{"operation":"document","citation":"99-0096","title":"American Trucking Associations — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1999-08-06","effective_on":null,"summary":"99-0096 response to American Trucking Associations concerning 172.202.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-99-0096.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-99-0096.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-99-0096","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/1999/990096.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nUS. Department\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nof Transportation\nWashington, D.C.\n20590\nResearch and\nspecial Programs\nAdministration\nAUG - 6 1999\nMr. Paul Bomgardner\nRef. No. 99-0096\nDirector, Hazardous Materials Policy\nAmerican\nTrucking Associations\n2200 Mill Road\nAlexandria, VA\n22314-4677\nDear Mr. Bomgardner:\nThis is in response to your letter dated April 8, 1999, regarding\nthe placement of\nan U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\nwaste code in shipping descriptions for hazardous wastes.\nSpecifically, you ask if a materials EPA waste code can be placed\nbetween the shipping name and hazard class.\nSection 172.202 (d) authorizes the placement of technical and\nchemical group names between the proper shipping name and hazard\nclass.\nIt is the opinion of this Office, that the hazardous\nwaste code designated by the EPA for a material may be placed, on\nshipping papers, between the proper shipping name and hazard\nclass.\nHowever, except for a\nwaste,\nliquid or solid, n.o.s.\", an EPA hazardous waste code\ncannot be used to satisfy the requirement to place the technical\nname of the hazardous material in association with the basic\ndescription. (See S 172.203 (k)) .\nI hope this satisfies\nyour request.\nSincerely,\nThe\nomar I. Alla\nThomas G. Allan\nActing\nDirector\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n172.202\n990096\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nAMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS\nATA\n2200 Mill Road * Alexandria, VA * 22314-4677\n7\nGale\n* Driving Trucking's\n• Success\n§172.202\nSafety Policy\nApril 8, 1999\n990096\nMr. Delmar Billings\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\nResearch and Special Programs Administration\nU. S. Department of Transportation\nWashington, DC 20590\n400 Seventh Street, SW\nRe:\nRequest for clarification regarding placement of an alpha-numeric waste code in shipping\npaper descriptions for hazardous wastes.\nDear Mr Billings:\nLately, transporters have been running into difficulty in several states regarding the placement of\nthe alpha-numeric waste code in the description of a hazardous waste on hazardous waste\nmanifests. Carriers are being cited for placing the waste code, in lieu of the complete waste\nstream information, between the proper shipping name and hazard class. States have cited as\ntheir reasoning that the waste code is not a technical name, and therefore must be placed after the\nbasic description.\nWe disagree. Section 172.203(c)(1) permits the use of the waste code in lieu of the technical\nname for hazardous wastes. Section 172.202(d) states that technical and chemical group names\nmay be entered in parentheses between the proper shipping name and hazard class or following\nthe basic description. Since section 172.203(c)(1) permits the use of the waste code in lieu of the\ntechnical name, placement of the waste code should be governed by the provisions of section\n172.202(d), and be allowed to be placed, in parentheses, between the proper shipping name and\nwaste stream it should be considered to be a technical name by definition. This is affirmed by the\nhazard class. Additionally, because the alpha-numeric waste code specifically identifies the\nfact that section 172.203(c)(1) permits its use in lieu of the full alpha technical name.\nsituation in our favor. The waste code should be allowed to be placed, in parentheses either\nWe believe that Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) should rectify this\nbetween the proper shipping name and hazard class or following the basic description.\nThank you for your assistance in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this request,\nplease contact me on 703-838-1849.\ndel Billings\nn.u.s\ntal fuck w/ Parel\nlettle in ter: 2\nwaster\nDirector, Hazardous Materials Policy\nAnsures\nHAR.\nsir\npite\n(703) 838-1847 * Fax: (703) 683-1934","truncated":false,"body_characters":3741}