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Corp Safe Logistics — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation
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Page 1U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 OCT J 1 2018 Carolyn Geile Corp EHS, Manager Safe Logistics Corp Safe Logistics MilliporeSigma 2838 Olive Street Saint Louis, MO 63103 Reference No. 18-0085 Dear Ms. Geile: This letter is in response to your May 31, 2018, letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to overpacks shipped internationally by air. Specifically, you ask if the total quantity per overpack must be provided on the shipping paper when the overpack consists of only one UN identification number in accordance with international standards. The HMR do not require that the total quantity per overpack be indicated on the shipping paper. While§ I 72.202(a)(7) of the HMR requires that the number and type of packages be indicated on the shipping paper, this section only addresses individual packages and does not apply to overpacks. However, a shipper may include information regarding the use of an overpack on the shipping paper as additional information. Similarly, the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air require that the use of an overpack be indicated on the shipping paper, but do not specifically require a total quantity per overpack; see ICAO Technical Instructions Part 5; Chapter 4, Section 1.5.8. Note that while the HMR do not officially recognize the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Dangerqus Good Regulations for purposes of transporting hazardous materials, IAT A may be more prescriptive than ICAO in regard to these requirements. We encourage you to contact IATA for further clarification at: https ://www .iata.org/whatwedo/ cargo/pages/ contactus.aspx. I hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance. , aMj.zL ¼;~iirrderen Chief, Standards Development Branch Standards and Rulemaking Division#
Page 2January, lkeya CTR (PHMSA} From: INFOCNTR (PHMSA) Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Tuesday, June OS, 2018 3:40 PM Hazmat Interps FW: Request for expedited Letter of Interpretation (IATA) PHMSA REQUEST for interpretationJATA Section 8.1.6.9.2.pdf.docx Hello Alice and lkeya, I have spoken with Ms. Geile on the phone and she was able to provide me an ICAO citation in the event the International Standards Team couldn't use the IATA citation she provided. The ICAO citation is: ICAO Pt. 5 Chapter 4.1.5.8. Regards, -Breanna From: Carolyn Geile [mailto:carolyn.geile@sial.com) Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2018 10:54 AM To: INFOCNTR (PHMSA) <INFOCNTR.INFOCNTR@dot.gov> Subject: Request for expedited Letter of Interpretation (IATA) Office of Hazard Materials Standards, Our company needs to request an expedited Letter of Interpretation on the IATA regulations as it pertains to documentation and the use of overpacks; i.e. "total quantity per overpack". Our international freight that is packaged on refrigerant is being rejected daily to due to the freight forwards recent interpretation of of IATA 8.1.6.9.2 Step 7. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Best regards, Carolyn Carolyn Geile, coGP Manager, Corp Safe Logistics Corporate Environmental, Health & Safety MilliporeSigma A business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Sigma-Aldrich Corp. I 2838 Olive Street I Saint Louis, MO I 63103 I USA Phone: +1 314 286 6682 I Mobile: +1 314 440 321 0 I Email: carolyn.qeile@sial.com www.milliporesigma.com Experience our products at (www.siqmaaldrich.com) Visit Merck Corporate EHS: https://evarooms.merckgroup.comfTopic/Corp-EHS-Topics/home Link to EHS Documents: https://evarooms.merckgroup.com/Topic/Corp-EHS-Topics/ehs-documents 1#
Page 3PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION U.S. Department of Transportation Attn: PHH-13 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 May 31, 2018 International Standards To whom it may concern, In support of MilliporeSigma Life Science business, Sigma-Aldrich Intl GmbH (c/o Sigma-Aldrich Manufacturing LLC) which packs and prepares international air (IATA) shipping paperwork, I would like to seek clarification on the proper application of 'total quantities per overpack'. Sigma-Aldrich offers for international transport a large amount of dangerous goods substances used in Life Science research that requires the use of wet ice or dry ice as refrigerants. Compatible, temperature specific goods are packaged according to UN POP Specification Packaging (applicable packing instructions), and when required, triple packed with leakproof liners prior to properly closing the UN packaging as per the manufactures written instructions. All marks and labels are applied to those materials classified as dangerous goods before the completed package(s) are overpacked using the correct refrigerant. When dry ice is used, the outside packaging allows for the release of carbon dioxide gas and otherwise meets the provisions stated in §173.217. The primary and secondary packagings maintain their integrity at the temperature of the refrigerant used, as well as the pressures of the transport. All dry ice overpacks are labeled as class 9 and marked as "Carbon Dioxide, Solid" along with the total weight of dry ice in kilograms. If substance(s) are classified as UN3373, the overpack is also marked with the indication that the material is being refrigerated for diagnostic purposes as per §173.199(d)(2). When a consignment consists of an overpack, the IATA DGR Section 8.1.6.9.2 Step 7 indicates that the phrase "overpack used" must be inserted immediately after the relevant entries contained in the overpack and must be listed first using a unique identification mark. This is being performed. The questions I have pertain to when there are multiple overpack boxes per consignment and the dangerous good(s) that are contained per overpack are limited to one UN Number, which may or may not be packed on a refrigerant. • Is the first bullet point of 8.1.6.9.2 Step 7; applicable to every overpack and must all entries now have a total quantity per overpack just because there is more than one overpack in the consignment? It states" ... and include the total quantity of dangerous goods within each overpack including the unit of measurement and where applicable, the letter "G"".#
Page 4Markings Section 7.1.7.3 reads when a consignment consists of more than one overpack each overpack must show an identification mark and the total quantity of dangerous goods, as indicated on the Shipper's Declaration. The "Notes" of 8.1.6.9.2 Step 7, and 7.1.7.3 indicate "where an overpack contains more than one UN Number, the total quantity of dangerous goods should be shown by UN Number". I understand this to mean that when I have multiple UN Numbers in an overpack, or multiple boxes that contain only one UN Number in an overpack, the 'total quantity per overpack" must be provided. It is provided in the proper unit of measure, on both the Shipper's declaration and the marking of the overpack, and it is listed first on the Shipper's Declaration using a unique identification number. When there is only one UN Number per overpack, there are no quantities to total. I am being asked to do this, which I believe is redundant information and provides no safety value. I am also being asked to include the total quantity for the dry ice when it is the refrigerant in the overpack for the one UN Number. The marking requirements of IATA 7.1.7.1 have been met. I have included examples of I interpret IATA 8.1.6.9.2 Step 7, and also examples of what I am being asked to provide. Sigma-Aldrich is seeking confirmation from the Office of Hazardous Materials International Standards on the appropriate application of "total quantity per overpack" as required by IATA Section 8.1.6.9.2 Step 7. Best Regards, Carolyn Geile, CDGP Corp EHS, Manager Safe Logistics MilliporeSigma 2838 Olive Street St. Louis, MO 63103#
Page 5Current SHIPPER'S DECLARATION FOR DANGEROUS GOODS Shipper Address of shipper Cons.lgnoo Addtoss of consignee Air Waybill No. Pogo 1 of 1 Pages Shipper's Reference Number (o¢oii.,, Fot optional uso for Company logo name and address Two corry,lttod Olld slgfHKI oopioJ OI this O.Clorobon mim be hand«/ to th• c,peratof. I WARNING TRANSPORT DETAILS This Shie,)m nt Is wi'lhln tho limi tiOnS Pf&SCtlt>ed for. (dtlelfl norNl(Jplfcar,,.) ANO CARGO I PASSENGER - AIRCRI.FT Airport of Departure: F ·1ure to comply in all respects with tho app~blo Dangerous Goods Regulations may bo In broach of tho applicable law. ubject to legal penalties. CHICAGO IL Alrpon of OostJnalion: BANGALORE NATURE ANO QUANTITY OF DANGEROUS GOODS --------------------------r-------- ---r--r------ DangetOuS Goods ldontitlealion I I I - - - r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ,- - - ,- - - , I I UN I I Ctass I ~- I Oventlty end 1Plidlog1 Av~O' 01 I Pro(:,er Shipping Nl\tnO 1or Oiws.iont Ing I l)W ol pao(lt'IQ I IMl I 10 I 1(Subtldirl,Y1 Group I I I No I I ~) I I I I - - - r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , , , - - - - - - - - - - - -,- - - - - - - - - - UN3264 1 CORROSIVE llOUIO. ACIDIC 1 8 1 Ill 1 01 fl8RE80ARO BOX 1 852 : I INORGANIC. N.0 .S. {CONTAINS I I I X 72.000ml I I I SULFURIC ACID) I I I OVERPACK USED 1 1 -· ----------- I I I I NO. 06a I I , _ · __ , __ , -------·--· • ·--· • ·--·--·· UN281 t I TOXIC SOLID. ORGANIC. N.O.S. 1 6.1 1 I t 01 FIBREBOARD BOX I 666 1 1 (TACALCITOL) 1 1 I X .001 g I I 1 1 1 I OVERPACK USED I 1 I I I I NO 969 I I I I I 1 ______ I I -;;;-;30: ~ETHANOL ------: 3 (6 1) : ·-;-: 01 F IBR EOOARDBOX- : 352 : I t I I X 1.000 ml UN16451 CARBON OIOXIOE. SOLID 1 9 1 1 5.436 kg : 954 : I I I I OVERPACK USED 1 1 I I I I NO. 970 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ~-~-------~-~~------~~---· Additional Handling Information Emergency c:ontoct 24 Hour Nurrnler-CHEMTREC: acct no. 20223 +1 703 527-3887 or 01 1 703 527-3887 I hereby declare that the contents of th- • con,tgnmenc are fully and accurately deacrtbed above by the proper •hipping n1me, and 1ro daHlfled, s-cJieged, marMd and lab1U1dlpt1cardad, and ,,. ln all rupecta In p,ope1' condition for tranapott Iceotdln9 to applicable tntunetlot'III and natJonal gonmmental regulatJona. I dtcte,e that 111 of tho ppllce.blo air tranaport requlromema havo been mel Name!Tille ol Signalory name and itJe PlacuendOa!o SL Loyis MO 5/30/2019 Sl9na1uro , .... - ~ ai&o,,,)#
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