Interpretation Response #10-0092 ([TEN-E Packaging Services, Inc.] [Mr. Robert J. Ten Eyck])
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Interpretation Response Details
Response Publish Date:
Company Name: TEN-E Packaging Services, Inc.
Individual Name: Mr. Robert J. Ten Eyck
Location State: MN Country: US
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Response text:
February 16, 2011
Mr. Robert J. Ten Eyck
Director, Technical Services
TEN-E Packaging Services, Inc.
1666 County Road 74
Newport, MN 55055
Ref. No. 10-0092
Dear Mr. Ten Eyck:
This responds to your letter dated, requesting clarification of the inner packaging quantity limitations for nitric acid under § 173.158(b)(2), (d)(1), (d)(2), (e), (f)(2), (f)(3), (h)(1) and (h)(2) of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Specifically, you ask whether the "not over 2.5 L" inner packaging quantity limitation as specified in the
above referenced paragraphs of the § 173.158 packaging instruction for nitric acid refers to overflow capacity or nominal capacity while recognizing the latter to infer a certain amount of outage manufactured into the packaging when necessary.
Nitric acid of 70% or less concentration offered for transport by rail, highway, or water may be packaged in certain combination packagings with plastic, glass, or earthenware inner packagings not over 2.5 L capacity each. The term "not over" as used in § 173.158 means that you may not use an inner packaging with a maximum capacity greater than 2.5 L (i.e., overflow capacity).
I trust this satisfies your inquiry. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.
Sincerely,
T. Glenn Foster
Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch
Standards and Rulemaking Division
173.158
Regulation Sections
Section | Subject |
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173.158 | Nitric acid |