{"operation":"document","citation":"98-0045","title":"Dangerous Goods of America, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1998-06-10","effective_on":null,"summary":"98-0045 response to Dangerous Goods of America, Inc. concerning 172.602, 172.604.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0045.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0045.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0045","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/1998/980045.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nDANGEROUS GOODS OF AMERICA, INC. dib/a FA ROMERO\n(ererba\nPhone (305) 871-3313 4 Fax (305) 871-1388 • 24 HRS (305) 829-5543\nPO BOX 590888 • MIAMI, FL 33159-0888 * USA\nE-MAIL dga@gzinc.com\nWEB PAGE: www.dangerousgoods.net\nEngum\n172.602\n122.604\nMay 4, 1998\nMr. Edward Mazzullo\nDirector of Office Hazardous Material Standards\n(DHM-10) U.S. Department of Transportation\n400 7 Street SW\nWashington, DC 20590\n- - -\nDear Director Mazzullo;\n-\nI have two questions regarding CFR-49 parts 172.602 and 172.604 Emergency Response\nTelephone Number:\n1.\nWhat language must they speak when responding to an incident involving a spill,\netc.? The person monitoring the phones has to be bilingual 1 language in English?\nAccording to 172.604 paragraph lof CFR-49 states \"Monitored at all times\"\nDoes that mean that an answering service or an answering machine can be used?\nThank you in advance for your kind and prompt attention to this matter.\nDangerously yours,\nWhow\nPresident\nOFFICE & WHSE FACILITIES * 1651 NW 68 AVE, BLDG 706, STE 201 • MIAMI INT'L AIRPORT 33122\net","truncated":false,"body_characters":1063}