{"operation":"document","citation":"13-0089","title":"Plunkett Cooney — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2013-07-31","effective_on":null,"summary":"13-0089 response to Plunkett Cooney concerning 173.301.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0089.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0089.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0089","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2013/130089.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\nJUL 1 8 2013\nMr. Jerome A. Galante\nPlunkett Cooney\n38505 Woodward Ave.\nSuite 2000\nBloomfield Hills, MI 48304\nRef. No. 13-0089\nDear Mr. Galante:\nThis responds to your letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations\n(HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to aerosols. In your letter, you state that one of\nyour clients recently became aware that R -134a aerosol refrigerant recharge product was\nbeing shipped in Department of Transportation (DOT) Specification 2Q containers exceeding\n180 psig at 130 °F. You ask whether the pressure in a DOT Specification 2Q container may\nexceed 180 psig at 130 °F.\nThe answer is no. The pressure in a DOT Specification 2Q container may not exceed 180\npsig at 13 0 °F. Exceptions to this requirement may be authorized under the terms and\nconditions prescribed in a DOT special permit. A container authorized under a special permit\nbears a \"DOT -SPXXXXX\" mark in lieu of a \"DOT 2Q\" mark. You may wish to inform your\nclient that they may file a complaint with our enforcement office at the following link:\nhttp:/ /v..rww.phmsa.dot.gov /phmsa-cxt/fced back/hazr.JatComplaintsRcg_sV iolationsFonn. j sp .\nI trust 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\n5te vens\nPLUNKETT.COONEY\nA CENHJRY OF DISTINCTIVE SERViCE\n~(13.jol\nAprillS, 2013\n~I in de~\n13 ,.ooF9\nMr. Charles Betts\nDirector of Hazmat Standards\nOffice Hazardous Materials Standards, USDOT\n1200 New Jersey Ave, SE East Bldg, Room E24-421, PHH-10\nWashington, DC 20590\nRe: Automotive Refrigerant Product in DOT 2Q Containers\nDear Mr. Betts:\nI represent manufacturers and distributors of automotive servicing products. In late 2012,\none of my clients became aware that R-134a aerosol refrigerant (R-134a) recharge products were\nbeing shipped in 2Q cans.\nTo our knowledge the regulations specified in 49 CFR 173.306(a)(3)(ii) only allows a 2Q\nmetal container when the pressure does not exceed 180 psig at 130° F. Also to our knowledge,\nthe only method to ship the materi~l in question is by the use of a Special Permit (ref. SP10232,\nSP14188 and SP14286). ..\nWe have also recently noticed that certain vendors are currently using 2Q metal\ncontainers for limited quantity gases which exceed the 180 psig limit. If the industry were\nallowed to use the 2Q metal container, the benefit would be that the 2Q container is more readily\navailable and less expensive than the containers authorized under the various Special Permits.\nThis issue is very important to my client. We respectfully request a Letter of\nInterpretation on this question from D.O.T. so that there can be no further confusion about\nwhether shipping R-134a products that exceed 180 psig at 130° Fin 2Q cans is permissible.\nVery truly yours,\nfie'vul ~\nJerome A. Galante\nDirect Dial: (248) 594-8209\nE-Mail: j galante@plunkettcooney. com\nJAG/tb\ncc: phmsa.hm-iafocenter@dot.gov\nATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW\n38505 Wo~dward Ave., Suite 2000 o Bloomfield Hills, Ml 48304 o T: (248) 901-4000 o F: (248) 901-4040 o plunkettcooney.com","truncated":false,"body_characters":3310}