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Interpretation Response #00-0173 ([Standards Development, OHM-II] [Delmer F. Billings, Chief])

Below is the interpretation response detail and a list of regulations sections applicable to this response.

Interpretation Response Details

Response Publish Date:

Company Name: Standards Development, OHM-II

Individual Name: Delmer F. Billings, Chief

Location State: DC Country: US

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Response text:

Date:    AUG 16, 2000                     Reply to Attn. of:    Ref. No: 00-0173

Subject:     INFORMATION: Clarification of 49 CFR 173.8

From:    Delmer F. Billings, Chief
Standards Development, OHM-II

To:    William A. Quade, Chief

Hazardous Materials Division, MC-ECH

This is in response to your request for clarification of the provisions in the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) authorizing use of non-specification bulk: packagings, under certain conditions (§ 173.8). You ask whether this exception affects the provisions of § 173.315.

The answer is no. Section 173.8 provides for the continued use of certain non-specification cargo
tanks which were authorized for intra-state carriers by State law or regulation, but not otherwise authorized by the HMR.. The use of non-specification cargo tanks which are specifically authorized by the HMR, such as those in § 173.315, is not affected by § 173.8.

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173.8

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