{"operation":"document","citation":"13-0060","title":"International Radiation Safety Consulting, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2013-05-14","effective_on":null,"summary":"13-0060 response to International Radiation Safety Consulting, Inc. concerning 173.410, 173.424.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0060.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0060.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0060","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2013/130060.pdf","body":"<<>>\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration\nMAY 1 4 2013\nMr. Timothy Brandon\nInternational Radiation Safety Consulting, Inc.\n7 Cabot Place, 3rd Floor\nStoughton, MA 02072\n1200 New Jersey Ave, SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nRefNo.: I3-0060\nDear Mr. Brandon:\nThis is a response to your March 12, 2013 email and email correspondence with a member of my\nstaff requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 100-\n185) with regard to excepted packages for radioactive instruments and articles. Specifically, you\nrequest confirmation on the required hazard communication for these packages as well as the\napplicability of international standards to your shipments.\nYou state that your product is a timepiece containing a small amount of radioactive material\n(tritium) to be transported from an international location into the United States. In the situation\nyou describe, the manufacturer is shipping these devices, which are subsequently being forwarded\nto a sales location for distribution. You intend to transport approximately 300 timepieces in a\nshipment and state that your packagings conform to the general design requirements of § 1 73 .41 0\nand the other requirements of§ I73.424 for excepted packages ofradioactive instruments or\natiicles. Your questions are summarized and addressed below.\nQ I. Under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Regulations, could shipments\nof these timepieces be excepted from regulation using TS-R-1: 2009 § 1 07(d)?\nA 1. No. Paragraph I 07 of the IAEA regulations defines the scope of the regulations by\nlisting regulatory exclusions. Timepieces are excluded only after their sale to a consumer.\nQ2. Under the International Civil Aviation Association (ICAO) Technical Instructions\n(TI), could shipments of these timepieces be excepted from regulation using\n2;7.2.4.l.I.3(b)?\nA2. No. ICAO TI 2;7.2.4.1.1.3(b) provides a marking exception for timepieces\n(timepieces do not have to be marked \"RADIOACTIVE\" as other instruments and atiicles\ndo).\n\n<<>>\n\nQ3. What is the proper hazard communication required for packages containing multiple\ndevices being forwarded to a sales location for distribution, domestically?\nA3. In accordance with§ 173.424 of the HMR, excepted packages for radioactive\ninstruments and articles are excepted from specification packaging, labeling and marking\n(except for the UN identification number marking requirement described in§ 173.422(a)),\nand if not a hazardous waste or hazardous substance, shipping papers. Therefore, provided\nthe package containing multiple devices conforms to the activity limits prescribed in\n§ 173.424, the packagings should bear the mark of\"UN2911.\"\nI hope this information is helpful. If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to\ncontact this office.\nSincerely,\nRobert Benedict\nChief, Standards Development\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n-----\n------------------·-\n..\n~~-----\n\n<<>>\n\n6u~ha 1<.\nc§ II 3 · 4 J. 'f\nKAII\\\nl3-00b0\nSuccessful Device Approvals\nMarch 12, 2013\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration\nAttn: PHH-10\nU.S. Department of Transportation\n400 ih Street SW\nWashington, DC 20590-0001\nDear Sir or Miss,\nPlease consider this a request for official interpretation of the US DOT regulations in\nregard to the following matter.\nA manufacturer is shipping consumer commodities, specifically timepieces, containing a\nsmall amount of radioactive material from an international location into the US. The\nwatches are labeled as allowed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and international\nnuclear agencies, with a trefoil (radiation symbol) or \"H-3.\" Each device (watch) and\nshipment contains a quantity of radioactive material below those respective quantities\nlisted in 49 CFR 173.424.\nThe packages meet the general design requirements, and the shipment meets all of the\nother requirements of 173.424.\n7 Cabot Place, 3'd Floor, Stoughton, MA 02072 USA\nPh. 877.266.0794 (U.S.) 781.767.2176 (outside U.S.)\nFax: 781.207.0453 www.irsc-inc.com\n\n<<>>\n\n2\nIn what regard may these timepieces be excluded from regulations, as specified in IAEA\nTS-R-1: 2009 Section 107(d) and ICAO Dangerous Good Technical Instructions: 2011-\n2012 Section 7.2.4.1.1.3?\nAdditionally, what is the proper method of labeling the packages containing multiple\ndevices being forwarded to a sales location for distribution?\nThank you for your consideration in this matter.\nIf you have any questions please call me at 508.577.7427 or e-mail at\ntbrandon@irsc-inc.com.\n-~-~-- ~- .. ~--~~-=-·--···-····-··-·-~-~-····--·\nSincerely,\nTimothy Brandon\nVice President\n17 Norfolk Rd., Holbrook, MA 02343 USA Ph. 877.266.0794 (U.S.)\n781.767.2176 (outside U.S.) Fax: 781.207.0453 www.irsc-inc.com","truncated":false,"body_characters":4834}