{"operation":"document","citation":"22-0013","title":"DuPont EHS Center of Excellence — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2023-01-25","effective_on":null,"summary":"22-0013 response to DuPont EHS Center of Excellence concerning 171.8, 172.102, 173.12, 173.212, 173.240, 178.604.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-22-0013.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-22-0013.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-22-0013","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/standards-rulemaking/hazmat/interpretations/77156/220013.pdf","body":"<<>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nJanuary 24, 2023\nMr. Jeffrey D. Shields\nGlobal Competency Leader\nDistribution, Emergency Response & Fire Protection\nDuPont EHS Center of Excellence\n974 Centre Road\nCRP 730 / 2nd Floor\nWilmington, DE 19805\nReference No. 22-0013\nDear Mr. Shields:\nThis letter is in response to your February 18, 2022, email requesting clarification of the\nHazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to leakproofness\ntesting requirements for open head plastic drums under Special Provision (SP) 49 listed in\n§ 172.102(c) (Special provisions).\nWe have paraphrased and answered your questions as follows:\nQ1. You ask whether an open head plastic drum (1H2)—which is used for transporting\n“UN3244, Solids containing corrosive liquid, n.o.s., 8, PG II”—must be subject to the\nleakproofness test specified in § 178.604.\nA1. SP 49 authorizes an open head drum that is designed for solids provided the drum design\nhas been leakproofness tested at the packing group (PG) II level.\nQ2. You ask whether the provision specified in § 173.12—allowing the use of an open head\ndrum for the shipment of a hazardous waste—includes an exception from the\nleakproofness test.\nA2. An equivalent (except for closure) open head drum may be used for the transportation of\na hazardous waste under certain conditions described in § 173.12(a). An equivalent drum\nmust be capable of passing the leakproofness test as specified in § 178.604.\n\n<<>>\n\nQ3. You ask whether the provision for the shipment of waste in § 173.12 applies to SP 49.\nA3. Provided the material being offered for transportation is subject to the Hazardous Waste\nManifest Requirements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency specified in 40\nCFR part 262, the answer is yes. (See the definition of “hazardous waste” in § 171.8).\nAs indicated above, this does not exclude the packaging from the leakproofness test.\nPlease note that a packaging utilized under SPs 47, 48, and 49 must correspond to a\ndesign type that has passed a leakproofness test at the PG II level. Authorized\npackagings are provided in §§ 173.212 and 173.240 for non-bulk and bulk packagings,\nrespectively.\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\nPollack\nFrom: INFOCNTR (PHMSA)\nTo: Dodd, Alice (PHMSA)\nCc: Hazmat Interps\nSubject: FW: DuPont - Request for LOI\nDate: Friday, February 25, 2022 2:31:46 PM\nAttachments: image002.png\nimage003.png\nimage004.png\nDuPont LOI Request Feb 18 2022.pdf\nimage005.png\n22-0013\nHi Alice,\nPlease see the attached interpretation request.\nLet us know if you have any questions.\nRegards,\n-Breanna\nFrom: SHIELDS, JEFFREY D \nSent: Friday, February 18, 2022 8:40 AM\nTo: INFOCNTR (PHMSA) ; Kelley, Shane (PHMSA)\n\nSubject: DuPont - Request for LOI\nCAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Department of Transportation (DOT). Do not click on links or\nopen attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.\nGood morning,\nPlease find a request for a letter of interpretation for 49 CFR. Please let me know if any questions.\nBest Regards,\nJeffrey D. Shields\nGlobal Competency Leader\nDistribution, Emergency Response & Fire Protection\nDuPont EHS Center of Excellence\n_____________\nCell number: +1.302.319.1288\n974 Centre Road\nCRP 730 / 2nd Floor\nWilmington, DE 19805\nwww.dupont.com\n\n<<>>\n\nConnect with us:\nThis communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains information that may be\nPrivileged, confidential or copyrighted under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient,\nyou are hereby formally notified that any use, copying or distribution of this e-mail,in whole or in\npart, is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your\nsystem. Unless explicitly and conspicuously designated as \"E-Contract Intended\", this e-mail does not\nconstitute a contract offer, a contract amendment, or an acceptance of a contract offer. This e-mail\ndoes not constitute a consent to the use of sender's contact information for direct marketing\npurposes or for transfers of data to third parties.\nFrancais Deutsch Italiano Espanol Portugues Japanese Chinese Korean\nhttps://www.dupont.com/email-disclaimer.html\n\n<<>>\n\nOperations & Engineering\nEHS Center of Excellence\n974 Centre Road\nWilmington, DE 19850\n302.319.1288\nFebruary 18, 2022\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\nShane.Kelley@dot.gov\ninfocntr@dot.gov\nDear Mr. Kelley:\nCould you please respond to the following with a letter of interpretation?\nA hazardous waste with proper shipping name, “UN3244 Waste Solids containing corrosive liquid, N.O.S.\n(Sulfuric Acid), 8, PG II” has an approved container of 1H2 listed for a non-bulk solid/liquid shipment (49\nCFR 173.212/173.202). Special Provision 49 states that for a single package it must correspond to a\ndesign type that has passed the leakproofness test at the PG II level. UN rated 1H2 open head drums\ntypically do not have this leakproofness test completed and are mainly UN rated to contain solids. This\nhazardous waste is mostly a solid at time of packaging but could contain liquid. Exceptions for shipment\nof waste materials (49 CFR 173.12) allow for the usage of open head drums for solid materials when a\nclosed head drum is impractical, however, it requires the drum to be “equivalent”. “UN3244 Waste Solids\ncontaining a corrosive liquid, N.O.S.” are mainly a solid, so a practical method would be to use a single\npackage open-head poly drum 1H2, however, this appears to not be allowed by Special Provision 49 due\nto the fact that open-head drums are not tested to the leakproofness test.\nQuestion 1: Can an open head poly drum (1H2) be used for “UN3244 Waste Solids containing corrosive\nliquid, N.O.S.” if they are not tested for leakproofness test?\nQuestion 2: Does the exception for the shipment of waste materials (49 CFR 173.12) in an open head\ndrum exclude the “leakproofness test”?\nQuestion 3: Does the exception for the shipment of waste materials (49 CFR 173.12) apply to Special\nProvision 49 in the classification of the waste as a Class 8 or exclude it from the “leakproofness” test?\nSincerely,\nJeffrey D Shields\nEHS Competency Manager\nFire Protection, Distribution Safety & Emergency Response\nJeffrey.D.Shields-1@dupont.com\n(302)319-1288\nDuPont de Nemours Inc.","truncated":false,"body_characters":6772}