{"operation":"document","citation":"16-0106","title":"Global Logistics — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2016-12-15","effective_on":null,"summary":"16-0106 response to Global Logistics concerning 172.322, 172.407, 172.446, 172.519, 172.560.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-16-0106.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-16-0106.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-16-0106","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2016/160106.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nDEC 1 5 2016\nMs. Julie Brown\nEastman Chemical Company\nGlobal Logistics\nPrincipal Distribution Safety Representative\n200 S. Wilcox Drive\nKingsport, TN 37662-5280\nReference No. 16-0106\nDear Ms. Brown:\nThis letter is in response to your June 16, 2016, email requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to background marks, such as\nstitching, on a preprinted marking, label, or placard. You include in your email photographs\nshowing a white bag that has conductive threading throughout, including within a preprinted\nClass 9 placard and marine pollutant marking. Specifically, you ask whether visible stitching on\na Class 9 placard or label prescribed in §§ 172.560(b) and 172.446(b ), respectively, and a marine\npollutant marking prescribed in§ 172.322(e), is permitted under the HMR.\nThe answer is yes. In accordance with § 172.322( e )(2), for the marine pollutant marking, the\nsymbol and border must be black on a white or suitable contrasting background. For labels and\nplacards, preprinting is authorized provided the color tolerances in Part 172, Appendix A, Table\n3 are met (see§ 172.407(d)(4)(i)(B) and§ 172.519(d)(3)). Therefore, the HMR permit threading\nto show through the white background of a marking, label, or placard, as pictured on the\npreprinted bags provided with your letter.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\n,,----7~~~\nT. Glenn Foster\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nl )\\cv'2 (\\)\nP /t1 - 'J le r_j(' \\\nC l AQ {{ rrl\nGoodall, Shante CTR (PHMSA)\nFrom:\nSent:\nTo:\nSubject:\nRivera, Jordan CTR (PHMSA)\nThursday, June 16, 2016 3:50 PM\nHazmat Interps\nFW: Requesting a formal interpretation\nHi Shante/Alice,\nPlease submit this as an interpretation letter. Ms. Brown spoke with Jodi.\nPlease let me know if you have any questions.\nThanks,\nJordan\nFrom: Brown, Julie [mailto:jvbrown@eastman.com]\nSent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 1:51 PM\nTo: INFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nCc: Slaughter, Shannon C\nSubject: Requesting a formal interpretation\nI would like to request a formal interpretation on whether or not the background color of this pictured class 9 placard\nand marine pollutant mark (partial picture) meet 49CFR back ground colors. The bag is white; however, has conductive\nthreading throughout. We are wondering if the threading interferes with the requirement that the background \"must be\nwhite for class 9 placards and labels stated in 172.560(b) and 172.446(b) and for background of a marine pollutant\nmarking which \"must be white or suitable contrasting background\" in 49CFR 172.322 (e).\n1\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nJulie Brown\nEastman Chemical Company\nGlobal Logistics\nPrincipal Distribution Safety Representative\n200 S. Wilcox Drive\nKingsport, TN 37662-5280\n423-229-6420 phone\n423-361-6420 mobile\njvbrown@eastman.com\nNOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient ( s) and may contain confidential and\nprivileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not\nthe intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.\n2","truncated":false,"body_characters":3384}