172.202
Section §172.202: Description of hazardous material on shipping papers
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Interpretation Responses
Ref ID | Date | Company Name | Individual Name | Response Document |
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24-0099 | Master Builders Solutions | Norm Stollberg | View | |
24-0111 | Association of American Railroads | Michael J. Rush | View | |
24-0045 | Oak Harbor Freight Lines | Joe Guzman | View | |
23-0050 | SBS Transportation, Inc | Billy Murphy, Jr. | View | |
23-0097 | Hunting Titan, Inc. | Joseph Murphy | View | |
23-0075 | Roy Kluthe | View | ||
22-0107 | Roadrunner Transportation System LLC | Mr. Karl Kronau | View | |
23-0094 | DCMA-TDLTC | Douglas Connell | View | |
23-0056 | Hazmat Resources, Inc. | Mr. Daniel Shelton | View | |
22-0117 | Mr. Nick Wright | View | ||
23-0005 | Steve Laughlin | View | ||
22-0040 | Rinchem Company, Inc | Joe Strelow | View | |
22-0022 | Duke Energy Corporation | Charles Denny | View | |
21-0071 | Air General, Inc. | Charles A. White | View | |
21-0037 | Law Offices of Steven W. Hansen | Steven W. Hansen | View | |
21-0027 | ACTenviro | Aaron Hayward | View | |
21-0047 | Safeway Transportation | Richard Elliott | View | |
13-0003 | Air Liquide USA LLC | Mr. Jerry W. Freeman | View | |
20-0017 | New York State Police | Robert A. Kidder | View | |
19-0056 | Woodard & Curran | Kelly Camp | View | |
19-0016 | Advance Auto Parts | Ryan Bodekor | View | |
19-0003 | Cabela's | Dale Kettler | View | |
18-0068 | Nutrien | Clayton Droste | View | |
17-0077 | Texas Highway Patrol | Brad Gibson | View | |
18-0085 | Corp Safe Logistics | Carolyn Geile | View | |
17-0082R | Save the Situation | Eva Glimsche | View | |
18-0013 | Environmental Resource Center | Kristie Absher | View | |
17-0092 | FedEx Custom Critical | Kellie Toth | View | |
13-0052R | Simpson Strong Tie Company, Inc. | Densie Nguyen | View | |
17-0111 | Institute of Makers of Explosives | Susan JP Flanagan | View | |
17-0126 | FedEx | Melissa Owens | View | |
17-0114 | PHI.Inc | Mr. Terry Myer | View | |
170077 | Texas Highway Patrol | Mr. Brad Gibson | View | |
07-0221 | R+L Carriers Shared Services, LLC | Ms. Tina S. Breezley | View | |
15-0165 | Air General | Mr. Dennis Franco | View | |
09-0110 | FedEx Express | Mr. Roy A. Parker, Ph. D. | View | |
05-0079 | Arkema, Inc. | Ms. Christina M. Kurtz | View | |
16-0104 | Ms. Amanda Hammon | View | ||
11-0179 | Hapag-Lloyd (America) Inc. | Mr. Matt Krynski Director | View | |
05-0282 | Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc | Mr. Mark A. Connolly | View | |
16-0148 | XPO Logistics Freight (XPOLTL) | Ms. Marie Easley Cook | View | |
07-0188 | Sun Chemical Corporation | Ms. Amy Fishchesser | View | |
00-0185 | Overnite Transportation Company | Mr. Garry Howell | View | |
11-0022 | Clean Venture, Inc. | Mr. Roy H. Swartz | View | |
14-0227 | FedEx Express | Mr. Marvin Sudduth | View | |
07-0232 | Alaska Airlines, Inc. | Mr. Michael Tobin, CHMM | View | |
08-0080 | Idaho State Police | Mr. Thomas R. Wright | View | |
98-0020 | Goshen Corporate Park West | Mr. David B. Caria | View | |
13-0170 | ASARCO Grupo Mexico | Mr William Loehr | View | |
14-0107 | PCS Sales (USA), Inc | Mr. Tracey G. Smith | View | |
05-0259 | Akzo Nobel Chemicals | Mr. Mark A. Connolly | View | |
02-0147 | DuPont Company | Randolph Martin | View | |
98-0057 | American Trucking Associations | Mr. Paul Bomgardner | View | |
11-0286 | R+L Carriers, Inc. | Mr. Gerald A. Krisa | View | |
14-0160 | North America Dangerous Cargo (Maersk) | Mr. Charles A. Giglia | View | |
05-0255 | Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc. | Ms. Nancy Airdasd | View | |
10-0256 | Clean Venture, Inc. | Mr. Roy H. Swartz | View | |
98-0119 | Department of California Highway Patrol | Mr. R. B. Wood | View | |
99-0145 | PWN Environmental | Mr. Bradford A. Gagnon | View | |
13-0185 | Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C. | Ms. Jennifer Eberle | View | |
15-0121 | The Lane Construction Corporation | Ms. Michele A. Jacobs | View | |
07-0028 | Line Pressures, Inc. | Mr. Paul Graves | View | |
98-0168 | Yellow Freight System, Inc. | Mr. Robert A. Maberry | View | |
99-0069 | Westinghouse Savannah River Site | Ms. Carrie Ramsey | View | |
10-0194 | Alaska Air Group, Inc. | Mr. Mike Tobin | View | |
05-0180 | Airgas-SAFECOR | Mr. John Anderson | View | |
06-0117 | Manager of Technical Services | Mr. Lon D. Santis | View | |
15-0229 | Idaho State Police | Mr. Thomas Wright | View | |
99-0181 | General Services Administration | Mr. Bob Burnett | View | |
98-0315 | S.C. State Transport Police | Corporal W.T. Rucker | View | |
14-0222 | Enterprise Products | Mr. Christopher Scavone | View | |
13-0018 | Association of American Railroads | Mr. Matthew Forister | View | |
15-0148 | New Jersey State Police | Lt. John V. Guzzo | View | |
99-0096 | American Trucking Associations | Mr. Paul Bomgardner | View | |
12-0255 | North America Regional Trainer | Ms. Susan Numbers | View | |
08-0219 | HMT Associates, L.L.C. | Mr. Edward Altemos | View | |
08-0280 | Cerasis Inc. | Mr. Frank Adams | View | |
16-0163 | USARC ARIMD | Mr. William Rogers | View | |
00-0356 | Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. | Mr. Paul M. Krug | View | |
13-0052 | Simpson Strong Tie Company, Inc. | Ms. Denise Nguyen | View | |
15-0095 | AECOM | Ms. Erin Jarman | View | |
08-0087 | Idaho State Police | Mr. Jim Eavenson | View | |
03-0247 | Myers Industries, Inc. | Ms. Barb Germano | View | |
07-0196 | The Shepherd Chemical Company | Mr. Bayard Pelsor | View | |
08-0137 | National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. | Ms. Lisa K. Winter | View | |
14-0138R | Polytek Development Corp. | Ms. Cynthia Salisbury | View | |
07-0229 | Veolia Environmental Services Technical Solutions, L.L.C. | Ms. Jennifer Eberle | View | |
01-0160 | Environmental Health and Safety | Mr. Dan Smith | View | |
02-0048 | Octel Starreon LLC. | Ann MarieWilliams | View | |
09-0153 | Layne Christensen Company Safety and Environmental Health Sciences | Ms. Rhonda Heltzel | View | |
07-0105 | General Environmental Management, Inc. | Alexander Amort | View | |
15-0048 | Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc. | Mr. Tom Mueller | View | |
07-0113 | Waste Technology Services, Inc. | T.L. Nebrich. Jr., CHMM, QEP. REM | View | |
07-0236 | Northern Air Cargo | Mr. Mark Smith | View | |
12-0068 | Argonne National Laboratory | Mr. Lee Stevens | View | |
10-0145 | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | Mr. Michael van der Velde | View | |
10-0036 | Dangerous Goods Declaration, Inc., and DGD Transport, Inc. | Mr. Luis Lopez | View | |
09-0158 | LTL and Conslidation Consultant C.H. Robinson-Ann Arbor Branch | Ms. Jennifer Kaczmarczyk | View | |
09-0063 | Bard Brachytherapy, Inc. | Mr. Edward A. Zdunek | View | |
04-0235 | PRK Drilling & Blasting, Inc. | Mr. Christopher A. McCabe | View | |
10-0139 | FedEx Freight | Ms. Sandra Richesin | View | |
04-0006 | "K" Line America, Inc. | Lisa Stone | View | |
12-0211 | HAZMATEAM | Mr. Paul Dambek | View | |
15-0187R | Florida Highway Patrol | Lieutenant Bryan Gay | View | |
04-0010 | World Environmental, Inc. | Mr. Mike Gilmore | View | |
98-0224 | H.B. Fuller Automotive Company | Mr. Eugene J. Secor | View | |
15-0227R | Artisan EHS Consulting, LLC. | Mr. David Comen | View | |
09-0237 | Ecolab | Mr. Stephen V. Schulte | View | |
04-0086 | Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers" Institute, Inc. | Mr. Bob Van Duzer | View | |
10-0076 | Hyundai America Shipping Agency, Inc. | Mr. Herb Giles | View | |
15-0229R | Idaho State Police | Mr. Thomas Wright | View | |
09-0147 | AP Training, Inc. | Mr. Hank Baird | View | |
04-0232 | Ms. Michelle Aeschilman | View | ||
09-0030 | Household Hazardous Waste Program Alameda County | Mr. Bill Pollack | View | |
04-0180 | Dyno Nobel, Inc. | Mr. Pat Weber | View | |
01-0246 | Occidental Chemical Company | Ms. Elaine Palazzo | View | |
04-0188 | Safety & Compliance Associates, Inc. | Mike Lopez, JD | View | |
11-0071 | EnviroServe | Mr. Larry Steigerwald | View | |
14-0231 | PPG- Comex | Mr. Israel Villarello | View | |
13-0033 | Dangerous Good of America | Mr. Fred A Romero | View | |
14-0242 | Bureau of Radiation Protection | Ms. Celia Rajkovich | View | |
13-0046 | FedEx Freight, Inc. | Ms. Sandra Richesin & Mr. Mike Brust | View | |
15-0084 | United States Air Force | Mr. Jeremy McCauley | View | |
05-0208 | American Pyrotechnics Association | Ms. Julie L. Heckman | View | |
08-0152 | North American Services Group | Mr. Bill Youngs | View | |
09-0006 | SJ Transportation Co., Inc. | Mr. Christopher P. Prioli | View | |
98-0261 | Degussa Corporation | Mr. John Foglio | View | |
00-0350 | National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. | Mr. John L. Conley | View | |
01-0042 | HB Fuller Company | Mr. Gene Secor | View | |
06-0256 | REGSCAN, Inc. | Mr. Russ Shanahan | View | |
16-0157 | Regulatory Resources Inc. | Mr. W A Winters | View | |
15-0222 | COWAN | Mr. J. David Shaeffer | View | |
09-0026 | Titan Specialties LTD | Ms. Shelley Espinoza | View | |
15-0158 | U.S. Water Services | Ms. Lisa L. Neumann | View | |
01-0206 | AGFA Corporation | Mr. James Gerace | View | |
14-0138 | Polytek Development Corp | Mr. Keith E. Smith | View |