# Blue Grass Chemical Activity — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation - **operation:** document - **citation:** 99-0010 - **title:** Blue Grass Chemical Activity — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation - **source type:** guidance - **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration - **status:** guidance - **official:** true - **published on:** 2000-02-07 - **effective on:** Not available - **summary:** 99-0010 response to Blue Grass Chemical Activity concerning 173.3. - **machine formats:** - **json:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-99-0010.json - **markdown:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-99-0010.md - **app url:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-99-0010 - **source url:** https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/1999/990010.pdf **body:** <<>> of Transportation IS. Department washegion DC2050 Washington, D.C FEB - 7: 2000 Mr. Kirk Kopitzke Environmental Officer Ref. No. 99-0010 Blue Grass Chemical Activity Richmond, KY 40475-5008 2091 Kingston Highway Dear Mr. Kopitzke: the use of a salvage drum under the Hazardous Materials This is in response to your letter requesting a clarification on if a salvage drum marked "UN IA2/X445/S" may be used as à single Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, you ask package for hazardous material solids. Yes, a salvage drum marked "UN IA2/X445/S" may be used as a single packaging for a hazardous material, solid when it is specified in column prescribed or permitted in the non-bulk packaging section Table (HMT) for the material being packaged. As with any UN (8B) Of the § 172.101 Hazardous Materials standard packaging, the packaging must be compatible with the level for which the packaging has been tested lading (e.g., corrosivity, permeability) and, the performance group, gross mass) may not be exceeded. See S$ 173.24 and le.g., packing 173.24a. To avoid confusion, the word "SALVAGE" marked on the drum may be removed or covered when offered for transportation under these circumstances. If a UN standard drum is to be reused, it must conform to the reuse conditions specified in § 173.28 prior to being refilled. be of further assistance. I trust this satisfies your inquiry. Please contact us if we can Sincerely, Hothe z. mitchell Hattie I. Mitchell Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Office of Hazardous Materials Standards 1733 990010 <<>> 02/10/1999 15:12 6066256894 BLUE GRASS CHEM ACTY PAGE 01 Stevens 8113.3 BGC Blue Grass Chemical Activity 2091 Kingston Highway 99-0010 Richmond, KY 40475-5008 DSN: 745-6889 FAX: 745-6894 POR COMM: (606) 625- DATE: 1-11-99 To: An: Mr. Edward layyallo-Dir of till standards FAXNUMBER: 202 366-3012 PHONE NUMBER: FROM: KIRK KOPITZKE - ENu. Officer PHONENUMBER: 606 625 6892 REMARKS: see altached ATTENTION! Do not process, store or transmit classified information on non-secure telecommunications systems. Official DOD telecommunications systems, including facsimile machines, are subject to monitoring for security purposes at all times. Use of DOD telecommunications systems constitutes consent to telecommunications security monitoring. <<>> 82/10/1999 15:12 6066256894 BLUE GRASS CHEM ACTY PAGE 02 • Kopitzke Kirk L Unknown To: DOT Subject: Salvage Drums My interpretation of the definition of 'salvage packaging' (171.8 & 173.3c) seems to imply that salvage containers may not are manufactured to POP standards adequate to containerize a leaking liquid container and equivalent or stricter than Packing group 1, Il or Ill? is my interpretation above correct and if so why is this constraint imposed if salvage containers - **truncated:** false - **body characters:** 2833