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171.1

Section §171.1: Applicability of Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to persons and functions

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https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/about-phmsa/phmsa-faqs.

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View section 171.1 on the ECFR website

Interpretation Responses

Ref ID Date Company Name Individual Name Response Document
24-0101 Adel G Hanna View
24-0071 AWM Associates, LLC Mike Millard View
24-0126 Remora Carbon Paul Gross View
22-0038 Daniels Training Services, Inc. Daniel Stoehr View
24-0011 Ohio Public Commission Tom Forbes View
23-0033 Sensors, Inc. Mr. Doug Heisler View
23-0006 Sea Lamprey Control Centre Mr. Paul Kyostia View
22-0062 Larson Berg & Perkins PLLC James A. Perkins View
22-0064 Total Compliance, LLC Chris Heminger View
22-0086 Fujitrans USA Inc. Laura Warren View
22-0010 CryoLogistics Refrigeration Technologies Ltd. Rodger Talstra View
22-0053 Alston & Bird Meaghan G. Boyd View
22-0003 Ordnance Lab LLC Sean Lindley View
21-0085 Healthcare Waste Institute Darrel K. Smith View
21-0078 Remora Carbon Christina Reynolds View
21-0049 Wisconsin State Patrol Christopher Caldwell View
21-0028 McCallum Rock Drilling Darren Amman View
19-0136 National Propane Gas Association Sarah Reboli View
20-0067 Linde Gas N.A., LLC Kevin Funk View
20-0026 STAR Consulting Jeff R. Thomas View
19-0117 Railway Supply Institute (RSI) Mr. E. Michael O'Malley View
19-0017 John Christopher View
19-0069 HQ U.S. Army Europe Safety (AECS-S) Mr.Donald Paglioni View
19-0069 HQ U.S. Army Europe Safety (AECS-S) Donald V. Paglioni View
19-0029 Holland & Knight, LLP Steven Gordon View
18-0152 Regulatory Resources Inc. Wade Winters View
18-0110 Ascent Resources Utica, LLC Steven Parrish View
16-0134 Boston University Medical Campus Mr. Michael P. Walen Jr, MS, CHP View
18-0071 United States Department of Agriculture Dr. Jack Shere View
18-0001 Washington State Ferries Manny Perez View
17-0115 C.H.&I Technologies, Inc. Eric WIlliams View
17-0083 Gold Tank Inspection Service Inc. Aris Antoniou View
17-0069 The Ohio State University Mr. Mike Swick View
17-0055 Waste Management Sustainability Services Mr. Brian Biancavilla View
06-0146 State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Ms. Robert Gomez View
98-0302 Peerless Coatings, Inc. Mr. Ronnie Screws View
08-0226 DtLwKdo USA/CAN S4 Rüdiger Peil View
10-0112 Micro Scientific Industries, Inc. Mr. Jack Wagner View
06-0273 Piedmont Plastics, Inc. Mr. Dale Austin View
98-0285 5th Ohio Light Artillery, Ltd. Mr. Robert R. Chaney, PE View
06-0088 Jacksonville Port Authority Mr. Michael Becker View
08-0188 North Bay Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Achim K. Gartmann View
07-0129 SESI Consulting Engineers Mr. John Nederfield View
CHI-97-002 City of Fort Worth, TX Cynthia Garcia View
14-0036 Department of Ecology Mr. Gerald French View
14-0021 Lufthansa Cargo the Americas Mr. Hilmar Leng View
08-0233 Mr. Guttemberg Costa Botejo View
05-0242 Mr. Thomas L. Kettler View
16-0034 Texas Machine Gun & Ordnance Mr. Sean Lindley View
CHI-14-0036 Washington State Department of Ecology Gerald French View
08-0247 Henry Ford Hospital Ms. Carolie Horvath View
06-0128 Mr. Richard B. Loden View
08-0031 UT Southwestern Medical Center Dr. Frank H. Wians, Jr. View
06-0135 Los Alamos National Laboratory Packaging and Transportation Mr. Joseph Lowery  View
08-0244 University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Ms. Renee Siegel View
98-0244 National Propane Gas Association Mr. W. H. Butterbaugh View
99-0095 Mr. Mark Kloppel View
00-0081 HAZMATEAM, Inc. Mr. Leo Traverse View
13-0160 The Boeing Company Mr. Paul Burroughs View
00-0041 Household Hazardous Waste Management Program Mr. Robert Fiederlein View
00-0042 Public Works Department Mr. Dave Vail View
06-0096 KPA, LLC Mr. Brent J. Hoberg  View
05-0075 SJC Compliance Education, Inc. Mr. Stephen Cansler View
02-0055 U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office Steven H. Wisness View
05-0026 AeroPro, Inc. Ms. Susan Foumier  View
09-0281 FDSE, Inc. Mr. Matjaz Zakotnik View
13-0144 Mr. Lucien DiMeo View
00-0146 Quality King Distributors, Inc. Mr. Ron Mihalek View
12-0030 U.S. Department of Defense, Attn: AMSSD-SA Mr. Elias V. Cantu View
05-0024 3rd Combat Communications Group (ACC) Shawntez L. Brooks, 2nd Lieutenant View
10-0251 PBI Technology, Inc. Mr. Paul Bess View
10-0257 Thompson Hine LLP Mr. Jason Tutrone View
06-0049 Vinson & Elkins Thomas H. Wilson View
99-0197 Mr. Raymond K. Barwin View
99-0215 Mr. Chris Brown View
11-0197 Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Mr. Joe DiGirolamo View
11-0029 Department of the Army Mr. Daniel A. Maham View
09-0289 Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department City of Lincoln Nebraska Mr. Daniel N. King View
01-0313 IT Corporation Mr. Lee R. Wilmot View
08-0136 German Airforce FTC Mr. Egon Weyel View
12-0169 LANXESS Corporation Ms. Cyndi Fink View
03-0007 Refrigeration Supplies Distributor Mr. Neill Boutilier View
11-0182 Mr. Henry Wake Huffman View
00-0246 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Mr. Patrick M. Race View
99-0261 Greenebaum Doll & McDonald, PLLC Carolyn M. Brown, Esq. View
01-0089 Mr. David C. DeLuca View
14-0128 University of Minnesota Mr. Michael Maurer View
CHI-09-0089 Bob Craig View
98-0327 General Electric Company Dr. Jim Merrifield View
11-0001 NYC-DEP Mr. Mohamed Abdel Aal View
11-0009 American Expedition Vehicles Mr. David Harriton View
08-0057 Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) Mr. Mike Becker View
99-0009 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Alan G. Woodard, PhD View
15-0013 Pinnacle Propane Mr. Kyle Sparks View
09-0070 Thermo Fisher Scientific Mr. Gene Sanders View
05-0150 OIC, Detachment ECHO Chief Warrant Officer Jeffery J. Zagurski View
12-0155 Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Fears Mr. Timothy W. Wiseman, Esq. & Mr. Jeffrey S. Jackson, Esq. View
11-0040 U.S. Department of Energy Office of Packaging and Transportation Mr. James M. Shuler Manag View
09-0089 Mr. Bob Craig View
06-0113 RBC Dam Rauscher Mr.. Jay Jensen  View
99-0158 Premedica Corporation Mr. Joseph K. Arsenault View
CHI-11-003 NASA Joe Torsani View
00-0197 Barlen and Associates, Inc. Mr. William Barlen View
99-0073 Department of the Air Force SMSGT Timothy W. Stern, USAF View
15-0066 Chesapeake Fire Department Mr. Simone J. Gulisano View
00-0225 Dangerous Goods Program and Cargo Security William Wilkening View
10-0108 Department of City Development City of Milwaukee Mr. Clyde Hamer View
12-0227 IQ Products Company Mr. P. Yohanne Gupta View
12-0237 Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. Ms. Karen Scheel View
07-0092 Florida Power and Light Co. Mr. Frank Nesbihal, CHMM View
14-0064 NitroxFox LLC Mr. John Fox View
12-0240 Department of Energy Mr. Stephen C. O'Connor View
05-0290 Galls/Aramark Inc. Mr. Carl Jackson View
14-0212 Product Regulatory Services Mr. Robert Miller View
14-0100 Gruene Environmental Companies Mr. Kitt Ferraz View
14-0101 University of New Mexico Mr. Andrew Buchan View
15-0065 SOLARIS Mr. Keane Lao View
14-0113 Ms. Alisha Horst View
14-0118 University of New Mexico Mr. Andrew Buchan View
10-0217 Mr. Daniel J. VenRoy View
14-0155 Communication Center Mr. Ed Gruber View
10-0176 The Chlorine Institute, Inc. Ms. Robyn Heald View
10-0206 Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Mr. Monte Shaw View
10-0188 American Veterinary Medical Association Ms. Kristi Henderson View
10-0212 Thunderbird Cylinder, Inc. Mr. Fred Nachman View
10-0213 Thunderbird Cylinder, Inc Mr. Fred Nachman View
16-0128 Cimarron Oil LLC Mr. Anthony Rausin View
03-0102 Palava Consulting Services Mr. Richard Palava View
99-0046 Mr. Mark R. Maki View
CHI-02-001 J.H. Walker Trucking Mr. Kevin P. Mullen View
03-0151 Dominion Generation Mr. Doug Noce View
98-0380 City of Tulsa Mr. Richard Bingham View
15-0207 Department of Army Mr. Marco Boasso View
03-0167 McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, P.C. Mr. Lawrence W. Bierlein View
03-0172 Ondeo Nalco Company Ms. Anita S. Knight View
98-0018 Amoco ChemicalsMs. Vickie M. Wheeler Ms. Vickie M. Wheeler View
01-0199 State of Iowa Mr. John Wessel View
98-0048 Lockheed Martin Government Mr. David A. Sutton View
99-0108 PATTON BOGGS LLP Ms. Carolina L. Mederos View
98-0120 Amerigas Partners, L.P. Ms. Jean S. Konowalczyk View
99-0225 HAZMATEAM, INC. Mr. Leo Traverse View
99-0053 Javelin Maintenance Support Center Mr. Bunker Hill View
CHI-07-002 Minnesota Department of Transportation Mr. Michael Ritchie View
99-0103 Department of the Army Mr. Thomas S. Smith View
09-0064 C & N Companies Mr. Jon Bjornstad View
16-0028 New York State Department of Health Mr. Corey Bennett View
04-0118 Department of the Army - TARDEC Mr. Ali Baziar View
05-0014 Mr. Richard Daley Borden Chemical, Inc. View
15-0106 Mr. Daniel Zirzow View
04-0092 New York Power Authority Mr. Mark K. Malone View
04-0218 Mr. Walter J. Pociask View
04-0260 J & R Brokerage, Inc. Mr. John F. Martin View
04-0256 University of South Alabama Mr. David Wiik View
CHI-15-0167 Bruce D. Green View
12-0062 Duke Energy Corporation Mr. Charles (Chuck) S. Denny View
07-0099 Mr. Christopher M. Bruce  View
17-0022 Golder Associates, Inc. Mr. Benjamin Huron View
09-0238 Mitsubishi International Corporation Ms. Lyn Russo View
99-0250 Great Western Chemical Company Ms. Kimberly Henson View
11-0306 Transportation Department Enforcement Division Mr. Carlisle Smith View
05-0143 County of Dane Mr. Mark Finarty View
11-0246 Defense Ammunition Center Mr. Jeff Stretton View
07-0116 Tatro Tekosky Sadwick LLP Mr. Steve R. Tekosky View
16-0208 Enoch Kever PLLC Mr. Rod Johnson View
09-0143 Wiley Rein LLP Mr. George Kerchner View
05-0050 Arkema Inc. Ms. Christina M. Kurtz View
05-0053 Space Gateway Support, LLC Mr. William Deneuté View
06-0225 City of Surprise, Water Services Department Ms. Christine Nunez View
14-0163 Dentons US LLP Mr. James W. Rubin View
CHI-10-004 ACCU CHEM Conversion, Inc. Phil Zlaket View
CHI-10-0239 Village of Itasca Nicole P. Aranas View
CHI-92-001 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Martin G. Malsch View
CHI-94-002 Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. Steve Shire View
16-0010 Mr. Jason Miller View
05-0045 Essex Aerospace and Defense Mr. Russell Zavadil View
05-0194 Mr. Allan McCallum View
09-0060 FuelTool, LLC Mr. Michael McAvey View
04-0133 National Propane Gas Association Mr. Philip A. Squair View
09-0030 Household Hazardous Waste Program Alameda County Mr. Bill Pollack View
10-0085 Canadian Material Support Group Captain E.M. Steele View
10-0089 Essex Cryogenics of Missouri, Inc. Mr. Ken Seise View
12-0013R GeoDynamics Mr. Rick Chewning View
10-0048 Department of National Defence Captain E.M. Steele View
CHI-95-001 U.S. EPA View
16-0083 NGL Crude Logistics, LLC. Mr. Don Robinson View
03-0049 Latham & Watkins LLP Mr. Kelly E. Richardson View
00-0366 Department of the Army Mr. Steven G. LaPoint View
10-0245 Air Transport International, L.L.C. Mr. Dave Bell View
00-0090 Transport Workers Union of America Mr. Bruce W. Graska, Sr. View
CHI-95-003 Maryland Department of the Environment View
03-0202 Mr. Steve Thinnes View
07-0005 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Timothy M. Gallagher View
07-0007 Foley & Lardner, LLP Ms. Katherine E. Lazarski View
07-0008 U.S. Department of Energy Mr. Dennis Ashworth View
03-0326 Kansas State University Mr. Mitch Ricketts, CSP View
02-0249 James H. Buchholz View
10-0018 Symmetricon Ms. Susan Durr View
09-0037 Thermo Fisher Scientific Mr. Gene Sanders View
10-0011 Mr. Michael Coletta View
11-0136 Recology San Francisco Mr. Billy Puk View
11-0140 Law Office of Seaton & Husk, L.P. Mr. Henry E. Seaton Esq. View
10-0069 Battelle National Biodefense Institute (BNBI) Ms. Jill C. Santacroce View
08-0268 University of Chicago Ms. Susan Grover View
05-0186 Minnesota Department of Transportation Mr. Michael Ritchi View
08-0160 Mr. John H. Hawn View