{"operation":"document","citation":"98-0356","title":"CYS Management Services, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1999-01-13","effective_on":null,"summary":"98-0356 response to CYS Management Services, Inc. concerning 172.203.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0356.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0356.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0356","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/1998/980356.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\nVashington, D.C. 20591\n00 Seventh Street, S.W\nResearch and\nAdministration\nspecial Programs\nJAN 1 3 1999\nMs. Jodi Smith\nRef. No. 98-0356\nCYS Management Services,\nInc.\nP.O. Box 35386\nFort Wainwright, AK 99703\nDear Ms. Smith:\nme da...\nThis is in response to your letter and subsequent telephone\nconversations\nwith members of my staff. Your question concerns\nhow to determine what constituents need to be identified when\nusing a generic proper shipping name under the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) -\nSection 172.203(k) states that if a hazardous material is a\nmixture or solution of two or more hazardous materials, the\ntechnical names of at least two components most predominantly\ncontributing to the hazards of the mixture must be entered on\nthe shipping paper.\nIn your letter you indicated you had a mixture of waste\nantifreeze and water and that the antifreeze contains lead.\nThis material is classified as a Class 9 material because it is\na hazardous waste and meets no other hazard class. In this\ninstance, the material is regulated as a hazardous waste for\nlead.\nTherefore, the technical name for your material would be\neither \"lead\" or \"D008.\" The propylene glycol does not\ncontribute to the Class 9 hazard so it does not need to be\nincluded in association\nwith the shipping name.\nI hope this satisfies your request.\nSincerely,\nmess\nJohn A\nIransportation Regulations Specialist\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n172:101\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nCYS Management Services INC.\nP.O. Box 35386 ~ Fort Wainwright, Alaska 99703 ~ USA\nPhone (907) 356-2023 ~ Fax (907) 356-2034\nBDH\n$172.203\nMr. Edward Mazzeillo\nDirector of Hazardous Materials Standards\n98-0336.\nUSDOT / RSPA\n400 7th Street S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590-0001\nSubject: Proper Shipping Names\nDear Mr. Mazzeillo:\nCYS Management runs a RCRA hazardous waste facility for the U.S. Army. We\nwould like a letter of interpretation on the subject of what constitutes a hazardous\nmaterial in reference to 172.203 k. Where it states\" if a hazardous material is a\nmixture of two or more hazardous materials, the technical names of at\nleast two components most predominately contributing to the hazards of\nthe mixture or solution must be entered on the shipping paper as required\nby paragraph K\" For example, if you have a mixture of antifreeze and water\n(55 gallons) and the antifreeze is contaminated with lead would you write the\nproper shipping name as Hazardous, Waste, Liquid, N.O.S. (Lead) or as\nHazardous, Waste, Liquid, N.O.S. (Lead, Propylene Glycol)? When hazardous\nmaterial is refereed to in 172.203 K what makes it hazardous? does it have to be\na listed or characteristic hazard or can it be anything hazardous like propylene\nglycol can be to animals?\nThank you for your time\nSincerely\nSod Smit!\nJodi Smith\nFacility Manager","truncated":false,"body_characters":2856}