Interpretation Response #06-0253 ([Belshire Environmental Services, Inc.] [Mr. Larry Moothart])
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Interpretation Response Details
Response Publish Date:
Company Name: Belshire Environmental Services, Inc.
Individual Name: Mr. Larry Moothart
Location State: CA Country: US
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Response text:
Dec 19, 2006
Mr. Larry Moothart Reference No. 06-0253
Belshire Environmental Services, Inc.
25971 Towne Center Drive
Foothill Ranch, CA 92619
Dear Mr. Moothart:
This responds to your letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) regarding the classification and proper shipping name of a gasoline and water mixture. You ask if the State of Florida may require the mixture to be described as “Petroleum Contact Water,” and whether the mixture should be described on the shipping paper as “Gasoline mixture” or “Flammable liquid, n.o.s.”
Under the HMR, “Petroleum Contact Water” is not a proper shipping name and may not be used to describe a hazardous material. A hazardous material mixed with a non-hazardous material must be described using the proper shipping name of the hazardous material and the qualifying word “mixture” or “solution,” as appropriate, unless any of the provisions in § 172.101(c)(1))(i)(A) through (F) apply. The most appropriate proper shipping name for a gasoline and water mixture meeting the definition of a flammable liquid is “Gasoline mixture, UN1203.” The phrase “Petroleum Contact Water” may, however, be indicated following the basic description. A mixture or solution that does not meet the definition of a DOT hazard class, is not a hazardous waste, hazardous substance or marine pollutant is not subject to the HMR.
I trust this satisfies your request.
Sincerely,
Hattie L. Mitchell
Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
173.101