{"operation":"document","citation":"20-0068","title":"Zoll Medical Corporation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2021-04-06","effective_on":null,"summary":"20-0068 response to Zoll Medical Corporation concerning 171.22.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-20-0068.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-20-0068.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-20-0068","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/standards-rulemaking/hazmat/interpretations/74871/200068.pdf","body":"<<>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nApril 6, 2021\nGeorge Cole\nLogistics Manager\nZoll Medical Corporation\n500 Burdick Parkway\nDeerfield, WI 53531\nReference No. 20-0068\nDear Mr. Cole:\nThis letter is in response to your August 25, 2020, email requesting clarification of the\nHazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180), the International Civil\nAviation Organization Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air\n(ICAO Technical Instructions), and the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code\napplicable to the availability of test summaries for lithium cells and batteries. Specifically, you\nask whether the practice of placing lithium battery test summary documents on your company’s\nwebsite complies with the “make available” requirements in accordance with the HMR, the\nICAO Technical Instructions, and the IMDG Code.\nIn your email, you state that your company’s website contains all of the required lithium battery\ntest summary documents, and that those documents are cross-referenced to the replacement\nlithium batteries for the products that your company sells. Additionally, you provide a link to\nyour company’s website to demonstrate that the test summary documents are available.\nBased on this information, it is the opinion of this Office that provided the lithium battery test\nsummary documents are accessible, your company’s practice of placing the lithium battery test\nsummary documents on your public website meets the “make available” requirements of the\n\n<<>>\n\nHMR, the ICAO Technical Instructions, and the IMDG Code.\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<<>>\n\nEdmonson\n20-0068\nFrom: Kelley, Shane (PHMSA)\nTo: George Cole\nCc: Dodd, Alice (PHMSA)\nSubject: Re: Formal Letter of Interpretation Request\nDate: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 4:41:56 PM\nGood afternoon Mr. Cole,\nAbsolutely. Your email to our information center is sufficient and we will initiate our process based on your email.\nYou should receive an acknowledgment letter in the near future. Thank you so much and we’ll be in touch!\nKind regards,\nShane Kelley\nFrom: George Cole \nSent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 4:17:04 PM\nTo: Kelley, Shane (PHMSA) \nSubject: FW: Formal Letter of Interpretation Request\nCAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Department of Transportation (DOT). Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.\nGood afternoon sir. Looking for some help. I understand that with COVID-19 that acknowledgements are delayed. Do you need us to send a physical letter to Washington\nD.C. or will the email below suffice?\nFrom: George Cole\nSent: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 7:07 PM\nTo: infocntr@dot.gov\nSubject: Formal Letter of Interpretation Request\nGood Afternoon,\nWe are requesting a letter of interpretation regarding the manner in which lithium battery Test Summaries (TS) mandated under UN 38.3 can be\ndelivered to various stakeholders in the hazardous materials supply chain.\nOur company has a website that has all our test summary reports (TSR) cross-referenced to the AED replacement batteries we sell by part\nnumber\nhttps://www.cardiacscience.com/Safe+Handling+and+Transport+of+the+Intellisense+Battery+for+Powerheart+Automated+External+Defibrillators\nIn reading the following document; New UN Requirement For Lithium Battery Test Summaries.” U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline\nand Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/training/hazmat/71126/us-dot-\ntestsummarybrochure.pdf we have the following questions;\n1) As an offeror of hazardous materials (UN 3090) does our website’s Test Summary documents meet the requirement of “availability”\nwith regards to the International Civil Aviation Organization Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air and\nthe International Air Transport Association Dangerous Goods Regulations 3.9.2.6.1?\n2) As an offeror of hazardous materials (UN 3090) does our website’s Test Summary documents meet the requirement of “availability”\nwith regards to International Maritime Organization’s International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code 2.9.4?\nThank you for your assistance. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.\nRespectfully,\nGeorge Cole\nLogistics Manager\nZoll Medical Corporation\n500 Burdick Parkway Deerfield WI 53531 United States\nTel: 608.764.7069 (direct)\ngcole@zoll.com\nwww.zoll.com\nAn Asahi Kasei Group Company\nThis email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended\nrecipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.","truncated":false,"body_characters":5093}