Interpretation Response #03-0252 ([Myers Industries, Inc.] [Ms. Barb Germano])

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Interpretation Response Details

Response Publish Date: 10/22/2003

Company Name: Myers Industries, Inc.

Individual Name: Ms. Barb Germano

Location State: OH Country: US

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Response text:

Oct 22, 2003

Ms. Barb Germano               Ref. No. 03-0252
Safety & Risk Administrator
Myers Industries, Inc.
1293 South Main Street
Akron, OH 44301

Dear Ms Germano:

This is in response to your October 10, 2003 letter and t.e Lephone conversation with a member of my staff, concerning shipping papers under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, you ask whether a shipping paper may have a column heading of "H" (or some variation thereof), rather than a column heading of just "HM".

The shipping paper requirement in §172.201(a) (1) (iii) specifies that a shipping paper, containing both a regulated hazardous material and a non-regulated material, may identify the hazardous material by placing an "X" in a column captioned "HM". The column headinq you describe in your Yetter would not be in compliance with the HMR. The "H" column heading is not acceptable because it would be the use of a non-authorized abbreviation and non-authorized code.

I hope this satisfies your request.

Sincerely,

John A. Gale
Transportation Regulations Specialist
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards

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