Interpretation Response #00-0319 ([Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority] [Mr. John Mak])
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Company Name: Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority
Individual Name: Mr. John Mak
Country: HK
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February 20, 2001
Mr. John Mak Ref. No. 00-0319
Television and Entertainment
Licensing Authority
40/F., Revenue Tower
5 Gloucester Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Dear Mr. Mak:
This responds to your November 9, 2000 letter requesting permission to reproduce and use sections from the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171 -1 80), and clarification of packaging requirements under the HMR. Your questions are paraphrased and answered as follows:
Q 1. We would like to reproduce the relevant parts of § § 173.34(i) and 178.51 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and translate these sections into Chinese.
Al. You may reproduce and translate into Chinese §§ 173.34(i) and 178.51, as well as any other section or sections of the HMR. As you stated in your letter, these regulations are available to you on the Internet at the following URL: http://hazmat.dot.gov/. In addition, updated or new regulations can be accessed on the hazmat website at the following URL: http://hazmat.dot.gov/rulemake.htm.
Q2. Can you give me more information and specifications for steel types 1315, NAX and GLX, and electrodes E7015, E7016 and E7018, which are mentioned in § 173.34(i)(7)?
A2. Unfortunately, we can not provide you with detailed information on the specifications for steel types 1315, NAX, and GLX, or on electrode types E7015, E7016, and E7018.
Steel type 1315 is not a specification. This designation is a standard of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and is published in the SAE handbook of standards. For the designation 1315, the 13 means that the steel is a manganese steel, and the 15 is an approximate indication of the carbon content. (For example, the carbon content would be between 0. 1 3 and 0. 1 7%.) Steel type 13 15 was manufactured in the United States approximately between the years 1950 and 1960.
Steel types NAX and GLX were manufactured by Great Lakes Steel Corporations. Steel type NAX is a structural steel alloy which was commercially available in three grades: (1) High Tensile, which is composed of 0. 1 3% carbon, 0.7% manganese, 0. 8% silicon, 0.6% chromium, 0.11 % zirconium, and the balance in iron; (2) 9 1 00, which contains 0.08-0.70% carbon, 0.6-0.75% manganese, 0.6-0.9% 0.11% zirconium, and the balance in iron; (2) 9100, which contains 0.08-0.70% carbon, 0.60.75% manganese, 0.6-0.9% silicon, 0.5-0.65% chromium, and 0.05-0.15% zirconium; and (3) X9100, which has the same content as Grade 91 00, but in addition contains 0.1-0.2% molybdenum. Steel type GLX is a group of fine-grained, semi-skilled, mild carbon steels having varying amounts of columbium, and available with minimum yield strengths of either 45,000, 50,000, 55,000, or 60,000 pounds per square inch.
We are unable to provide you with the specifications for electrodes E7015, E7016, and E7016. Standards for these electrodes are not issued by this Office; they are industry standards. These welding electrodes can be purchased through retail sales internationally, or you may be able to obtain additional information from:
American Society for Testing of Materials
100 Bar Harbor Drive
West Conshohoken, Pennsylvania 19428
USA Telephone 610.832.9585
SAE World Headquarters
400 Commonwealth Drive
Warrendale, PA 15096 USA
Telephone 724.776.4841
Q3. Although the tangential length to outside diameter ratio in § 173.34(f)(4) appears as "4.1 should it be read as "4:1"?
A3. The answer is yes. Although appearing in print as "4.1", the ratio should be read as "4:1."
Q4. Grade 2 steel appears in the Table 1 of Appendix A to Part 173 as "2 1,1". Should it read,
"2 1,2"?
A4. The answer is yes. If the notations on Grade 2 steel appear in a given publication of the HMR as "2 1,1" it is a typographical error. The correct notation for Grade 2 steel in Part 173, Appendix A, Table 1 should read "2 1,2".
I hope this satisfies your request. If this Office can be of any further assistance, please contact us.
Sincerely,
John A. Gale
Transportation Regulations Specialist
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
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