com]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 2:27 PM
To: INFOCNTR (PHMSA)
Subject: hazardous waste in non bulk packagings
Please provide a response to this information in a formal letter.
This email requests interpretive guidance from the US Department of transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety
Administration concerning the requirement to comply with the specification packaging requirements in 49 CFR part 178
when transporting a hazardous material that is a hazardous waste in a non bulk packaging (i.e. 55 gallon drums).
In your response, please consider that the hazardous waste will be packaged in accordance with the requirements of 49
CFR 173.12 (c) (1) through (5).
Question 1: Is there a requirement that non bulk containers (i.e. 55 gallon drums) satisfy any of the requirements in 49 CFR
part 178 when transporting a non bulk package that contains a hazardous material that is a hazardous waste?
Question 2: Are there any hazard classes that would not be allowed under this exception for waste materials?
Question 3: Is it correct to understand that 49 CFR 173.28 (6) provides for relief from the container reconditioning
requirement for waste materials identified in 49 CFR 173.12 (c)(5)?
Thank you,
Larry Moothart
Manager
Belshire Environmental Services, Inc.
25971 Towne Centre Drive
Foothill Ranch, CA 92610
949-460-5200
949-460-5210 (fax)
larry@belshire.com
www.belshire.com
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