# American Trucking Associations — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

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- **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:** Not available
- **summary:** 99-0096 response to American Trucking Associations concerning 172.202.
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US. Department
400 Seventh Street, S.W.
of Transportation
Washington, D.C.
20590
Research and
special Programs
Administration
AUG - 6 1999
Mr. Paul Bomgardner
Ref. No. 99-0096
Director, Hazardous Materials Policy
American
Trucking Associations
2200 Mill Road
Alexandria, VA
22314-4677
Dear Mr. Bomgardner:
This is in response to your letter dated April 8, 1999, regarding
the placement of
an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
waste code in shipping descriptions for hazardous wastes.
Specifically, you ask if a materials EPA waste code can be placed
between the shipping name and hazard class.
Section 172.202 (d) authorizes the placement of technical and
chemical group names between the proper shipping name and hazard
class.
It is the opinion of this Office, that the hazardous
waste code designated by the EPA for a material may be placed, on
shipping papers, between the proper shipping name and hazard
class.
However, except for a
waste,
liquid or solid, n.o.s.", an EPA hazardous waste code
cannot be used to satisfy the requirement to place the technical
name of the hazardous material in association with the basic
description. (See S 172.203 (k)) .
I hope this satisfies
your request.
Sincerely,
The
omar I. Alla
Thomas G. Allan
Acting
Director
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
172.202
990096

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§172.202
Safety Policy
April 8, 1999
990096
Mr. Delmar Billings
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
Research and Special Programs Administration
U. S. Department of Transportation
Washington, DC 20590
400 Seventh Street, SW
Re:
Request for clarification regarding placement of an alpha-numeric waste code in shipping
paper descriptions for hazardous wastes.
Dear Mr Billings:
Lately, transporters have been running into difficulty in several states regarding the placement of
the alpha-numeric waste code in the description of a hazardous waste on hazardous waste
manifests. Carriers are being cited for placing the waste code, in lieu of the complete waste
stream information, between the proper shipping name and hazard class. States have cited as
their reasoning that the waste code is not a technical name, and therefore must be placed after the
basic description.
We disagree. Section 172.203(c)(1) permits the use of the waste code in lieu of the technical
name for hazardous wastes. Section 172.202(d) states that technical and chemical group names
may be entered in parentheses between the proper shipping name and hazard class or following
the basic description. Since section 172.203(c)(1) permits the use of the waste code in lieu of the
technical name, placement of the waste code should be governed by the provisions of section
172.202(d), and be allowed to be placed, in parentheses, between the proper shipping name and
waste stream it should be considered to be a technical name by definition. This is affirmed by the
hazard class. Additionally, because the alpha-numeric waste code specifically identifies the
fact that section 172.203(c)(1) permits its use in lieu of the full alpha technical name.
situation in our favor. The waste code should be allowed to be placed, in parentheses either
We believe that Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) should rectify this
between the proper shipping name and hazard class or following the basic description.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this request,
please contact me on 703-838-1849.
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(703) 838-1847 * Fax: (703) 683-1934
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