Interpretation Response #07-0230 ([Pipe Recovery Systems, Inc.] [Mr. Michel Chammas])
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Interpretation Response Details
Response Publish Date:
Company Name: Pipe Recovery Systems, Inc.
Individual Name: Mr. Michel Chammas
Location State: TX Country: US
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Response text:
February 21, 2008
Mr. Michel Chammas
General Manager
Pipe Recovery Systems Inc.
1462 Brittmoore Road
Houston, Texas 77043
Ref. No.: 07-0230
Dear Mr. Chammas:
This responds to your December 4, 2007 letter requesting clarification of the placarding provisions specified in the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Your scenarios involve the application of §§ 172.504 and 172.505. Your questions are paraphrased and answered below.
Q1. What placards are required on a freight trailer transporting less than 1,000 pounds of non-bulk packages that contain a material, UN1746, Bromine Trifluoride, 5.1 (6.1) (8), PG I, Poison Inhalation Hazard Zone B?
A1. Under the HMR, OXIDIZER placards for the primary hazard and POISON INHALATION HAZARD placards are required, as prescribed by §§ 172.504(e) Table 2, and 172.505(a) respectively. The 454 kg (1,001 pounds) exception in § 172.504(c) does not apply to a material that is required to display a subsidiary POISON INHALATION HAZARD placard in accordance with § 172.505(a). As specified in § 172.505(d), display of the CORROSIVE placard for the subsidiary hazard is permissible, but not required.
Q2. What placards are required on the freight trailer specified above in Q1 if a box of Division 1.4G Igniters, weighing less than 5 pounds, is added?
A2. See A1. No additional placards are required. The Division 1.4G material is eligible for the § 172.504(c) placarding exception even when transported on the same transport vehicle with non-bulk packages of a Division 5.1, Poison-Inhalation Hazard material subject to § 172.505.
I hope this information is helpful. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact this office.
Sincerely,
Hattie L. Mitchell
Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
172.504, 172.505