Interpretation Response #05-0247R ([Vanderbilt Chemical Corporation Murray Division] [Mr. Joe Curtis])
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Interpretation Response Details
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Company Name: Vanderbilt Chemical Corporation Murray Division
Individual Name: Mr. Joe Curtis
Location State: KY Country: US
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Response text:
December 3, 2009
Mr. Joe Curtis
Vanderbilt Chemical Corporation
Murray Division
396 Pella Way
Murray, Kentucky 42071
Reference No. 05-0247R
Dear Mr. Curtis:
This is in further reference to our June 9, 2006 response to your letter and telephone conversation with a member of my staff concerning how to classify and describe "Zinc, bis(dimethylcarbamodithioato-S,S')" and waste code "K161," which are each listed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a hazardous substance under 40 CFR 302.4 but not listed as a hazardous substance under § 172.101, Appendix A, of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). In this letter, we are clarifying the acceptable shipping descriptions and correcting a referenced special provision.
You state your company manufactures zinc, bis (dimethylcarbamodithioato-S,S') in pure form as a Division 6.1 (toxic) PG I material. This material is combined in various proportions with other ingredients to produce other Division 6.1, PG II or PG III, or Class 9 (miscellaneous), PG III materials. A "K161" waste is generated from manufacturing these and other materials in the same chemical family. The EPA regulations in 40 CFR 302.4 currently list both zinc, bis (dimethylcarbamodithioato-S,S') and the K161 waste materials as having a reportable quantity of 1 pound (0.454 kg). You state your company's products containing these materials will exceed their EPA reportable quantity when in transit, and ask if you may describe them as follows:
RQ, Toxic, solid, inorganic, n.o.s. (zinc, bis (dimethylcarbamodithioato-S,S')), 6.1, UN 2811, PG I;
RQ, Pesticide, solid, toxic, n.o.s., (zinc, bis (dimethylcarbamodithioato-S,S')), 6.1, UN 2811, PG I; and
RQ, Environmentally hazardous substances, solid, n.o.s., (zinc, bis (dimethylcarbamodithioato- S,S')), 9, UN 3077, PG III.
If the above proper shipping descriptions correspond with the appropriate hazard class and Packing Group of the materials, the descriptions can be used but without the "RQ" designation. Section 172.203(c)(2) of the HMR restricts the use of the "RQ" designation to hazardous substances defined in § 171.8 and listed under § 172.101, Appendix A. Solid materials containing K161 waste that are subject to the EPA's hazardous waste manifest requirement specified in 40 CFR Part 262, do not meet the definition of any other hazard class under the HMR, and are not a hazardous substance or marine pollutant may be described as "NA 3077, Hazardous waste, solid, n.o.s. (K161), 9, PG III," or "UN 3077, Waste Environmentally hazardous substances, solid, n.o.s. (K161), 9, PG III. In addition, the latter description may be used for international transportation. Also see Special Provision 146 in § 172.102. Additional information about these materials may be entered on the shipping paper provided the information is not inconsistent with the required shipping description. See §§ 172.201(a)(4) and 172.202.
I hope this satisfies your request.
Sincerely,
Hattie L. Mitchell
Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
172.101, 172.203,172.102 SP146