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172.203

Section §172.203: Additional description requirements

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Interpretation Responses

Ref ID Date Company Name Individual Name Response Document
23-0008 Leschaco, Inc. Mr. Hien Le View
22-0083 Pilot Chemical Company Megan O’Connor View
22-0008 Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Tom Forbes View
21-0087 National Institute of Standards and Technology Mr. Larry Lucas View
21-0047 Safeway Transportation Richard Elliott View
20-0073 John B. Woodbury View
20-0035 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Lori Bane View
20-0031 Mark B. Hawk View
19-0133 Dangerous Goods SME William Canterbury View
19-0075 LORD Corporation, Saegertown Operations Erik W. Steinbeck View
18-0147 Evonik Corporation Robert Miller View
18-0139 SorbTech, Inc. Joanna Kilburn View
17-0082R Save the Situation Eva Glimsche View
18-0004 Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance View
17-0114 PHI.Inc Mr. Terry Myer View
17-0106 3M Cottage Grove Mr. Allen Grantham View
17-0072 Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc Lee Stevens View
02-0103 R+L Carriers Dana Probasco View
14-0138R Polytek Development Corp. Ms. Cynthia Salisbury View
08-0132 Idaho State Police Mr. Thomas Wright View
99-0039 BP Oil Company Mr. J. J. Quandt View
99-0012 Safety-Kleen Corporation Mr. Jerry Davis View
06-0277 National Solid Wastes Management Association Ms. Alice P. Jacobsohn View
05-0269 ASTAR Air Cargo Inc. Mr. Gerry G. Kefalinos View
17-0016 Energy & Natural Resources Industries and EHS & Sustainability Products Mr. Brian Harmon View
16-0104 Ms. Amanda Hammon View
14-0027 URS Corporation Mr. Andrew Romach View
08-0037 Allied Universal Corporation Mr. Robin J. Eddy Bolte View
15-0165 Air General Mr. Dennis Franco View
07-0212 Georgia Department of Public Safety Capt. Bruce Bugg View
98-0356 CYS Management Services, Inc. Ms. Jodi Smith View
14-0024 Rinchem Mr. Matt Fernandez View
15-0059 Cargolux Airlines International SA Mr. Gerard Guillaume View
15-0056 Regulatory Resources, Inc. Mr. W.A. Winters View
08-0093 Woodard & Curran Ms. Kelly V. Camp View
10-0015 Defense Ammunition Center Ms. Vickie A. Lewis View
09-0093 Valspar Mr. Eric Barcaskey View
17-0044 Laidlaw Carriers Tank LP Mr. Jim O'Hara View
03-0079 ONDEO Nalco Company Ms. Anita S. Knight View
07-0185 Brenntag Mid-South, Inc Mr. A. B. Eargood View
98-0014 DRMO-Luke Mr. Eddie Ellis View
07-0017 The Valspar Corporation Eric Barcaskey View
14-0181 Duke Energy Corporation Mr. Chuck Denny View
01-0210 Shell Chemicals Mr. David Mashinski View
02-0149 Office of Hazardous Materials Enforcement Doug S. Smith View
99-0089 Delta Air Lines Inc. Mr. Inman Beavers View
12-0207 Railroad Regulatory Safety Services Mr. Raymond Kasey View
10-0194 Alaska Air Group, Inc. Mr. Mike Tobin View
07-0181 Landstar Carrier Services Mr. Wes Pace View
03-0229 Lion Technology, Inc. Mr. Marc Kleinman View
01-0137 R+L Carriers Mr. Dana Probasco View
14-0222 Enterprise Products Mr. Christopher Scavone View
15-0119 Information and Insights Mr. Kevin Skerrett View
15-0109 US Ecology - Regional Office Mr. Brian Kucharski View
05-0247R Vanderbilt Chemical Corporation Murray Division Mr. Joe Curtis View
02-0201 3M General Office Raymond T. Duzynski View
00-0356 Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. Mr. Paul M. Krug View
99-0310 The Texas A&M University System Mr. Jeff R. Bowman View
08-0004 Hyundai America Shipping Agency Mr. Herb Giles View
08-0280 Cerasis Inc. Mr. Frank Adams View
09-0166 Georgia Department of Public Safety Capt. Bruce Bugg View
14-0135 Western Refining Mr. Victor Garcia View
13-0018 Association of American Railroads Mr. Matthew Forister View
98-0413 Sierra Chemical, Co. Mr. Ron Shan View
08-0248 American Trucking Associations Mr. Richard Moskowitz View
12-0068 Argonne National Laboratory Mr. Lee Stevens View
13-0231 Universal Well Services, Inc Mr. Tom Cloud and Ms. Janell Agnew View
13-0234 Strem Chemcials, Inc. Mr. Jason M. Stevens View
02-0276 Duratek Federal Services, Inc James H. Portsmouth View
11-0258 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Environment, Health & Safety Mr. Daniel Vick View
15-0227R Artisan EHS Consulting, LLC. Mr. David Comen View
02-0267 Duratek Federal Services, Inc James H. Portsmouth View
04-0225 Shane Havoc Consulting, LLC Gregory Sutherland, Ph.D View
06-0224 Rohm and Haas Company Ms. Carrie Wayne View
04-0216 ARUP Laboratories Mr. Paul Brinton View
06-0190 RWE NUKEM Corporation Mr. Stan Hodges View
04-0262 Baker Atlas Ms. Shelly Espinoza View
10-0155 DuPont Company Mr. Randolph Martin View
07-0113 Waste Technology Services, Inc. T.L. Nebrich. Jr., CHMM, QEP. REM View
09-0201 Hazmat, Inc. Mr. Paul J. Dambek View
05-0107 Reactives Management Corporation Ms. Cherie Walton View
08-0099 DPC Industries, Inc. Ms. Charlcye Sells View
04-0182 Occupational Safety Specialists Mr. Steve Laughlin View
01-0241 Westinghouse Mr. Christian W. Solum View
14-0231 PPG- Comex Mr. Israel Villarello View
15-0085 Transport Corp. of America Mr. Greg Payne View
14-0242 Bureau of Radiation Protection Ms. Celia Rajkovich View
10-0245 Air Transport International, L.L.C. Mr. Dave Bell View
05-0118 Mr. Joe Cleveland View
04-0177 Environmental Management & Controls, Inc. Ms. Gaye Nelson View
13-0065 Huntsman LLC Mr. Mike Stillwell View
14-0069 Environmental Management, Inc. Mr. Jamie Newton View
00-0096 Huntsman Corporation Mr. Philip Abraham View
08-0106 Roeder Cartage Company, Inc. Mr. Robert Mitchell View
15-0020 South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Bureau of Laboratories Mr. Brian Gootee View
16-0054 Infotrac, Inc. Mr. Jason Kob View
00-0097 P.B.&S. Chemical Company, Inc. Mr. Kevin Walker View
02-0311 CSX Lines, LLC Cliff Bartley View
05-0170 Mr. J.H. Cleveland View
04-0159 Chenega Technology Services Corporation Mr. Christopher Purdom View
10-0081 Gilmore Environmental Consulting, LLC Mr. John Thompson View
14-0138 Polytek Development Corp Mr. Keith E. Smith View
14-0140 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Paul Meechan View