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Interpretation Response #13-0048 ([City of Burbank, Public Works Department] [Mr. Ferris Kawar])

Below is the interpretation response detail and a list of regulations sections applicable to this response.

Interpretation Response Details

Response Publish Date:

Company Name: City of Burbank, Public Works Department

Individual Name: Mr. Ferris Kawar

Location State: CA Country: US

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Response text:

May 3, 2013

 

Mr. Ferris Kawar 
City of Burbank, Public Works Department
150 N 3rd St # 3
Burbank, CA  91502

Ref. No.: 13-0048

Dear Mr. Kawar:

This responds to your February 15, 2013 letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to batteries of 9-volts or less.  In your letter, you ask if special provision 130 in § 172.102 of the HMR requires batteries of 9-volts or less to have their ends taped provided they are shipped in containers with other batteries that are 9-volt or less and the battery chemistries are packed in separate containers.

The answer is no.  When shipping batteries under Special Provision 130, paragraph (d), the spent dry batteries with a rating up to 9-volts sent by highway or rail for recycling, reconditioning, or disposal are not subject to any other requirements of the HMR.  This Special Provision does not require the ends of the batteries up to 9-volts to be taped.

I hope 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

172.102 SP 130

Regulation Sections