{"operation":"document","citation":"19-0005","title":"Baker Petrolite, LLC — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2019-07-10","effective_on":null,"summary":"19-0005 response to Baker Petrolite, LLC concerning 178.275.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-19-0005.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-19-0005.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-19-0005","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/standards-rulemaking/hazmat/interpretations/71786/190005.pdf","body":"<<>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nMaterials Safety\nPipeline and Hazardous\nAdministration\nJUL 1 0 2019\nMr. David T. Hird\nNorth America Transportation Manager:\nHealth, Safety & Environment\nBaker Petrolite, LLC\n2001 Rankin Road\nHouston, TX 77073\nReference No. 19-0005\nDear Mr. Hird:\nThis is in response to your December 23, 2018, email requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to safety control measures in\nSection 7 of the Department of Transportation Special Permit (DOT-SP) 12412. Specifically,\nyou ask two questions concerning how this special permit applies to intermediate bulk containers\n(IBCs). We have paraphrased your questions and answered them in the order presented.\nQ1. You ask whether the safety control measures in DOT-SP 12412 apply to all IBCs.\nA1. The answer is no. The safety control measures prescribed in DOT-SP 12412 apply only\nto the IBC specifications listed in paragraph 7.a of that special permit: UN 31A, UN\n31B, UN 31N, UN 31H1, UN 31H2, and UN 31HZ1.\nQ2.\nYou ask whether an IBC (e.g., a UN 31A) that meets the bottom outlet requirements in\n§ 178.275(d)(3), as specified in DOT-SP 12412, is also subject to the remaining bottom\noutlet requirements stipulated in § 178.275(d).\nA2.\nThe answer is no. IBCs conforming with DOT-SP 12412 are not subject to the remaining\nrequirements prescribed in § 178.275(d) because these apply to portable tanks with\nbottom outlets only.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\nINterne roster\nT. Glenn Foster\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<>>\n\nINTERPRETATION LETTERS\nRequester\nDavid Hird\nDate Received:\n214/2019\nCompany\nBaker Hughes\nTracking\n19-0005\nPhone\n713-879-1673\nRevision Date:\n214/2019\nDate Assigned\n02/04/2019\nDate of Letter\n02/04/2019\nStaff\nEdmonson\nFirst Draft Due:\n2/25/2019\nSection\nFirst Draft Date:\nSubject\nConcurrence\nStatus\nPHH-10-Specialist\nStatus Date\n214/2019\nSign Date\nSignor\nComment\nHBP\nCopy to Docket\nCopy to DHM-60\n\n<<>>\n\nFalmonson\nJanuary, Ikeya CTR (PHMSA)\n19-0005\nFrom:\nINFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nSent:\nMonday, February 04, 2019 9:50 AM\nTo:\nHazmat Interps\nSubject:\nFW: Request for Interpretation of DOT-SP 12412\nHello Alice and Ikeya,\nBelow is a request for interpretation.\nThanks,\nJonathon, HMIC\nFrom: Hird, David T [mailto: david.hird@bhge.com]\nSent: Sunday, December 23, 2018 7:57 PM\nTo: INFOCNTR (PHMSA) < INFOCNTR.INFOCNTR@dot.gov>\nCc: Hird, David T\nSubject: Request for Interpretation of DOT-SP 12412\nDecember 23, 2018\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration,\nAttn: PHH-10,\nU.S. Department of Transportation,\nEast Building, 1200\nNew Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.\nRequest for Interpretation of DOT-SP 12412\nDear Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials,\nBaker Petrolite LLC is authorized under DOT-SP 12412 (the \"Permit\") to unload liquid hazardous materials from certain\nUN intermediate Bulk Containers ('IBCs\") and DOT Specification 57 portable tanks without removal from the transport\nvehicle.\nWe are requesting clarification of the Permit with respect to Section 7 - Safety Controls, wherein the Permit language\nreads, \"Packaging - Packaging prescribed is a UN 31A, 31B, 31N, 31H1, 31H2 or 31HZ1, IBC or DOT Specification 57 portable\ntank.\"\n1) The packagings may not be manifold together or have discharge outlets hard piped onto the vehicle.\n2) An IBC or Specification 57 portable tank contains a liquid hazardous material of Class 3, PGII, or PGIII,\nwith a flash point of less than 100 degrees Fahrenheit; Division 5.1, PGll; or Division 6.1, PGlI, must\nconform to the outlet requirements in 178.275(d)(3) or 178.345-11 as applicable.\nThe Permit authorizes a UN31 A packaging in the first sentence of the Safety Control Measures, but later contradicts that\nsafety control measure by applying additional requirements when the HM contained in an UN31A IBC must conform to\nthe bottom packaging outlets for UN Portable Tanks (as stipulated in 178.275(d)(3) or 178.345-11). These additional\n1\n\n<<>>\n\nrequirements pertain to liquid hazardous material of Class 3, PGI, or PGIlI, with a flash point of less than 100 degrees\nFahrenheit; Division 5.1, PGIl; and Division 6.1, PGlI.\nQuestion 1: Do the safety control measures in the Permit apply to all IBCs?\nWhen considering the verbiage in 178.275(d) (3) - \"Except as provided in paragraph (d) (2) of this section, every bottom\ndischarge outlet must be equipped with three serially fitted and mutually independent shut-off devices. The design of the\nequipment must include:\n(i) A self-closing internal stop-valve, which is a stop-valve within the shell or within a welded flange or its companion\nflange.\"\nIt would appear, based on the language above, that a self-closing internal stop-valve could be within the shell of the IBC,\nwith a welded flange of an IBC or within a companion flange associated to the IBC.\nQuestion 2: If meeting the bottom outlet requirements (as stipulated in 178.275(d)(3) with an IBC (example UN31A),\ndoes this make IBCs used in this configuration subject to all bottom outlet requirements as stipulated in $178.275 -\nSpecification for UN Portable Tanks intended for the transportation of liquid and solid hazardous materials?\nThank you for your time and the undersigned is available as the point of contact to respond to any technical or other\nquestions that may arise.\nRegards,\nDavid\nDavid T. Hird\nNorth America Transportation Manager: HS&E\n2001 Rankin Road -Houston, Texas 77073\nOffice: 713-879-1673\nCell: 713-201-5146\ndavid.hird@bhge.com","truncated":false,"body_characters":5754}