{"operation":"document","citation":"21-0008","title":"Railsback HazMat Safety Professionals, LLC — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2021-06-22","effective_on":null,"summary":"21-0008 response to Railsback HazMat Safety Professionals, LLC concerning 172.301, 172.302, 172.336, 172.400, 172.514.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-21-0008.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-21-0008.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-21-0008","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/standards-rulemaking/hazmat/interpretations/75306/210008.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nJune 22, 2021\nMr. Rex C. Railsback\nHazMat Specialist\nRailsback HazMat Safety Professionals, LLC\n312 Lawrence Ave.\nLawrence, KS 66049\nReference No. 21-0008\nMr. Railsback:\nThis is in response to your January 28, 2021, email requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to Department of\nTransportation (DOT) Special Permit (SP) 16365. Specifically, you ask whether an Intermediate\nBulk Container (IBC) that complies with DOT-SP 16365 and all other applicable requirements\nof the HMR may be marked and labeled instead of placarded if it is marked in conformance with\n§ 172.301 and labeled in conformance with §§ 172.400(a) and 172.514(c)(4).\nSection 7(c)(6) of DOT-SP 16365 states that each tank must be marked and placarded in\naccordance with the requirements for IBCs. The HMR requires bulk packages to be placarded\non each side and each end in accordance with Subpart F of Part 172. However, § 172.514(c)\nallows authorized packagings to be placarded on only two opposite sides or, alternatively,\nlabeled instead of placarded in accordance with Subpart E of Part 172. Additionally,\n§ 172.514(c)(4) provides that an IBC that is labeled instead of placarded may display the proper\nshipping name and United Nations (UN) identification number in accordance with the\nrequirements of § 172.302(a)(1) in lieu of the UN number on an orange panel or placard (and\nwhite square-on-point).\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nFinally, § 172.336(d) states that when a bulk packaging is labeled instead of placarded in\naccordance with § 172.514(c), identification number markings may be displayed on the package\nin accordance with the marking requirements of § 172.301(a)(1).\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 3>>>\n\nAndrews\n21-0008\nFrom: INFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nTo: Hazmat Interps\nSubject: FW: Request for Written Letter of Clarification ref. DOT-SP 16365\nDate: Friday, January 29, 2021 4:11:49 PM\nHello,\nPlease see below for LOI request.\nThank you,\nKathryn\nFrom: Rex Railsback [mailto:rex@hazmatgeek.com]\nSent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 12:17 PM\nTo: INFOCNTR (PHMSA) <INFOCNTR.INFOCNTR@dot.gov>\nSubject: Request for Written Letter of Clarification ref. DOT-SP 16365\nTo whom it may concern,\nI respectfully request written clarification reference DOT-SP 16365.\nSection 7 (Safety Control Measures), Paragraph c (6), which states that “Each tank must be marked\nand placarded in accordance with the requirements for IBCs”\nWith the above and working through the regulations, I come to 172.514(c)(4), which allows “For an\nIBC labeled in accordance with subpart E of this part, the IBC may display the proper shipping name\nand UN identification number markings in accordance with § 172.301(a)(1) in place of the UN\nnumber on an orange panel, placard or white square-on-point configuration as prescribed in §\n172.336(d)”\nSince 172.400(a) states “…each person who offers for transportation or transports a hazardous\nmaterial in any of the following packages or containment devices, shall label the package or\ncontainment device with labels specified for the material in the § 172.101 table and in this subpart”\nPer 172.400(a)(1) states that a non-bulk package shall be labeled. The package in DOT-SP 16365 is\nnot allowed to have a capacity greater than 95 gallons, which per 171.8 meets the definition of a\nnon-bulk package.\nAdditionally, 172.400(a)(2) states “A bulk packaging, other than a cargo tank, portable tank, or tank\ncar, with a volumetric capacity of less than 18 m3 (640 cubic feet), unless placarded in accordance\nwith subpart F of this part”. 95 gallons = 12.69 cubic feet.\nWith the above stated information and, per 172.400(a)(1) & (2), placarding a non-bulk package is\noptional, per 172.502(c) and placarding a smaller IBC, is an allowable option to the requirement to\nlabel said package and not a requirement, ref. 172.400(a)(2).\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\nSince the first regulatory requirement is to label the package in question and the DOT-SP states that\nthe package needs to be “marked and placarded in accordance with the requirements for IBCs”,\nthen if this package is marked per 172.301 and labeled per 172.400(a), then I have met the\nregulatory requirement for the package to be “marked and placarded in accordance with the\nrequirements for IBCs”.\nFurthermore DOT-SP 11911’s Safety Control Measures, (7)(c)(5), allows for the use of 172.514 and\nthis DOT-SP is for a similar type of fuel delivery system which allows for a package of greater.\nIn short, if a package, covered under DOT-SP 16365, is marked per 172.301 and labeled per\n172.400(a) and meeting the requirements for 172.514(c)(4), have I met the requirements of Section\n7(c)(6) of DOT-SP 16365, since I have met all regulatory requirement to mark and placard, the\npackage?\nI am requesting a written response and my contact information is below.\nRespectfully\nRex C. Railsback\nRailsback HazMat Safety Professionals, LLC\n312 Lawrence Ave.\nLawrence, KS 66049\n913-568-3001\nRex Railsback, HazMat Specialist\n913-568-3001\nrex@hazmatgeek.com\nwww.hazmatgeek.com\nThis electronic message and any files transmitted contains information from Railsback HazMat Safety Professionals,\nLLC which is privileged, confidential or otherwise the exclusive property of the sender or intended recipient. If you\nare not the designated recipient, please be aware that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this\ncommunication is strictly prohibited.\nIf you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify us by telephone 913-568-3001, or by\nelectronic mail (by replying to the sender) and promptly destroy the original transmission.","truncated":false,"body_characters":5935}