{"operation":"document","citation":"24-0050","title":"Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2024-07-02","effective_on":null,"summary":"24-0050 response to Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary concerning 173.185.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-24-0050.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-24-0050.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-24-0050","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/2025-01/24-0050_SIGNED.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nJuly 2, 2024\nTimothy W. Wiseman\nScopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary\n10 West Market St\nSuite 1400\nIndianapolis, IN 46204\nReference No. 24-0050\nDear Mr. Wiseman:\nThis letter is in response to your May 31, 2024, email requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to the transportation of\ndamaged and defective lithium batteries.\nWe have paraphrased and answered your questions as follows:\nQ1. You ask whether all damaged or defective lithium batteries must be transported in\naccordance with the requirements of § 173.185(f).\nA1. The answer is yes. All damaged or defective lithium batteries that have the potential of\nproducing a dangerous evolution of heat, fire, or short circuit must be transported in\naccordance with the requirements of § 173.185(f).\nQ2. You ask whether damaged or defective lithium batteries transported for disposal,\nrecycling, or permanent storage may be packaged in accordance with the limited\nexceptions offered in § 173.185(d)—i.e., without UN performance packaging.\nA2. The answer is no. See answer A1.\nQ3. You ask whether low production run and prototype lithium batteries that have been\nidentified as damaged or defective may be transported in accordance with the packaging\nrequirements in § 173.185(e).\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nA3. The answer is no. See answer A1.\nI hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\nEamonn Patrick\nActing Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division","truncated":false,"body_characters":1702}