{"operation":"document","citation":"20-0014","title":"Reagent Chemical & Research Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2020-04-30","effective_on":null,"summary":"20-0014 response to Reagent Chemical & Research Inc. concerning 172.516, 172.519, 172.558.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-20-0014.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-20-0014.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-20-0014","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/standards-rulemaking/hazmat/interpretations/73761/200014.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nApril 30, 2020\nRobert Dritschel\nDirector of Regulatory Affairs\nReagent Chemical & Research Inc.\n115 US Highway 202\nRingoes, New Jersey 08551\nReference No. 20-0014\nDear Mr. Dritschel:\nThis letter is in response to your January 31, 2020 letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to placarding. Specifically, you\nask whether utilizing a blue boarder around the edge of your Class 8 (corrosive) material placard\nmeets the requirements of § 172.516(c)(7).\nIn your letter, you provided a picture of the placard affixed to a white cargo tank. Based on this\npicture, the answer to your question is yes. If the placard still meets the requirements of\n§§ 172.519 and 172.558, a thick blue boarder around the placard may be used to meet the\nrequirements of § 172.516(c)(7).\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\nT. Glenn Foster\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nRE AG E NT ®\nw~\nZ-0--001</\nC HEMICAL\nReagent Chemical & Research, Inc.\n115 US HIGHWAY 202 • RINGOES, NEW JERSEY 08551\nOFFICE : (908) 284-2800 • FAX: {908) 284-2 113\nJanuary 31 , 2020\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. Kelley,\nI am writing to you in order to get a formal letter of interpretation on the placarding of a\nhazardous material bulk trailer.\nReagent Chemical & Research, Inc. distributes hydrochloric acid solution in their\nprivately owned bulk tank trailers for delivery to their customers. These trailers are\nplacarded with a black and white 1789 Corrosive placard as required. It is understood\nthat that the placard must be affixed to a background of contrasting color, or must have a\ndotted or solid line outer border which contrasts with the background color.\nIn order to comply with 49 CFR 172.516 ( c )(7), the adhesive placard used by Reagent\nChemical incorporates a background contrasting color solid outer border and also, as\ndescribed in 49 CFR 172.519(b )(2), the colored border also indicates the full size of the\nplacard. I have attached a picture of the tank trailer and the placard in question for your\nreview.\nReagent Chemical & Research, Inc. requests your interpretation on the compliance with\nthe hazardous materials placarding regulations of the color-bordered outlined placard in\nthe picture submitted.\nReagent Chemical & Research, Inc.\nRegistered to ISO 900 I; 2008\nCertificate# 10004240 QM08\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\n603\nMY LIGHTS\nAREON\nFOR\nSAFETY\nPLEASE\nDO NOT\nPECK\nON JAftll(\n[afJlji(•):t\nTHIS VEHICLE\nMAKESWIDE ·\nRIGHT TURNS","truncated":false,"body_characters":2879}