{"operation":"document","citation":"13-0093","title":"Triumvirates Environmental — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2013-08-13","effective_on":null,"summary":"13-0093 response to Triumvirates Environmental concerning 173.12, 178.955.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0093.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0093.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0093","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2013/130093.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\nAUG 1 3 2013\nPatrick Hallinean, CHMM\nRegional Niche Manager\nTriumvirates Environmental\n200 Inner Belt Road\nSommerville, MA 02143\nReference No. 13-0093\nDear Mr. Hallinean:\nThis is in response to your May 1, 2013 e-mail requesting clarification on whether im1er\npackages of Class 8 (corrosive) material may be placed inside of a flexible intermediate bulk\ncontainer (IBC) and placed in transportation under the Hazardous Materials Regulations\n(HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). You state your company would like to place caustic waste\nstream material in 1.8 liter containers and then place these containers along with sufficient\ncushioning to prevent significant movement inside a UN 13H4 woven plastic, coated flexible\nIBC with a liner.\nThe HMR do not authorize IBCs to contain inner packagings. However, the Pipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) does permit holders and parties to\nDepartment of Transportation Special Permit DOT-SP 12296 to use a UN 13H4 packaging as\nthe outer packaging of lab pack waste hazardous materials provided the completed package\nmeets the following conditions:\n• The i1mer packagings of waste hazardous material conform to § 173 .12(b)(2)(i);\n• The inner packagings contain only hazard classes or divisions: 3 (flammable liquid),\n4.1 (flammable solid), 4.2 (spontaneously combustible), 4.3 (dangerous when wet), 5.1\n(oxidizer), 6.1 (poisonous), 8 (corrosive), and 9 (miscellaneous) waste hazardous\nmaterial Packing Group (PG) I, II, or III materials that meet the following;\n• The liner of the IBC must be a combination of multiple layers of encapsulated\ncorrugation between inner and outer layers of woven coated polypropylene, with an\ninner 6 mil thick liner of polyethylene;\n• The package must satisfactorily pass the performance tests prescribed in 49 CFR Part\n178, Subpart 0 at the PG II performance level while loaded to 205 kg (452 pounds)\nand filled to 95% of its total capacity with solid material;\n• The gross weight of the package must not exceed 205 kg; and\n• Each packaging must be marked with the name of the manufacturer and location (city\nand state) ofthe facility where it is manufactured, or marked with a registration\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nsymbol designated by the Office of Hazardous Materials' Approvals and Permits\nDivision for that specific manufacturing facility.\nIn addition, this packaging is limited to motor vehicle and domestic cargo vessel\ntransportation only.\nYou also ask if your company may apply the requirements prescribed in§ 178.955(g)(l) for a\nUN 51 flexible standard Large Packaging to a UN 13H4 packaging. The answer is no.\nSection 178.955(g)(l) permits Large Packagings to contain inner packagings of equivalent or\nsimilar design to those it was originally performance tested with provided these inner\npackagings meet specific design, performance, and packing criteria, such as § 173.36(b )(2)\nwhich states only flexible inner packagings may be used in UN 51 H Flexible Large\nPackagings. However, you may wish to apply to PHMSA for permission to use the\npackaging under the terms of a special permit. To apply, you must submit an application to\nthe Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety that conforms with the\nrequirements prescribed in 49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B. In your application, you must\nprovide justification that the packaging method you are considering achieves a level of safety\nthat is equal to or greater than that required under the HMR. You may obtain information on\nthe special permit and approvals applications process from our website at\nhttp://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/regs/sp-a, or by calling PHMSA's Approvals and Permits\nDivision at (202) 366-4511.\nI hope this satisfies your request.\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n2\n----\n----------\n, _____ ----\n---------------\n---------------\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nDrakeford, Carolyn (PHMSA)\nFrom:\nSent:\nTo:\nSubject: INFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nThursday, May 02, 2013 2:35 PM\nDrakeford, Carolyn (PHMSA)\nFW: Request for Letter of Interpretation\nHi Carolyn,\nThis caller requested we submit his e-mail as a formal letter of interpretation.\nThanks,\nVictoria\nFrom: Hallinean, Patrick E. [mailto:phallinean@triumvirate.ccim]\nSent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:45 PM\nTo: INFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nSubject: Request for Letter of Interpretation\nTo whom it may concern:\nI am writing you to request clarification on the shipment of inner containers of DOT corrosive material. The proposed\nmethod for shipping this caustic wastestream from the generator site is to place the 1.8 liter containers inside a UN13H4\nrated FIBC with sufficient cushioning to prevent significant movement. This proposed method of packaging would meet\nall manufacturer closure and testing specifications. The generator would follow the regulations set forth in 49CFR\n178.900 for large packagings as stated:\n(1) Inner packagings of equivalent or smaller size may be used provided-\n(i) The inner packagings are of similar design to the tested inner packagings (i.e., shape-round, rectangular,\netc.);\n(ii) The material of construction of the inner packagings (glass, plastic, metal, etc.) offers resistance to impact\nand stacking forces equal to or greater than that of the originally tested inner packaging;\n(iii) The inner packagings have the same or smaller openings and the closure is of similar design ( e.g.,screw cap,\nfriction lid, etc.);\n(iv) Sufficient additional cushioning material is used to take up void spaces and to prevent significant\nmovement of the inner packagings;\n(v) Inner packagings are oriented within the outer packaging in the same manner as in the tested package; and\n(vi) The gross mass of the package does not exceed that originally tested.\n(2) A lesser number of the tested inner packagings, or of the alternative types of inner packagings identified in\nparagraph (g)(l) of this section, may be used provided sufficient cushioning is added to fill void space(s) and to\nprevent significant movement of the inner packagings.\n1\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\nThe rating of the outer container can be seen below:\n{;;\\ 13H4}X/06 06/CAN/SYN·TEX/4--52212450/1361\n\\V\n• Packaging ldentiflcation Code- Woven plastlo, coated Flexible lntem1ediate Bulk Container With\na Liner.\n• FIBC certified at Packing Group I Test Levels which covers Packing Groups I, 11 & Ill hazardous\nmaterials\n• Month and Year of ABC Manufacture\n• Coun1ry authorizing allocaUon of the mark\n• Manufacturer of FIBC\n• Cer1if!cate Number\n• Stack Test Load in kilograms\n• Maximum permissable Net Mass in kilograms\nAt your earliest convenience please offer a letter of interpretation for shipping inner containers of caustic liquid in an\nFIBC.\nThank you\nPatrick Hallinean, CHMM\nRegional Niche Manager I Triumvirate Environmental\nP: 718.274-3339 I M: 917.440.6968 I F: 718.726.7917\nEmail: www.triumvirate.com\n2\n----","truncated":false,"body_characters":6977}