{"operation":"document","citation":"98-0125","title":"Waste Management Federal Services — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1998-08-18","effective_on":null,"summary":"98-0125 response to Waste Management Federal Services concerning 173.427.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0125.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0125.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0125","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/1998/980125.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S.Department\nof Transportation\nWashington, D.C.\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\n20590\nResearch and\nSpecial Programs\nAdministration\nAUG 1 8 1998\nMr. J.G. Field\nManager Engineering\nRei. No.\n98-0125\nWaste Management Federal Services, Inc.\n•\n• 345 Hills Street\nRichland, WA 99352\nDear Mr. Field:\nThis is in response to your letter of June 1, 1998, regarding the\ntransport of low specific activity radioactive liquid (LSA) in a\nsecured by a threaded cap or bolted flange.\nspecification DOT 412 cargo tank that has a sump which has been\nSpecifically, you asked if a threaded capped pipe or bolted flange\nmay be used\ntransporting a LSA liquid?\nto close an outlet on the sump of the tank when. -\nYes, provided the sump is not the cargo\n:\ntank outlet used for normal loading or unloading of the tank. See\n§$ 178.345-1 \"loading/unloading outlet\" and 178.345-11.\n• I hope this satisfies your request.\n!\nDelmer F. Billings\nOffice\nChief,\nStandards Development\nof Hazardous Materials\nStandards\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nWaste Management Federal Services, Inc.\n345 Hills Street\nNorthwest Operations\nPhone 509.376.7055\nRichland, WA 99352\n509.372.1435\n•\nJune 1, 1998\nWMNW-EPC-98-099\nMr. Edward Mazzullo\nDirector of Office of Hazardous\nMaterials Standards\nU.S. Department of Transportation\n400 7th Street SW\nWashington, DC 20590\nDear Mr. Mazzullo:\nSHIPPING LOW SPECIFIC ACTIVITY LIQUID\n• Waste Management Federal Services, Inc., Northwest Operations question: \"Is it permissible to\ntransport radioactive low specific activity (LSA) liquid in a U.S. Department of Transportation\n(DOT) 412 cargo tank that has a sump consisting of a threaded cap or bolted flange, with either\ndevice securely closed?\" Reference 173.427 (c) allows transport of LSA-I liquid in a DOT 412\ncargo tank, but states that bottom outlets are not allowed. Reference 178-345-1, under the\ndefinition of \"outlet,\" states that the following are not outlets: \"A threaded opening securely\nclosed during transportation with a threaded plug or a threaded cap a flanged opening securely\nclosed during transportation with a bolted or welded blank flange... \" Was it the intention of the\nregulations to allow a removable (non-welded) capped pipe or removable flange on the bottom of\nthe tank when transporting LSA liquids?\nWe are requesting a written interpretation for the U.S. Department of Energy, Richland\nOperations Office.\nVery truly yours,\nEngineeris\nacp\nRL\n- D. W. Claussen S7-55\nWMH - D. L. McCall\nH11-11M/118Y\nWMNW - E. P. Clements H1-15\nJGF File/LB\nPrinted on Recycied Paper\n/","truncated":false,"body_characters":2527}