{"operation":"document","citation":"13-0229","title":"C&E Dot compliance Consultants LLC — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2014-01-16","effective_on":null,"summary":"13-0229 response to C&E Dot compliance Consultants LLC concerning 171.26.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0229.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0229.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-13-0229","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2013/130229.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\nJAN 1 6 2014\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMr. Christopher Widman\nPresident\nC&E DOT Compliance Consultants LLC\n9465 Jefferson Street NE\nBlaine, MN 55434\nRef. No.: 13-0229\nDear Mr. Widman:\nThis is in response to your email dated November 19, 2013, requesting clarification of the\nHazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) relating to the shipment of\nClass 1 (explosive) material by vessel. You present a scenario where Class 1 material will be\nshipped from the Czech Republic to Indonesia via the Port ofNorfolk, Virginia. The material\nwill not be imported into or transported on a public highway within the United States.\nHowever, the material will be transloaded from one ship to another while in the Port of\nNorfolk, Virginia. Your questions are paraphrased and answered as follows.\nQ 1. Is a United States Competent Authority Approval required for entry into the Port of\nNorfolk, Virginia even though the Class 1 material is not being imported into the United\nStates?\nAI. HMR § 171.26(d) provides that Class 1 (explosive) material other than Division 1.1 and\n1.2 passing through the United States in the course of being shipped between locations outside\nthe United States may be offered and accepted for transportation within a single port area\nwhen packaged, marked, classed, labeled, stowed, and segregated in accordance with the\nInternational Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code. The shipment is subject to the\nrequirements of subparts C and F of part 172 of the HMR pertaining to shipping papers and\nplacarding, and must also conform to the applicable requirements of part 176 of the HMR\npertaining to carriage by vessel.\nChapter 2.1.3 .2 of the IMDG Code provides that prior to transportation all explosive\nsubstances and articles must be approved by the competent authority of the country of\nmanufacture. The IMDG Code does not require explosive substances or articles to have a\ncompetent authority approval from the country of destination or a country where transloading\noperations occur.\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nTherefore, if the Class 1 material being shipped is not Division 1.1 or 1.2, a United States\nCompetent Authority Approval is not required for entry into and transloading at the Port of\nNorfolk, Virginia. If the material is classed as Division 1.1 or 1.2 then a United States\nCompetent Authority Approval from the Associate Administrator of the Pipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is required.\nQ2. What are the HMR and International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code\nregulations relating to Competent Authority Approval requirements for shipping Class 1\nmaterial in United States ports?\nA2. See AI.\nI trust this i1;1formation is helpful. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to\ncontact this office.\nSincerely,\n~::::: A.?f-J\nInternational Standards Coordinator\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n-----\n------~---~-·\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\n'BaJJ·, c/11\n~178· pto\nt)(p lest ves\nl3 -() 22 q\n11/19/2013\nU.S. DOT\nPHMSA Oftice of Hazardous\nAttn: PHH-10\nEast Building\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.\nWashington. DC 20590-0001\nSubject: Approvals required when Trans~shipping Class l Materials in US Ports.\nRegulations affected: 49 CFR § 173.56 (Estimated)\nDear Standards\nMy customer in the Czech Republic wishes to ship Class 1 materials (explosives) to Indonesia\nvia the Port of Norfolk VA.\nThey have a valid Czech RepubUc Competent Aufhodty.\nThey wish to Trant!Hihip the Class l material~ in Pott\nThe materials will not be hnporred into the\nwithin the US.\nNor wm they be transported on ,a highway\nThe Class 1 materials wm enter the pmt of Norfolk and itmnediately re·C~)nsignr.Al to another\nship in the port of Norfolk VA.\nQ 1) Is my customer in the Czech Republic required to obtain a US DOT Competent Authority\nfor the purpose of authorizing entry into to the port of Norfolk even when the Class l materials\nwill never be imported into the US?\nQ2) I am unable to locate any 49 CFR or IMDG requirements for trans-shipping of Class 1\nmaterials as they relate to US Competent Authorities. Can you please identify the 49 CFR or\nIMDG regulations that relate to Competent Authority requirements for trans-shipping Class 1\nmaterials in US ports?\nRegards, . n .\nG~\"' f) Lv i-dL/Wtc.~\nChristop~er Widman\nPresident\nC&E DOT Compliance Consultants LL(~\n9465 Jefferson St NE\nBlaine MN 55434\nTelephone: (763) 355~5097","truncated":false,"body_characters":4487}