Interpretation Response #12-0187 ([Olin Corporation/Winchester Division] [Ms. Laura Hamilton])
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Interpretation Response Details
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Company Name: Olin Corporation/Winchester Division
Individual Name: Ms. Laura Hamilton
Location State: IL Country: US
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Response text:
This responds to your August 8, 2012 letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to the packaging exceptions for limited quantities of certain Class 1 (explosives). Specifically, you ask whether the packaging exceptions provided for 22 caliber rim-fire cartridges in § 173.63(b)(2)(v) are exclusive to 22 caliber and not to all low-caliber rim-fire ammunition authorized in § 173.63(b)(iii).
The answer is yes. At the time the § 173.63(b) packaging exceptions for rim-fire cartridges were adopted in the HMR in 1990, the 22 caliber was the only size authorized. If you would like to see this authorization expanded to include all low-caliber rim-fire ammunition authorized in § 173.63(b)(iii), you may request PHMSA to amend the HMR through a petition for rulemaking as prescribed in §§ 106.95 and 106.100.
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
173.63