{"operation":"document","citation":"13-0033","title":"Dangerous Good of America — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2013-04-16","effective_on":null,"summary":"13-0033 response to Dangerous Good of America concerning 171.23, 171.24, 172.202.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0033.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0033.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0033","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2013/130033.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration\n1200 New Jersey Ave, S.E.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nAP~ l 6 1013\nFred A Romero\nDangerous Good of America\n1651 NW 681 h St., Cargo Building 706\nSuite 211\nMiami, FL 33152-0487\nReference No. 13-0033\nDear Mr. Romero:\nThis is in response to your January 11, 2013 letter to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration (PHMSA) requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CPR Parts 171-180), applicable to the use of the letter \"G\" on shipping\npapers. In your letter, you note that§ 172.202(a)(6)(vi) states that for items where \"No Limit\"\nis shown in Column (9A) (Quantity limitations for passenger aircraft/rail) or (9B) (Quantity\nlimitations for cargo aircraft only) of the Hazardous Materials Table (HMT), the quantity\nshown must be the net mass or volume of the material. For articles (e.g., UN2800 and\nUN3166), the quantity must be the gross mass, followed by the letter \"G.\" You also note that\nin the International Civil Aviation Organization Technical Instructions (ICAO TI), as well as\nthe International Air Transport Association Dangerous Goods Regulations (IAT A DGR), the\nletter \"G\" is no longer required on the shipping paper or the shippers declaration. You ask if\nyou must include the gross mass followed by the letter \"G\" as required by the HMR, or may\nyou exclude the letter \"G\" on the shipping paper as indicated in the ICAO TI and lATA\nregulations.\nThe provisions of§§ 171.23 and 171.24 of the HMR authorize the use of the ICAO TI for\npackaging, marking, labeling, classifying, and describing hazardous materials which are\ntransported by air and by motor vehicle either before or after being transported by air.\nTherefore, if your shipment is being transported in accordance with the ICAO TI as authorized\nby the HMR, the letter \"G\" would not be required on the shipping paper.\nI hope this satisfies your request.\nSincerely,\nT. Glenn Foster\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nDANGEROUS GOODS OF AMERICA®\nPO BOX 520487 + MIAMI, FL 33152-0487 USA\nPhone (305) 871-3313 + Fax (305) 871-1388\nE-mail: info@.dga4u.com\nWeb: www.dga4u.com\nJanuary 11, 2013\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nAssociate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\n1200 New Jersey Ave., SE\nEast Building, Second Floor\nWashington, DC 20590 USA\nDear Rulemakers;\nAccording to § 172.202 (6)(iii)(vi) For items where \"No Limit\" is shown in Column (9A) or\n(98) of the § 172.101 table, the quantity shown must be the net mass or volume of the\nmaterial. For articles (e.g., UN2800 and UN3166) the quantity must be the gross mass,\nfollowed by the letter \"G\";\nIn the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Technical Instructions as well as\nin the International Air Transportation Association (lATA), the letter \"G\" is no longer\nrequired on the shipping paper or shipper's declaration.\nMy question to you is if I must include the gross mass followed by the letter \"G' or may I\nnot include the letter \"G\" as indicated in the ICAO and lATA regulations without\nconsequences?\n-\n~,\\\nThank you for )1our prompt reply to this matter.\nSincerelyt·· .c ::··\n't 1 t .\n.. V1tU;,k.\nL--Free(ARomer~ :%~~~uctor\nOffice & Warehouse Facility • 1651 NW 68TH Ave • Cargo Bldg. 706 • Suite 211\nMiami International Airport • Miami, FL 33126","truncated":false,"body_characters":3460}