# Becton Dickinson Healthcare Systems — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

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- **citation:** 99-0126
- **title:** Becton Dickinson Healthcare Systems — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1999-05-24
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** 99-0126 response to Becton Dickinson Healthcare Systems concerning 173.22.
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173.22
of Transportation
U.S. Department
$400 Seventh Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
20590
Research and
MAY 2 4 1999
Special Programs
Administration
Mr. Mark Welch
Ref- No.
299-0126
Becton Dickinson Healthcare Systems
1 Becton Drive
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417
Dear Mr. Mark Welch:
This is in response to your letter dated May 11, 1999, requesting
clarification on the training requirements under the Hazardous
Materials Regulations (HMR, 49 CFR Parts 171-180) Specifically,
you ask whether a shipper is responsible for verifying that a
carrier or driver is qualified to transport hazardous materials.
The answer is no. Each hazmat employer must certify that each of
its hazmat employees has been trained and tested within 90 days
of employment as required by $ 172,704 (c) and (d) The
responsibility for providing training remains with each hazmat
employer. The terms "hazmat employer" and 'hazmat employee" are
defined in $ 171.8.
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I hope this information is helpful.
- If we can be of further
assistance, please contact us.
Sincerely,
Holle I. Mitcke
Hattie I. Mitchell, Chief
Regulatory Review and Reinvention
office of
Hazardous Materials Standards
990126

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$173.22
Becton Dickinson Healthcare Systems 99-0126
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417
1 Becton Drive i
(201) 847-6800 Ex 6954
/Fax 2018475350
BECTON
DICKINSON
Tuesday, May 11, 1999
Mr. Edward T. Mazzullo
Director's Office Hazardous Materials
US DOT/RSPA
400.74 St SW
(DHM-10)
Washington, DC 20590-0001
Dear Mr. Mazzullo,
I am writing in hopes of getting a letter of interpretation on shippers/consignee
responsibility or liability in verifying that a carrier and the individual driver is qualified to
transport HazMats. Are we as a shipper responsible to check drivers picking up and.
delivering Haz Mats for proper certification?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Respectfully,
MarkWelkh
Mark Welch
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