{"operation":"document","citation":"17-0126","title":"FedEx — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2018-03-30","effective_on":null,"summary":"17-0126 response to FedEx concerning 172.202.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-17-0126.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-17-0126.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-17-0126","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/standards-rulemaking/hazmat/interpretations/57846/170126.pdf","body":"<<>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nMAR 3 0 2018\nAdministration\nMelissa Owens\nHazMat/Accident Specialist\nFedEx\n1475 Bottler Road\nUniontown, OH 44685\nReference No. 17-0126\nDear Ms. Owens:\nThis letter is in response to your November 15, 2017, letter requesting clarification of the\nHazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to shipping papers.\nSpecifically, you ask whether a shipping paper must list the quantity and type of packaging for\neach hazardous material that is placed inside of an overpack. You further ask if the sample\nshipping paper included with your letter meets the requirements of § 172.202(a)(7) and (c)(1).\nThe number and type of packages must be indicated on a shipping paper either before or after the\nrequired basic description as outlined in § 172.202(a)(7) and (c)(1). The type of packages must\nbe indicated as a description of the package (i.e., \"12 drums\"). Placing packages containing\nhazardous materials in an overpack would not negate the need to identify the quantity of the\nhazardous material on a shipping paper. Therefore, the sample shipping paper included with\nyour letter does not meet the HMR requirements.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely.\nTHen Poster\nT. Glenn Foster\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<>>\n\nandrews\n§/72.202 (a)(7)\nShupping Paper.\nDodd, Alice (PHMSA)\n7-0126\nFrom:\nJones, Breanna CTR (PHMSA)\nSent:\nTuesday, November 21, 2017 4:58 PM\nTo:\nHazmat Interps\nSubject:\nFW: Interpretation Letter Request\nAttachments:\nFCC PHMSA Interpretation Request.pdf\nHello,\nPlease see the attached interp request.\nRegards,\n-Breanna\nFrom: Melissa Owens [mailto:melissa.mcpherson@fedex.com/\nSent: Monday, November 20, 2017 1:32 PM\nTo: 'phmsa.hm-infocenter@dot.gov'\nSubject: FW: Interpretation Letter Request\nGood Afternoon,\nAfter speaking with Brianna at your location she requested that we note that we are unsure of whether or not the\npacking set up is an overpack or an UN-specification outer package. We are requesting some guidance as to when units\nshould be added to the customer's bill of lading when multiple hazards and/or non-hazardous material are shipped\ninside the same package type (in this case, box).\nRegards,\nMelissa\nFrom: Melissa Owens\nSent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 2:29 PM\nSubject: Interpretation Letter Request\nTo: 'phmsa.hm-infocenter@dot.gov'\nGood Afternoon,\nAttached is my request for a letter of interpretation. Please let me know if you need any additional information.\nRegards,\nMelissa Owens\nFedEx Custom Critical\nHazMat / Accident Specialist\n1475 Boettler Road\nUniontown OH 44685\n234.310.4311\n1446133@fedex.com\n1\n\n<<>>\n\nHazMat / Accident Specialist\nMelissa Owens\n1475 Boettler Road\nSafety Department\nTelephone 234.310.4311\nUniontown, OH 44685\n1446133@fedex.com\nFax 234.310.4130\nFedEx\nCustom Critical\nNovember 15, 2017\nMr. Shane Kelley\nActing Director, Standards and Rulemaking Division\nU.S. DOT/PHMSA (PHH-10)\n1200 New Jersey Ave, SE East Building, 2nd Floor\nWashington, DC 20590\nDear Mr. Kelley,\nI am writing to request a Department of Transportation (DOT) formal letter of interpretation\nregarding shipping paperwork requirements.\nRecently a customer submitted a shipper's bill of lading showing one non-hazardous and two\nbasic description is not listed and we do not believe the paperwork example shown below\nhazardous chemicals in the same overpack. The quantity and type of packaging for each\nmeets the requirements of 172.202(a)(7) and 172.202(c)(1).\nUnits)\nPkg\nHM\nDescription\nNMFC\nClass\n/ Wigt (ib)\n1\nBOX\nSOLUTIONS, BLOOD ANALYSIS, RELEASED VALUE NOT\nEXCEEDING 2.66$ PER POUND.\n080000-00\n60\n427.20\n× UN1824,Sodium hydroxide solution, 8, I,SOLUTIONS, BLOOD\nPOUND.\nANALYSIS, RELEASED VALUE NOT EXCEEDING 2.65$ PER\n060000-00\n60\n101.75\nUN1814, Potassium hydroxide, solution,8,lI,SOLUTIONS,\nBLOOD ANALYSIS, RELEASED VALUE NOT EXCEEDING\n060000-00\n60\n226.55\n2.65$ PER POUND.\n26\nBOX\nEXCEEDING 2.65$ PER POUND\nSOLUTIONS, BLOOD ANALYSIS, RELEASED VALUE NOT\n060000-00\n60\n564.52\nThe customer strongly believes that listing the quantity and type in association with the\ninner container quantity and type for each basic description. We would appreciate your\noverpack meets the regulation requirements. As a result they denied our request to list the\nguidance as to whether or not our interpretation is correct, so we are not unnessarily\ndeclining shipments from this customer.\nSincerely,\nMelissa Owens\nHazMat / Accident Specialist\n234.310.4311\n1446133@fedex.com","truncated":false,"body_characters":4676}