{"operation":"document","citation":"14-0187","title":"SHISEIDO Group USA — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2015-01-08","effective_on":null,"summary":"14-0187 response to SHISEIDO Group USA concerning 173.150, 173.23.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-14-0187.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-14-0187.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-14-0187","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2015/140187.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nMaterials Safety\nPipeline and Hazardous\nAdministration\nJAN 0 8 2015\nMs. Diana Olivari\nSenior Manager Logistics\nSHISEIDO Group USA\n301 Rte 17\nRutherford, NJ 07070\nRef. No.: 14-0187\nDear Ms. Olivari:\nThis responds to your October 6, 2014 letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to packagings permanently\nmarked with a special permit number. In your letter, you note that you offer for\ntransportation packagings that utilized \"DOT-SP 9275.\" This special permit authorized the\ntransportation in commerce of certain limited quantities of liquids and solids containing\nethyl alcohol and exempted these shipments from the provisions of 49 CFR Parts 100-185.\nFurther, you acknowledge that PHMSA incorporated the provisions of \"DOT-SP 9275\" into\nthe HMR under the HM-233C Final Rule published in the Federal Register on March 18,\n2014 [79 FR 15033], and effective April 17, 2014. Special permit \"DOT-SP 9275\" became\nunnecessary because this Final Rule added a new paragraph (g) to § 173.150 authorizing\nlimited quantities of retail products containing ethyl alcohol. You ask whether you may\ncontinue to offer for transportation packagings that were pre-printed prior to the Final Rule's\neffective date and permanently marked with \"DOT-SP 9275\" even though the special permit\nis no longer necessary?\nThe answer is yes. As provided in §.173.23(h), a packaging that is permanently marked\nwith a special permit number, \"DOT-SP\" or \"DOT-E,\" for which the provisions of the\nspecial permit have been incorporated into the HMR may continue to be used for the life of\nthe packaging without obliterating or otherwise removing the special permit number.\nI trust this satisfies your inquiry. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\nTAlenn\nFrost\nT. Glenn Foster\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nNickels\n173.15\nGoodall, Shante CTR (PHMSA)\nmarthincs\nFrom:\n14-0187\nSent:\nCiccarone, Michael CTR (PHMSA)\nMonday, October 06, 2014 2:30 PM\nTo:\nHazmat Interps\nSubject:\nFW: DOT SP9275\nShante and Alice,\nPlease submit this for a formal letter of interpretation. Ms. Olivari spoke with Shelby Geller in the HMIC.\nThanks,\nMike\nFrom: Olivari, Diana [mailto: DOlivari@sac.shiseido.com|\nTo: INFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nSent: Monday, October 06, 2014 1:37 PM\nCc: 'Kevin.McAdams@r-a-specialists.com'\nSubject: DOT SP9275\nIt is my understanding that the exemption has been written into the regulations 49CFR Section 173150\nWhen do we seize using the DOT marking on the cartons? When our renewal expires? Or effective 2015?\nCan I please get a formal letter of interpretation, as I do not want to be penalized for using the marking once new\nregulations are in affect.\nDiana Olivari\nSenior Manager Logistics\nSHISEIDO Group USA\n301 Rte 17\nRutherford, NJ 07070 USA\nPhone/efax 201.651.3867\ndolivari@sac.shiseido.com\nSHISEIDOGs:\nGROU\nBARE ESCENT ASS • BRISA• PALIS INTA SERES","truncated":false,"body_characters":3072}