Interpretation Response #11-0031 ([Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command] [Mr. Joseph P. Dugan])

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Interpretation Response Details

Response Publish Date: 02/17/2011

Company Name: Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

Individual Name: Mr. Joseph P. Dugan

Location State: IL Country: US

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Response text:

February 17, 2011

Mr. Joseph P. Dugan

Occupational Safety and Health Specialist

Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

Attn: AMSSD-SA

Room 3133, Work Station 3G04i5

One Soldier Way, Building 1900W

Scott Air Force Base, IL 62225

Reference No. 11-0031

Dear Mr. Dugan:

This is in response to your February 7, 2011 e-mail to this agency"s Hazardous Materials Information Center concerning Packing Method 130 under § 173.62(c)(5) of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, you ask if United Nations (UN) standard packagings 4B (aluminum box) and 4C2 (natural wood box with sift-proof walls) were removed in error when this requirement was revised in a final rule published in the Federal Register on February 2, 2010 [75 FR 5376] under Docket No. PHMSA-2006-25736 (HM-231).

The answer is yes. While revising Packing Method 130 to add UN standard Large Packagings, the "UN 4B" and "UN 4C2" boxes were inadvertently removed from this section. We will correct this error in a future rulemaking. This letter is to inform you that continued use of UN 4B and UN 4C2 boxes under § 173.62(c)(5), Packing Method 130, remains authorized.

I hope this satisfies your request.

Sincerely,

Charles E. Betts

Director, Standards and Rulemaking Division

173.62

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