{"operation":"document","citation":"CHI-96-001","title":"Digital Audio Disc Corporation — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1996-03-07","effective_on":null,"summary":"CHI-96-001 response to Digital Audio Disc Corporation concerning 174.14.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-chi-96-001.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-chi-96-001.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-chi-96-001","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Hazmat/ChiefCounsel/CHI-96-001.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nUS.Department\nfice of th\nof Transportation\nhiet Counsi\nOC Sevenin Si. S W\n/asnington DC 2059\nSpectal Progroms\nResearch and\nAdminisiration\nMAR'7 1996\nMr. Gary J. Garrahan\nDigital Audio Disc Corporation\nEnvironmental Engineer\nP.O. BOX 3710\nTerre Haute, IN 47803-0710\n•\nDear Mr. Garrahan:\n• am responding to your February 27, 1996 letter in which you\nısked about the application of the Federal hazardous materials\ntransportation law (49 U.S.C.\n5101 et sele) and the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR) (49 CFR Parts 171-180). In your\nletter you stated:\nDigital Audio Disc Corporation (DADC) owns and\noperates two manufacturing facilities located\nin Terre Haute, Indiana.\nOne manufacturing\nAvenue\nfacility is located at 1800 N. Fruitridge\nAvenue); the other manufacturing facility is\n(on the west side of N. Fruitridge\neast side of N. Fruitridge Avenue). DADC also\nlocated at 3181 N. Fruitridge Avenue (on the\nowns the properties on which both manufacturing\nextend into N. Fruitridge Avenue.\nfacilíties are situated. The property lines\nSince N.\nFruitridge Avenue is a public way, rights-of-way\nexist.\nunderground tunnel which will run between the two facilities.\nIn your letter, you indicated that DADC plans to construct an\nThis tunnel will be used to move non-hazardous and hazardous\nmaterials between the two facilities.\nNo actit ios\nThe tunnel would not be\nopen to the public and access would be restricted to DADC\npersonnel.\nYou asked if the Federal hazardous materials\ntransportation law or the HMR would apply to the movement of\nhazardous materials through the proposed tunnel.\nBased on the scenario outlined in your letter, néither the\nwould apply to the movement of hazardous materials through the\nFederal hazardous materials transportation law nor the HMR\nproposed tunnel. The jurisdiction of the Federal hazardous\nmaterials transportation law and the HMR encompasses hazardous\nmaterials transported \"in commerce.\"\nThus, the Federal\nhazardous materials transportation law and the HMR do not apply\nto transportation that is entirely on private property and\nneither follows nor crosses a public way.\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n2\nI hope this response is useful to you. If you have any\nadditional questions concerning the law or regulations\ndiscussed in this letter, please call Robert A. Monniere at\n202-366-4400.\nSincerely,\nEdward H. Bonekemper, III\nAssistant Chief Counsel for\nHazardous Materials Safety\ncc: Mr. Edward I. Mazzullo - DHM-10","truncated":false,"body_characters":2448}