{"operation":"document","citation":"16-0163","title":"USARC ARIMD — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2017-03-13","effective_on":null,"summary":"16-0163 response to USARC ARIMD concerning 171.8, 172.202, 172.205.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-16-0163.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-16-0163.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-16-0163","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2017/160163.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nEnvironmental Program Manager\nUSARC ARIMD\nARIMD Facility Operations\n4710 Knox Street\nFort Bragg, NV 28310\nReference No. 16-0163\nDear Mr. Rogers:\nThis letter is in response to your October 11, 2016, email requesting clarification of the\nHazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to hazardous waste\nmanifests. Specifically, you ask whether a hazardous waste manifest may be used as a shipping\npaper if it provides a \"reasonably accurate estimate\" of the quantity of hazardous material in\naccordance with Item 11 of the Appendix to 40 CFR Part 262.\nThe answer is no. The HMR permit an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Uniform\nHazardous Waste Manifest, such as EPA Form 8700-22 or 8700-22A when necessary, to be used\nas an appropriate shipping paper for hazardous waste when it contains the information required\nfor a shipping paper in accordance with Subpart C of 49 CFR Part 172. See §§ 171.8 and\n172.205(h). Section 172.202(a)(5) requires shipping papers to indicate \"the total quantity of\nhazardous materials covered by the description.\" This section further permits total quantity\nestimates to be used for the following: 1) hazardous materials in salvage packagings, 2) bulk\npackages and cylinders through indication by total quantity, 3) packages that contain only\nresidue, and 4) individual total quantities for dangerous goods in machinery or apparatus\ncontained in the article. See § 172.202(a)(5)(ii) and (iii), as well as (a)(6)(iii), (iv), and (v).\nTherefore, a \"reasonably accurate estimate\" of the quantity of each hazardous material may only\nbe used for those materials where estimates of quantity are permitted in Subpart C of\n49 CFR Part 172. All other materials require the exact quantity of hazardous materials covered\nby the description.\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","truncated":false,"body_characters":2000}