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Fwd: US DOT excepted package statements



>Sherry



Please see: http://hazmat.dot.gov/rules/2000_7702_fr.htm  This is the Final 

Rule on 49 CFR 171 -173, 175 -180; i.e., a 268-page document (downloading 

at 56K is not recommended).



Basically, the DOT authorizes *voluntary compliance* with the use of the 

new ICAO Hazardous Materials Table, beginning 1 July 2001.  The HMT 

includes the new UN numbers, shipping names, etc.; it also excludes 

selected numbers, names, etc., which were/are in the "former" Table.   Some 

things are "not" changing, e.g., the definition of RAM and the values for 

Type A packaging.



Compliance is technically not *required*, unless this is a misprint, until 

1 October 2002.  Note that our experience, so far, has been that 

shippers/carriers are using the new HMT.  We have not tried to ship using 

the "former" names/numbers, but, were we to do so, it would not surprise 

me, if a carrier were to reject the package, and tell us to redo the 

papers, and relabel it, to conform to the new HMT.  They would be within 

their rights (and, certainly, their powers !!).



Show me the errors of my ways, I beg thee

cja





> > From: Meith, Sherry L

> > It looks like 49 CFR 173.422 was not amended in DOT's recent rulemaking to

>incorporate the new UN numbers and proper shipping names from IATA.  If an

>excepted package is going by air, it will have a new UN number on the air

>waybill, a new UN number marked on the package, and an old UN number on the

>excepted package certification required at 173.422 by DOT.  In the interest

>of harmony, I am hoping the DOT would accept an excepted package

>certification such as "This package conforms to the conditions and

>limitations specified in 49 CFR 173.428 for radioactive material, excepted

>package -- empty package, UN2910 and UN2908."  Any advice?

> >

> > Sherry Meith, CIH, CHP

> > Boeing Radiation Health Protection

> > PO Box 3707, mailstop 6Y-38

> > Seattle, WA  98124

> > 425/393-1812





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