{"operation":"document","citation":"CHI-05-001","title":"Gebauer Company — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2005-03-08","effective_on":null,"summary":"CHI-05-001 response to Gebauer Company concerning 173.21.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-chi-05-001.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-chi-05-001.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-chi-05-001","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Hazmat/ChiefCounsel/CHI-05-001.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nRoom 8417\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nU.S. Department\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nof Transportation\nPipeline and\nOffice of the Chief Counsel\nHazardous Materials\nSafety Administration\nMAR - 8\n2005\nMr. Daniel J. Van Kuren\nMIS Manager\nGebauer Company\n4444 East 153'd Street\nCleveland, OH 44128\nDear Mr. Van Kuren;\nThis is in response to your February 9, 2005 letter regarding permissibility to ship a non-\nregulated product packaged in the same outer packaging under the Hazardous Materials\nRegulations (HMR; 49 C.F.R. Parts 171-180). Specifically, you ask if a regulated product in\nshipping class 2.1 and a non-regulated product may be packaged in the same UN shipping box.\nHazardous materials may not be packed or mixed together in the same outer packaging with\nanother material, hazardous or non-hazardous, if such materials are likely to cause, upon mixing,\na dangerous evolution of heat; flammable, poisonous gases or vapors; or formation of corrosive\nby-product materials. See 49 C.F.R. § 173.21(e). Even though the HMR may specify a certain\npackaging for a particular material, it is, nonetheless, the responsibility of the person offering a\nhazardous material for transportation to ensure that such packagings are compatible with their\nlading. See 49 C.F.R. § 173.24(e)(1). I hope this satisfies your request.\nSincerely,\npaul solomes\nJoseph Solomey\nAssistant Chief Counsel\nHazardous Materials Safety Law Division","truncated":false,"body_characters":1423}