{"operation":"document","citation":"16-0092","title":"Mr. Richard Lloyd — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2017-01-12","effective_on":null,"summary":"16-0092 concerning 171.4, 172.200, 173.150, 173.155.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-16-0092.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-16-0092.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-16-0092","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2017/160092.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nJAN 1-2 2016\nMr. Richard J. Lloyd\n31 Bastian Lane\nAllentown, PA 18104\nReference No. 16-0092\nDear Mr. Lloyd:\nThis letter is in response to your May 23, 2016, email requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to the shipping paper\nrequirements for marine pollutants. Specifically, you ask whether a limited quantity shipment\ncontaining a marine pollutant that is packaged in accordance with§§ 173.150 through 173.155\nrequires a shipping paper when transported by highway.\nThe answer is no. The shipping paper requirements prescribed in§§ 173.150 through 173.155\nare only applicable to a limited quantity shipment subject to the HMR as a marine pollutant.\nSection 171.4 excepts non-bulk packages from the marine pollutant requirements of the HMR\nwhen transported by motor vehicle, rail car, or aircraft. Further, as prescribed in\n§ 172.200(b )(3 ), a limited quantity shipment is not subject to the shipping paper requirements of\nthe HMR when transported by highway or rail. Consequently, a limited quantity shipment not\nsubject to the HMR as a marine pollutant is not required to be accompanied by a shipping paper\nwhen transported by highway.\nThank you for bringing this matter to our attention. We agree the shipping paper applicability\nrequirements for marine pollutants in the limited quantity provisions prescribed in §§ 173.150\n· through 1 73 .15 5 can be misleading. To that end, we intend to clarify these requirements in a\nfuture rulemaking.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\nT. Glenn Foster\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n~\n~ \\ I I . l/ ,/ I 7 z.J Z<K>\nf\"\\aJu.y\\_Q_ r~\n)b-009.Q\nDodd, Alice (PHMSA)\nFrom:\nSent:\nTo:\nSubject:\nRivera, Jordan CTR (PHMSA)\nTuesday, May 24, 2016 11:13 AM\nHazmat Interps\nFW: Interpretation\nHi Shante/Alice,\nPlease submit this for a letter of interpretation. Mr. Lloyd spoke with Michelle and Chris in the Info Center.\nPlease let me know if you have any questions.\nThanks,\nJordan\nFrom: Richard Lloyd [mailto:dickchar@rcn.com]\nSent: Monday, May 23, 2016 8:00 PM\nTo; INFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nSubject: Interpretation\nDear Sir:\nPlease advise whether a domestic limited quantity highway shipment of a marine pollutant in a non-bulk\npackaging requires a shipping paper. For purpose of this interpretation request, the marine pollutant is not a\nhazardous substance, hazardous waste, and does not meet the definition of any other hazard class.\n49 CFR 171.4 ( c) (1) states that the DOT regulations do not apply to marine pollutants shipments in non-bulk\npackagings transported by motor vehicle. However the limited quantity provisions in 49 CFR 173.150 thru\n173.155 confirm, in each of those limited quantity regulations, that a shipping papers are not required unless\nthe material meets the definition of a marine pollutant. (There are other materials and modes requiring a\nshipping paper but this interpretation request does not involve those instances.) 171.4 excepts marine\n/\npollutants from DOT requirements but the limited quantity exceptions in Part 173 require a DOT shipping\npaper.\nAlso, 49 CFR 172.200 ( b) (3) states the shipping paper regulations do not apply to any material, other than a.\nmarine pollutant (other materials are also mentioned) that is in a limited quantity package (unless the material\nis offered for transportation by aircraft or vessel).\nI will appreciate if you will let me know that a shipping paper is not required for a domestic limited quantity\nhighway shipment of a marine pollutant in a non-bulk packaging based on the scenario mentioned in the first\nparagraph.\nThank you,\nRichard J. Lloyd\n31 Bastian Lane\nAllentown, PA 18104\n1\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nE-mail: dickchar@rcn.com\nTelephone: 610- 398 - 3954\n2","truncated":false,"body_characters":3994}