{"operation":"document","citation":"15-0076","title":"The Lane Construction Corporation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2015-07-09","effective_on":null,"summary":"15-0076 response to The Lane Construction Corporation concerning 172.516.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-15-0076.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-15-0076.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-15-0076","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2015/150076.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nJ.S. Departmen\nWashington. DC 20590\n1200 New Jersey Avenue SE\nMaterials Safety\nPipeline and Hazardous\nAdministration\nJUL 0 9 2015\nMs. Michele A. Jacobs\nThe Lane Construction Corporation\n90 Fieldstone Court\nChershire, CT 06410\nReference No. 15-0076\nDear Mr. Jacobs:\nThis is in response to your April 17, 2015 letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to placards. You ask what\nkind of damage would have to occur to a placard for it not to meet the placard specification\nin § 172.516. In your letter, you include a picture of a placard with a rivet hole and ask if it\nwould be acceptable under § 172.516.\nThe answer is yes. It is the opinion of this Office that the placard depicted in your letter\nwould be acceptable under § 172.516. As required by § 172.516(c)(6), each placard on a\ntransport vehicle, bulk packaging, freight container or aircraft unit load device must be\nmaintained by the carrier in a condition so that the format, legibility, color, and visibility of\nthe placard will not be substantially reduced due to damage, deterioration, or obscurement by\ndirt or other matter. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)\ncannot make a broad determination about what would be considered substantial damage to a\nplacard. Therefore, PHMSA must consider whether the condition of a placard is still\nacceptable on a case-by-case basis.\nI hope this satisfies your request.\nSincerely,\nlenn Taste\nT. Glenn Foster\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nAndrew's\n$/72,516(r)(6)\nsibly and display\nDodd, Alice (PHMSA)\naro\nFrom:\n15-0076\nSent:\nGeller, Shelby CTR (PHMSA)\nTo:\nHazmat Interps\nTuesday, April 21, 2015 3:47 PM\nSubject:\nAttachments:\nFW: Request for Letter of Interpretation - 49 CFR 172.516 (c)(6)\nApril 17, 2015 Hazmat Letter of Interpretation 49 CFR 172.516 (c)(6) docx\nDear Shante and Alice,\nAttached is a formal letter of interpretation. Ms Jacobs spoke with Victoria Lehman and was also given interpretation\nreference number 99-0025 and 14-0106.\nThanks,\nShelby\nFrom: Michele A. Jacobs [mailto:majacobs@laneconstruct.com]\nTo: INFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nSent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 2:15 PM\nSubject: FW: Request for Letter of Interpretation - 49 CFR 172.516 (c)(6)\nPlease see attached document for a request for a formal letter of interpretation of 49 CFR 172.516 (c)(6).\nThank you,\nMichele A. Jacobs\nLANE\nCorporate Safety and Fleet Manager\nThe Lane Construction Corporation\n8205 Wilkinson Blvd. | Charlotte, NC 28214\nM: MAJacobs@LaneConstruct.com\n2: 704.395.3243 | &: 704.394.5354 | Cell: 704.201.1249\n6 Point Focus\nSafety / Innovation / Continuous Improvement / Coach and Be Coachable / Execute with Excellence\nLive the Lane Values\nFrom: Michele A. Jacobs\nSent: Friday, April 17, 2015 6:40 PM\nTo: 'phmsa.webmaster@dot.gov'\nSubject: Request for Letter of Interpretation - 49 CFR 172.516 (c)(6)\nPlease see attached document for a request for a letter of interpretation of 49 CFR 172.516 (c)(6).\nThank you,\nMichele A. Jacobs\n1\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nLANE\nCorporate Safety and Fleet Manager\nThe Lane Construction Corporation\n8205 Wilkinson Blvd. | Charlotte, NC 28214\n[x: MAJacobs@LaneConstruct.com\nZ: 704.395.3243 | S: 704.394.5354 | Cell: 704.201.1249\n6 Point Focus\nSafety / Innovation / Continuous Improvement / Coach and Be Coachable / Execute with Excellence\nLive the Lane Values\nNote: This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally\nprivileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any miss-transmission. If you\nreceive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any\nard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or\nopy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. LANE INDUSTRIES and any of its\nsubsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views\nexpressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the\nsender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. Thank You.\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\nLANE\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\nPipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration\nU.S. Department of Transportation\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nEast Building, 2nd Floor\nWashington, DC 20590\nApril 17, 2015\nRE: Request - Letter of Interpretation - 49 CFR 172.516 (c)(6)\nTo Whom It May Concern:\nI am looking for clarification on what constitutes \"Placard Damaged/Deteriorated/Obscured\nper FMCSA 172.516 (c)(6). Would a scratch or pealed section the size of a small rivet head\nbe considered damaged under 172.516? Would a slight tear or scratch around the\nperimeter or inside the placard be considered damaged? These conditions could occur\nfrom a rock hitting the placard during a normal route of driving on the road to a destination.\nCan you provide guidance to show when a placard is considered to NOT meet the standard\nthat states \"must be maintained by the carrier in a condition so that the format, legibility,\ncolor, and visibility of the placard will not be substantially reduced due to damage,\ndeterioration, or obsurement by dirt or other matter\".\nDoes the 1993 placard pictured below meet the guidelines of 172.516(c)(6) and therefore\nwould not be considered in violation? The area is a small circle just above the finger in the\npicture.\n1993\n3\nThe Lane Construction Corporation\n90 Fieldstone Court Cheshire, CT 06410\nUSA T 203.235.3351\nLaneConstruct.com\nAn Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V\n\n<<<PAGE 5>>>\n\nLANE\nWe would greatly appreciate more definitive answers to these questions so that we can\nappropriately instruct our drivers as to what is considered damaged placards during our\ntraining sessions.\nWe do keep extra placards in all of our hazmat vehicles, however, when a driver does not\nthink there is damage that constitutes replacement and then receives a violation for a\nminor imperfection it is difficult to know how to proceed. In summary we are looking for\nguidance in determining the point at which damage to a placard constitutes replacement.\nThank you very much for your time and we look forward to your response.\nSincerely,\nMichele A. Jacobs\nLANE\nCorporate Safety and Fleet Manager\nThe Lane Construction Corporation\n8205 Wilkinson Blvd. | Charlotte, NC 28214\nX: MAJacobs@LaneConstruct.com\n2: 704.395.3243 | 2: 704.394.5354 | Cell: 704.201.1249\n6 Point Focus\nSafety / Innovation / Continuous Improvement / Coach and Be Coachable / Execute with Excellence\nLive the Lane Values\nThe Lane Construction Corporation\n90 Fieldstone Court Cheshire, CT 06410 USA\nT 203.235.3351\nLaneConstruct.com\nAn Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V\n\n<<<PAGE 6>>>\n\nDodd, Alice (PHMSA)\nSent:\nFrom:\nGeller, Shelby CTR (PHMSA)\nTuesday, April 21, 2015 10:22 AM\nTo:\nHazmat Interps\nSubject:\nFW: Formal Letter of interpretation\nDear Shante and Alice,\nAttached is a formal letter of interpretation request. Mr. McElhoe spoke with Jordan Rivera. His mailing address is:\nScott McElhoe\nNorthland Services Inc.\n6700 W. Marginal Way SW\nSeattle, WA 98106\nThanks,\nShelby\nFrom: Scott McElhoe [mailto:smcelhoe@Lynden.com]\nTo: INFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nSent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 2:35 PM\nSubject: Formal Letter of interpretation\nMailing addressed requested 4/16/2015 ta 12:57 pm\nAm I correct to interpret 49 CFR 176.410(e) that UN0332, Agent blasting Type E, 1.5D, II, may be stowed in the same\nfreight container as UN1942, Ammonium nitrate, 5.1, III? If so, is segregation required between a freight container of\nUN0332 and a freight container of UN1942?\nRegards,\nScott Me Elhoe, CSP\nAssistant General Manager\nNorthland Services Inc.\n(206) 892-2788","truncated":false,"body_characters":7835}