{"operation":"document","citation":"19-0013","title":"Hunter Fan Company — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2019-05-15","effective_on":null,"summary":"19-0013 response to Hunter Fan Company concerning 172.406, 173.185, 173.25.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-19-0013.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-19-0013.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-19-0013","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/standards-rulemaking/hazmat/interpretations/71446/190013.pdf","body":"<<>>\n\n0\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nMAY 1 5 2019\nTony Bacon\nHunter Fan Company\n7130 Goodlett Farms Parkway\nSuite 400\nMemphis, TN 38016\nReference No. 19-0013\nDear Mr. Bacon:\nThis letter is in response to your February 04, 2019, email requesting clarification of the\nHazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to lithium cells and\nbatteries. In your email, you state the Hunter Fan company provides residential ceiling fans with\na remote control and one lithium button cell battery (not installed in the remote control) in the\nsame packaging. The packages are stacked together on a single pallet, and you ask questions\nregarding the marking and labeling requirements for these packages.\nWe have paraphrased and answered your questions as follows:\nQI. Regarding§ 173.185(c)(3)(i), you ask whether the lithium battery mark must be affixed\nto a particular side of the package.\nAl. The answer is no. Bear in mind lithium button cell batteries are not subject to the lithium\nbattery marking when installed in equipment (i.e., installed in the remote control).\nQ2. You ask if§ 173.185(c)(3)(i) does not specify a particular side for the placement of the\nlithium battery marking, would§ 172.406(a)(l)(i) be applicable to the packages.\nA2. The answer is no.\nQ3. You ask whether the location of the mark on the package shown in the photograph you\nprovided is acceptable.\n\n<<>>\n\nA3. The a,nswer is yes. Although you are not subject to the hazard communication\nrequirements of part 172 of the HMR, you are subject to the overpack requirements with\nregard to palletizing the packages in§ 173.25(a).\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\n\n<<>>\n\nDodd, Alice (PHMSA)\nFrom:\nSent:\nTo:\nSubject:\nAttachments:\nINFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nTuesday, February 05, 2019 2:42 PM\nHazmat Interps\nFW: PHMSA - Request for Interpretation on 49 CFR173.185(c)(3)(i)\n52175-01 46in Leander CAN r012819 Reference.pdf; IMG_5323jpg; IMG_5325.jpg\nHello Alice and lkeya,\nPlease see the attached documents and the information below.\nThanks,\nLynsie Patschke\nTransportation Regulatory Specialist\nHazardous Materials Information Center (HMIC}\nFrom: Bacon, Tony [mailto:tbacon@hunterfan.com]\nSent: Monday, February 04, 2019 10:12 AM\nTo: INFOCNTR (PHMSA) \nSubject: PHMSA- Request for Interpretation on 49 CFR173 .185(c)(3)(i)\nHunter respectfully requests a written response to the questions below.\nProduct Background: Hunter branded residential ceiling fan with remote control. The fan and remote control are in the\nsame packaging along with one button cell battery for t he remote. The battery is not installed in the remote\ncontrol. The battery is a CR2032 3V lithium button cell battery. When transported from the factory outside the US,\nalong with transportation in the US, multiple ceiling fan packages are stacked together on a single pallet. Please see the\nattached image of a standard Hunter ceiling fan package and the image of the remote with button cell battery.\nQuestion 1:\nHunter Fan Company is requesting an interpretation of 49 CFR 173.185(c)(3)(i). This section of the regulation indicates\nthe lithium battery mark must be affixed \"on one side\" of the package without the mark being folded. The regulation\ndoes not indicate left, right, front, back, top, or bottom. Please confirm whether the regulation requires the label be\naffixed to a particular side.\nQuestion 2:\nIf 49 CFR 173.18S(c)(3)(i) doesn't specify a particular side of the ceiling fan packaging, is 49 172.406(a)(l)(i) applicable to\nthis Hunter product? That section indicates the bottom cannot contain a label. It is unclear to Hunter whether 49\n172.406(a)(l)(i) is applicable.\nQuestion 3:\nI attached an image of the proposed packaging for the Hunter Leander ceiling fan model. The location of the lithium\nbattery mark is shown on a side panel of the packaging. Is this location acceptable? The ceiling fan packaging already\ncontains others requirements (e.g. FTC label) in addition to basic product information that is needed to aid potential\nconsumers when reviewing the Hunter product on a store shelf in a big box store. In other words, there are not options\nfor placing the lithium battery mark on a side by itself.\n1\n----------)\n\n<<>>\n\nThank you,\nTony Bacon\nHunter Fan Company\n7130 Goodlett Farms Pkwy, STE 400\nMemphis, TN 38016\nPhone: 901-248-2619\nEmail: tbacon@hunterfan.com\nTony Bacon I General Counsel I Hunter Fan Company\np. 901 -2 48-26 19 Itbacon@hunte rf an .comIwww.hunterfan .com\nFrom: Bacon, Tony\nSent: Monday, December 24, 2018 1:19 PM\nTo: infocntr@dot.gov\nSubject: PHMSA- Request for Interpretation on 49 CFR173.185(c)(3)(i)\nHello,\nHunter Fan Company is requesting an interpretation of 49 CFR 173.185(c)(3)(i). This section of the regulation indicates\nthat the lithium battery mark must be affixed \"on one side\" of the package without the mark being folded.\nHunter's understanding from speaking to PHMSA employees via the 202-366-4488 phone number is that \"one side\" of\nthe package means any side. In other words, the regulation does not indicate left, right, front, back, top, or\nbottom. Please confirm whether the regulation requires the label be affixed to a particular side.\nThank you.\nTony Bacon\nTony Bacon I General Counsel I Hunter Fan Company\np. 90 1-248 -2619 Itbacon@hun terfan.com I www .hunterfan .com\n2\n\n<<>>\n\n1 1,i\n_h<_ .· ..... y,.._\",-•·vw\n(<-,-~-,t.'<1\"1•~\n';\\)@\n''I PACKED THE PERFECT\nBREEZE FOR YOU.\"\n----··\"--, .. ______ ,, __ _. _\n_____ ,,. __ ..,_\n........ _.,\n________ _\n--ar-.~-.1111-....,. =m;:,.a;=::=..~-..:.-:= I ·\n_ _ __ _ .,. _ _ ,...., I I\n==:::...-.:::. ::---·.. I::: ~;s,~,,;- ,,::. -;,,.- ,;:. ,:c,,,;;- ~=~,,:::J:\n\n<<>>\n\nENERGYGUIE!\nzape0 s\n$11\nTR 6845\nSTAR RAPID*\nLanter\nRAINSFORD CEILING FAN\nHunter\n52\nMICHES\n\n<<>>\n\n1.","truncated":false,"body_characters":5967}