{"operation":"document","citation":"18-0049","title":"JM Ship, LLC — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2019-02-12","effective_on":null,"summary":"18-0049 response to JM Ship, LLC concerning 176.116.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-18-0049.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-18-0049.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-18-0049","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/standards-rulemaking/hazmat/interpretations/70416/180049.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nOEC l 1 2018\nMichael Hopkins\nJM Ship, LLC\n650 Chautauqua A venue\nPortsmouth, VA 23 707\nReference No. 18-0049\nDear Mr. Hopkins:\nThis letter is in response to your March 27, 2018, email requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to stowage of Class 1\n(explosive) material. Specifically, you seek confirmation of your understanding that the stowage\nprovision in § 176.116( e )(1) prohibits Class 1 (explosive) material from being stowed at any\nlocation vertically, either above or below, from machinery space, even if there is an intervening\ncompartment.\nYour understanding is correct. Section 176.116(e)(l) states, \"Class 1 (explosive) materials must\nbe stowed as far away as practicable from any accommodation spaces or any machinery space\nand may not be stowed directly above or below such a space.\" Therefore, Class 1 (explosive)\nmaterials may not be stowed anywhere above or below any accommodation spaces or machinery\nspace.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nGeller\n\\7 tQ. \\ l ~(_e)\nTxp)oscv~\nl~ -0649\nJanuary, lkeya CTR (PHMSA)\nFrom:\nSent:\nTo:\nSubject:\nINFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nWednesday, March 28, 2018 2:35 PM\nHazmat Interps\nFW: Interpretation of 49 CFR 176.116(e)\nlkeya and Alice,\nBelow is a request for a letter of interpretation. I spoke with Michael regarding his question. Please let me know if you\nhave any questions.\nThanks,\nJodi\nFrom: Michael Hopkins [mailto:mhopkins@jmshipllc.com]\nSent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 4:32 PM\nTo: INFOCNTR (PHMSA) <INFOCNTR.INFOCNTR@dot.gov>\nSubject: Interpretation of 49 CFR 176.116(e)\nThe purpose of this email is to request an interpretation of 49 CFR 176.116(e). Specifically, can Class 1 (explosive)\nmaterials be stowed on the weather deck of a vessel in locations that are above a machinery space if there is an\nintervening compartment between that machinery space and that location on the weather deck.\nThe language in 49 CFR 176.116(e)(1) is that such cargo \"may not be stowed directly above or below\" any machinery\nspace. By way of comparison, 49 CFR 176.116(e)(2) prohibits stowage \"in the decks immediately above or below an\naccommodation space.\" And 49 CFR 176.116(e)(3) requires that stowage of Class 1 (explosive) materials \"in the decks\nabove or below the machinery spaces they must be stowed at least 3 m (10 feet) form the line of this [permanent A\nClass steel] bulkhead projected vertically.\"\nBased on these uses, it appears that \"directly above or below\" as used in 49 CFR 176.116(e)(1) means all locations\nprojected vertically above (or below) from any machinery space, even if there is an intervening compartment. It makes\nsense that at least the same stowage requirements would apply to locations projected vertically from the entire\nmachinery space as compared to the space adjacent (within 10 feet) to a bulkhead forming the boundary of that\nmachinery space.\nI respectfully request that PHMSA provide guidance on the interpretation above. Thank you in advance for your\nassistance.\nMichael Hopkins\nJM Ship, LLC\n650 Chautauqua Avenue\nPortsmouth, VA 23707\nmhopkins@jmshipllc.com\n757-618-5763\n1","truncated":false,"body_characters":3330}