Interpretation Response #21-0029
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Interpretation Response Details
Response Publish Date:
Company Name: TETRA Technologies
Individual Name: Shawn Shoemake
Location State: TX Country: US
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Response text:
May 4, 2021
Shawn Shoemake
HSEQ Director
TETRA Technologies
24955 Interstate 45N
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Reference No. 21-0029
Dear Mr. Shoemake:
This letter is in response to your March 17, 2021, email requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to bulk packaging requirements for low hazard materials as specified in § 173.241. Specifically, you ask whether you may transport "UN3264, Corrosive liquid, acidic, inorganic, n.o.s, 8, PG III" in a non-specification cargo tank motor vehicle that is suitable for transporting liquids.
The answer is yes. Column (8C) of the Hazardous Materials Table (HMT; § 172.101) prescribes requirements for bulk packagings for a given material, subject to limitations, requirements, and additional authorizations of Columns (7) and (8B). The HMT entry for "UN3264, Corrosive liquid, acidic, inorganic, n.o.s, 8, PG III," lists § 173.241 in Column (8C), which authorizes bulk packagings for certain low hazard liquid and solid materials. In addition to various DOT specification cargo tank motor vehicles, § 173.241(b) also permits the use of non-DOT specification cargo tank motor vehicles suitable for the transport of liquids. Please note that although a non-DOT specification cargo tank motor vehicle is authorized, it is your responsibility to determine whether it is compatible with the lading per § 173.24(e).
I hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.
Sincerely,
T. Glenn Foster
Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch
Standards and Rulemaking Division
172.101, 173.24(e), 173.241, 173.241(b)