Interpretation Response #24-0037
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Interpretation Response Details
Response Publish Date:
Company Name: Council on Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles
Individual Name: Frank Lopez
Location State: NY Country: US
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Response text:
August 21, 2024
Frank Lopez
Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Council on Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles
10 Hunter Brook Lane
Queensbury, NY 12804
Reference No. 24-0037
Dear Mr. Lopez:
This letter is in response to your May 28, 2024, letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to the shipping paper requirements for air transportation. As an example, you state that an air operator accepts a shipment addressed to a single consignee and the shipment consists of multiple packages from a single consignor. Additionally, you state that in the situation where the shipment is separated and transported onto two different flights, a properly annotated shipping paper will accompany both shipments. You ask whether § 175.33(c)(1)(i) requires a copy of the shipping paper to accompany each individual package in this shipment, or whether a single shipping paper can be used to meet the requirements of this section.
Section 175.33(c)(1)(i) requires that an aircraft operator "[e]nsure a copy of the shipping paper required by § 175.30(a)(2) accompanies the shipment it covers during transportation aboard the aircraft." This requirement may be met with a single copy of the applicable shipping paper for a shipment of packages tendered by a single consignor and addressed to a single consignee. Additionally, when a shipment is separated and transported onto two different flights, the requirement in § 175.33(c)(1)(i) may also be met with a properly annotated shipping paper accompanying both shipments.
I hope this information is helpful. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.
Sincerely,
Eamonn Patrick
Acting Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch
Standards and Rulemaking Division
175.30(a)(2), 175.33(c)(1)(i)