{"operation":"document","citation":"98-0541","title":"Johnson Law Office, PC — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1998-01-14","effective_on":null,"summary":"98-0541 response to Johnson Law Office, PC concerning 173.150.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0541.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0541.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-98-0541","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/1998/980541.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\n=\n•\nof Transportation\nU.S. Department\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nWashington, D.C.\nSpecial Programs\nResearch and\n20590\nAdministration\nJAR | 4 1998\nMs. Joanna L. Johnson\nJohnson Law Office, PC\n1028 Harvard Avenue\nBillings, MI 59102\nDear Ms. Johnson:\nThis is in response to your letter concerning a combustible\nliquid la spent solvent having a flash point of 40.5°C (105°F)\nthat is being transported to a facility to be reclaimed.\nYou are correct in your understanding that if the spent solvent\nis exempt from the Environmental Protection Agency's Hazardous\nwaste Manifest requirements and is not a hazardous substance or\nmarine pollutant, it is not subject to the Hazardous Materials\nbulk packages. (See $ 173.150 (f) (2).)\nRegulations (HMR; 49 CFR, Parts 171-180) when packaged in non-\nI hope this information is helpful. If you need additional\ninformation, please do not hesitate to contact this office.\nSincerely,\nHathe a Mitthe\nHattie I. Mitchell, Chief\nExemptions and Regulations Termination\nOffice of Hazardous Material Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nMe alitye\nFele 173150\nJohnson Law Ofice, P.C.\n510\nJoanas La Juhrvin, Artornes\nза!!\".\nApril 3, 1997\nSent Via U.S. Mail and Facsimile\nMr. Edward Mazzulle\nDirector\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nNassif Building\nWashington, DC 20590\nfax (202) 366-3753\nRe:\nVerification of the Applicability of 40 CFR § 262.20(e)\nto 49 CFR §$ 171.8 & 173.150\nDear Mr. Mazzullo:\nThe National Independent Parts Cleaners Association ('NIPCA\") requests formal\nverification with regard to the applicability of the reclamation agreement exemption for\nhazardous waste generators in 40 CFR §262.20(e) in the context of 49 CFR §§ 171.8 &\n173.150.\nTo put it in practical terms, many NIPCA members are involved in reclamation\nagreements with their customers pursuant to 40 CFR §262.20(e). These members deliver\nfresh solvent in 16 and 30 gallon drums to their custemers and later retrier e the drums\nafter the customers have utilized the solvent and it is technically a hazardous waste.\nThereafter, the members recycle the spent solvent. The vehicles used to transport the\nspent solvent to the recycling facilities and to deliver regenerated material back to the\ngenerator-customers are owned and operated by the members. Under 40 CFR §\n262.20(e), NIPCA members and their customers acting under this type of reclamation\nagreement are exempt from U.S. EPA's Hazardous Waste Manifest Requirements.\nSection 173.150(f)(2) states: \"'It)he requirements in this subchapter do not apply to a\nmaterial classed as a combustible liquid in a non-bull: packaging unless the combustible\nliquid is a hazardous substance, a hazardous waste, or a marine pollutant.\" Spent solvent\nis neither a hazardous substance nor marine pollutant and, when transported under a\nreclamation agreement, it is not even a hazardous waste. Section 171.8 defines\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\n.F.7-\nNES.\nDHAT IO\n102x Horsed Iron, Biling, Mentors 20102\n1991\n8IDO\nIlW\nMr. Edward Mazzullo\nDirector\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nNassif Building\nWashington. DC 20590","truncated":false,"body_characters":3056}