{"operation":"document","citation":"19-0074","title":"Chammas Cutters Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2020-03-11","effective_on":null,"summary":"19-0074 response to Chammas Cutters Inc. concerning 171.23, 172.429.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-19-0074-96c79225db.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-19-0074-96c79225db.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-19-0074-96c79225db","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/standards-rulemaking/hazmat/interpretations/73551/190074.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPlpellne and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nMarch 11, 2020\nMichel Chammas\nCham.mas Cutters Inc,\n11320 FM 529 Bldg. 1\nHouston, TX 77041\nReference No. 19-0074\nDear Mr. Chammas:\nThis letter is in response to your June 10, 2019, email and subsequent phone conversations\nrequesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180)\napplicable to the transport of poisonous by inhalation (PIH) material as authorized by special\npermit DOT-SP 14796. Specifically, you ask how your material can be shipped via air\ntransportation when the poisonous by inhalation label is not recognized under the International\nCivil Aviation Organization's Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods\nby Air (ICAO Technical Instructions).\nTypically, materials being shipped internationally by air are permitted to adhere to the ICAO\nTechnical Instructions. However,§ 171.23(b)(IO)(iv) states that \" ... the package must be labeled\nor placarded with POISON INHALATION HAZARD or POISON GAS, as appropriate, in\naccordance with subparts E and F of part 172 of this subchapter.\" Therefore, the shipment must\ncomply with the requirements of the HMR and be labeled with the POISON INHALATION\nHAZARD label as specified in§ 172.429.\nThe Special Permit (DOT-SP 14796) authorizes your shipments of the chemical cutter,\ncontaining a material forbidden (UNl 746, Bromine Trifluoride, Class 5.1), to be offered for\ntransportation by air aboard cargo aircraft only from the State of Origin. In the case of your\ngranted special permit, the State of Origin authorization is the United States.\nIf the requirements of your granted special permit is preventing packages from being shipped via\nair transportation to specific foreign destinations, we suggest you apply for an exemption as\nprescribed in 1.1.3 of the ICAO Technical Instructions, or seek authorization from the specific\nStates of Overflight, and Destination, or both.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\n~~4v~\nT. Glenn Foster\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nJune 4, 2019\nRE: Request for letter of interpretation on labeling requirements for PIH commodity\nMr. Shane Kelley\nDirector, Standards and Rulemaking Division\nU.S. DOT/PHMSA (PHH-10)\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE East Building, 2nd Floor\nWashington, DC 20590\nDear Mr. Shane Kelley,\nWe would like assistance on how to address the following issue with airlines who have\nrejected our shipments.\nWe ship UN1746, Bromine Trifluoride, a poison-inhalation hazard, zone B, per DOT-SP\n14796 via cargo aircraft. Airlines have rejected our shipments because of the Poison-\nInhalation Hazard Label that we affix to the packages. They claim that the label is not\nvalid and must be replaced with a Toxic substances label as noted in IATA 7.3.14.\nUnfortunately the PIH label is not found in the IATA book.\nSince these shipments must go via ground transport before heading to the airline, how\ndo we go about ensuring we fulfill 49CFR regulations to use the PIH label when airlines\nwant to see the Toxic label instead? Is a marking indicating PIH sufficient in conjunction\nwith a toxic 6.1 label?\nThank you for your assistance,\n·~\nMichel Cha1mnas ----\nChamrnas Cutters Inc.\n11320 FM 529, BLDG I HOUSTON, TX 77041\nTEL 713-856-8777 FAX 713-856-8738","truncated":false,"body_characters":3490}