{"operation":"document","citation":"13-0130","title":"Weiman Products, LLC — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2013-08-07","effective_on":null,"summary":"13-0130 response to Weiman Products, LLC concerning 173.150.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0130.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0130.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0130","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2013/130130.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 0 7 ;013\nMr. Matt Malec\nProcess Engineer\nWeiman Products, LLC\n755 Tri-State Parkway\nGurnee, IL 60031\nReference No. 13-0130\nDear Mr. Malec:\nThis is in response to your June 12, 2013 letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to the exception for aqueous\nsolutions of alcohols prescribed in § 173.150( e )(2). Specifically, you ask if this exception\npermits flammable liquids that are not alcohols to either qualify for this exception or be\ncombined with an alcohol and qualify for this exception.\nTo qualify for the exception prescribed in § 173 .150( e )(2), an aqueous solution of alcohol\nmust contain only alcohol and no other hazardous material, regardless of hazard class. The\nHMR excepts from regulation an aqueous solution that contain up to 24 percent alcohol by\nvolume, 50 percent or more water, and no other hazardous material other than an alcohol\nunder § 173 .150( e )(2). Although the HMR does not specifically define the term alcohol, it is\nthe understanding of this Office that this term is generally defined in chemical dictionaries\nand texts to mean any organic compound that has a hydroxyl group (-OH) bound to a carbon\natom, which in tum is bound to other hydrogen and/or carbon atoms.\nI hope this satisfies your request.\ns[2 -\n1 () T. Glenn Fo&~-\nl) Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n6.12.2013\nU.S. DOT\nPHMSA Office of Hazardous Materials Standards\nAttn: PHH-10\nEast Building\n1200 New Jersey Ave, SE.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nRE: Aqueous Solutions of Alcohol Exception (49 CFR § 173.150(e)) Questions\nDear Sir or Madam:\nWe have recently had internal questions regarding the Aqueous Solutions of Alcohol\nException (49 CFR § 173.150(e)). Specifically, as it is stated in 49 CFR § 173.150(e)(2), \"An\naqueous solution containing 24 percent or less alcohol by volume and no other hazardous\nmaterial -Is not subject to the requirements of this subchapter if it contains no less than 50\npercent water.\" Where it states \"no other hazardous material,\" does that specifically pertain\nto other flammable materials since it is referenced in the Exceptions for Class 3 (i.e.,\nflammable) Materials section(§ 173.150)?\nThank you for your time. Please contact me using my information below.\nSincerely,\nWeiman Products, LLC\n-1~~,_ __,-/k .\n~- / ,r·· ' ~-\n/ i ./ /\nMatt Malec\nProcess Engineer\nWeiman Products, LLC\n755 Tri-State Pkwy\nGurnee, IL 60031\nPhone: 847-856-7290 Fax: 847-856-7390\nwvvw. \\Veirnan.com Mivialec @weiman.com","truncated":false,"body_characters":2713}