# Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation - **operation:** document - **citation:** 98-0235 - **title:** Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation - **source type:** guidance - **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration - **status:** guidance - **official:** true - **published on:** 1998-09-01 - **effective on:** Not available - **summary:** 98-0235 response to Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. concerning 172.407. - **machine formats:** - **json:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0235.json - **markdown:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0235.md - **app url:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0235 - **source url:** https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/1998/980235.pdf **body:** <<>> Mati a U.S.Department of Transportation 400 Seventh Street, S.W Vashinglon. D.C. 2059 Research and Administration Special Programs SEP - / 1998 • Mr. Anthony P. Wilson Senior Logistics Supply Administrator Ref. No. 98-0235 Mail Stop G-401 Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. 1 19001 South Western Avenue Torrance, California 90509-2991 Dear Mr. Wilson: This responds to your letter of August 10, 1998, concerning labeling requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, you ask if labels on shipments of auto parts you received from Japan comply with the HMR with regard to the text in English and Japanese and the background color. Text on a label that indicates a hazard is not required by the HMR. However, it is permissible to include such text. Labels conforming to specifications in the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods may be used in place of the corresponding label under the HMR (see § 172.407 (f)). These ! labels may contain text indicating the hazard in the language of the country from which a shipment originates. Colors authorized for UN labels can be found in Chapter 13 of the Tenth Edition of the UN Recommendations (see section 13.5.1). While the UN Recommendations are not as specific as the HMR pictures for each label authorized for concerning color tolerances for labels, they do include color transportation. international Shippers should compare actual labels with the pictures in section 13.5.1 to ascertain whether specific labels comply with the UN Recommendations. With your letter, you nclosed two examples of the labels used bv vour Japanes sean es or the hipper It is the opinion of this office that the olive-green <<>> : • : 1 2 label is not consistent with the color specification in the UN Recommendations; however, the darker green label does appear to comply with the UN standard. I hope this satisfies your request. If you need additional assistance, do not hesitate to contact us. • Sincerely, : Dion ABilling, Delmer F. Billings Chief, Office Standards Development of Hazardous Materials : Standards : : ... • <<>> "' = Gorsky * TOYOTA § 172.407 Torrance, CA 90509-2991 310) 618-7800 Fas 310) 618-4000 198-0235 August 10, 1998 Edward Mazzulio Director 700 7" Street S. W. Office of Hazardous Material Standards Washington, DC 20590 Dear Mr. Mazzullo: Presa Mad as it. the om a pan kata proper resuri Pha cass green a and ticles, We have received two shades of green and neither color matches the color of the labels received from our domestic suppler, LabelMaster. Because of our doubt as to the validity of the color we are re-labeling all Japan cartons before re-shipment. are sore vicordir ganes apan Misty if iranspola Motor Corporation on this issur and they informed us that the colors cartons is acceptable for transport within the United States. We would ask you also to give your opinion of the verbiage. Are Since we ship these parts to facilities within the United States we would like to know if the color Japan supplies on their Japanese characters allowed on the label? Altached are the labels defined as Example #1 and Example #2. I would appreciate a phone call on this issue. Please call me at 310-787-5701. If I am not in please leave a voice mail message. A written response is also requested. Sincerely, Sr. Logistics Administrator Mail Stop G-401 <<>> #ẫkk†‡äÆZ NON FLAMMABLE COMPRESSED GAS E/GIELE =1 <<>> SESIKIMENZ NON RAMMASLE COMPRESSED GAS <<>> NOU 17 '98 09:58 FR THOMPSON HINE-FLORY 202 785 0012 TO 00119#048882*000 P. 04/06 U.S. Deparment of Transportation 4D0 Seventh Street. S.W. Washingion, D.C. 20590 Speclal Programs Research and Administration • SEP - | 1998 - • ... MI. Anthony P. Wilson Ref. No. 98-0235 Senior Logistics Supply Administrator Mail Stop G-401 19001 South Western Avenue Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Torrance, California 90509-2991 Dear Mr. Wilson: This iesponds to your letter of August 10, 1998, concerning labeling requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, You ask if labels on shipments of auto parts you received from Japan comply with the HMR with regard to the text in English and Japanese and the backgiound color. Text on a label that indicates a hazard is not reguired by the HMR. However, it is permissible to include such text. Labels conforming to specifications in the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods may be used in place of the corresponding label under the HMR (see § 172.407(I)). These labels may contain text indicating the hazard in the language of the country from which a shipment originates. Colors authorized for UN labels can be found in Chapter 13 of the Tenth Edition of the UN Recommendations (see section 13.5.1). While the UN Recommendations are not as specific as the HMR concerning color tolerances for labels, they do include color pictures for each label authorized for international transportation. Shippers should compare actual labels with the pictures in section 13.5.1 to ascertain whether specific labels comply with the UN Recommendations. With your letter, you shipper. It is the opinion of this office that the olive-green encloșed two examples of the labels used by your Japanese <<>> Nay 17 '98 09:58 FR THOMPSON HINE-FLORY 202 785 0012 TO 00119#048882*000 P.Ø5/06 • 2 label is not consistent with the color specification in the UN Recommendations; however, the darker green label does appear to comply with the UN standard. I hope this satísfies your request. If you need additional assistance, do not hesitate to contact us. Sincerely, Alon Hilling, Delmer F. Billings chief, Standards Development Office of Hazardous Materials Standards <<>> NOU 17 19 B9:58 FR THOMPSON HINE-FLORY 202 785 Ø012 TO 00119#048882*000 P.Ø6/Ø6 LABELS, MARKS AND SIGNS myster • то зУлинА палися MARINE POLLUTANT 2 Label of Ci03s Glaso 2.1 ClAss 2.2 C13== 23 ? MArINE POLLUTANT 3 ELEVATED TEMPERATURE Mark Lacelo of clays 4 Labele ul clAsA Clas 4,1 Class 4.2 Cluny 2,5 FUMIGATION WARNING 5 .... Sign DANGER - Launis as cisse C/e1s 5.1 Cless 52 6 / TOXIC Laura ol Clai Class6.i Сіяки 1,2 Subsidiary risk labels 7 shown here, but they should Subsidiary risk labals are as ' Lal clas Category! Label of class Category M Cainpary !! not bear the class number in For example: he bottom corner 8 grill. ransive ...... .. • For funher informallon, see section 8 of the General Introduclion io the IMDG Code. • ** TOTAL PAGE.06 ** <<>> DEC 03 '98 12:12 FR THOMPSON HINE-FLORY 202 785 Ø012 TO ØØ119#099999*000 P.Ø2/02 • THOMPSON HINE & FLORY ILP Gorsky Attorneys at Law 202/331-8330 Facsimile: December 3, 1998 202/973-2705 Direct Dial: VIA FACSIMILE Ms. Diane Lavalle Office of Hazardous Materials Standards Research and Special Programs Administration U.S. Department of Transportation 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20590 Re: Your Ref. No. 98-0235 Dear Ms. Lavalle: This letter will serve as a follow-up to our telcphone conversation last week during which we discussed the Class 2 label color and the questions previously presented by my client, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. In the course of that conversation, I noted that under the terms of the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations, 49 C.F.R. § 171.12(b), shipments transported to the United States from Japan by ocean vessel (which is Toyota's method of operation) may be "offered and accepted for transportation and transported within the segregated... in accordance with the IMDG Code...." (emphasis added) It appears then that if United States" if "packaged, marked, classed, labeled, piacarded, described, stowed, and there are any differences between the IMDG requirements and those of DOT, the shipment may be transported within the United States in spite of the differences if it meets the conditions specified in $ 171.12(b) and conforms to the requirements of the IMDG Code. I will assume this conclusion to be correct unless I hear to the contrary from your office. very truly yours, • Attorney for Toyola Motor Sales, U.S.A.., Inc. silusersinOphiliokoyola-msliralluvalle re class2 color. upd 1920 N Strect, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036-1601 202-331-8800 fax 331-8330 BHUSSELS. BELGIUM CINCINNATI CLEVELAND COLUMBUS DAYTON PALM BEACH WASHINGTON, D.C. ** TOTAL PAGE.02 ** <<>> NOU 17 '98 09:57 FR THOMPSON HINE-FLORY 202 785 0012 TO 0Ø119H048882*D00 P.Ø1/85 THOMPSON : HINE & FLORY LLP Attorneys at Law - EAX COVER PAGE TO WHOM SENT DATE SENT TIME TNO. PAGES, INCL COVER Mr. Delmer F. Billings 11/17/98 COMPANY NAME Chief, Standards Development FROM UTTORNEY NAME AND EXTENSION Office Of Har. Mat. 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