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171.22

Section §171.22: Authorization and conditions for the use of international standards and regulations

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Interpretation Responses

Ref ID Date Company Name Individual Name Response Document
23-0104 Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP Richard Norl Jr. View
23-0078 Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Tom Forbes View
21-0062 Institute of Makers of Explosives Susan JP Flanagan View
21-0064 Ocean Network Express (North America) Inc. Lisa Stone View
21-0012 RCS RMS Inc. Donna Adams View
20-0081 Stablex US ecology Pierre-Olivier Gagné View
20-0068 Zoll Medical Corporation George Cole View
19-0077 LANXESS Solutions, US, Inc. Ernest Marcel View
20-0020 Environmental Resource Center Ms. Kristie Absher View
19-0072 C. Steinweg, Inc. John Moors View
17-0100 Lockhead Martin Aeronautics Company Rebecca Stokes View
12-0020 Federal Railroad Administration Mr. Dennis Campbell View
10-0249 Manager Cytec Industries, Inc. Mr. Charles Schreier View
14-0100 Gruene Environmental Companies Mr. Kitt Ferraz View
08-0190 Cytec Industries, Inc. Mr. James Sompii View
11-0199 Trimac Management Services Mr. Len Comtois View
14-0104 Trident Safety Group Mr. Richard J. Walsh View
14-0021 Lufthansa Cargo the Americas Mr. Hilmar Leng View
09-0164 Cytec Industries Inc. Mr. Andrews Bethmann View
10-0187 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Mr. Paul Lezak View
11-0164 UPS Mr. Samuel Elkind View
11-0011 Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal - DSN 488 Ms. Lonnie Burks View
15-0166 ICC Compliance Center Ms. Sändra Miller View
14-0077 FX Training & Research Mr. Tassilo Baur View
11-0013 Transportation Management Group, Inc. Mr. John M. Domutz View
16-0195 CARGOpak Corp. Mr. Robert Smith View
07-0232 Alaska Airlines, Inc. Mr. Michael Tobin, CHMM View
15-0180 COSMO International Corporation Patricia M. Sobel View
15-0217 Wacker Chemical Corporation Mr. Michael Strong View
15-0204 Crowley Liner Service Mr. Michael Lesser View
11-0288 Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. Ms. Ana Zax View
08-0225 Currie Associates, Inc. Mr. Jack Currie View
14-0210 Brian Kurtz Trucking Ltd. Mr. David Skater View
13-0097 BASF Corporation Mr. Joseph Matousek View
14-0149 Mr. Armando Sancerni View
08-0118 Seaboard Marine Ltd. Mr. John Plasencia View
11-0283 R & L Carriers, Inc. Mr. Gerald A. Krisa View
11-0144 Chart Industries, Inc. Mr. Marty Beyer View
16-0012 Patterson Companies, Inc Mr. Robb Boros View
09-0118R HOYER Global Transport BV Mr. Peter Hordijk View
11-0314 BioStorage Technologies Ms. Darcy Britt View
08-0086 EnerSys Mr. Tom Biello View
15-0045 Northern Air Cargo Mr. Mark Smith View
13-0214 3M Mr. Todd Strobe View
09-0240 Dangerous Goods of America Mr. Fred A. Romero View
11-0252 Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. Ms. Ana Zax View
09-0122 Mr. Bill Lewis YRC Reimer View
07-0236 Northern Air Cargo Mr. Mark Smith View
13-0020 Cytec Industries, Inc. Mr. Dwayne McNally View
15-0219 Intelligent Energy Mr. Douglas Knight View
15-0205 Air General Inc. Mr. Dennis Franco View
09-0045 DuPont Sourcing & Logistics Mr. Thomas Reese View
10-0094 Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc. Mr. Mark A. Connolly View
10-0048 Department of National Defence Captain E.M. Steele View
10-0065 TSO3, Inc. Mr. Jean-Martin Vallières View
15-0044 Northern Air Cargo Mr. Mark Smith View
08-0150 Mr. William J. Briner View
16-0005 CMA CGM (America), LLC. Mr. Chris Godfrey View
14-0238 Surface Deployment and distribution Command Mr. Marco Boasso View
13-0054 TOM DOLCE Training Associates Mr. Thomas Dolce View
09-0035 Rohm and Haas Chemicals Mr. Vitaly Volfson View