DOT Issues Cylinder Safety Advisory
PHMSA 04-29 cylinder safety advisory.pdf
On April 29, 2015 (80 FR 23851), the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a safety advisory notice in the federal register to notify the public that Liberty Industrial Gases and Welding Supplies Inc., located at 600 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231, also known as Liberty Industrial Gases and Welding Supply, Inc., marked ICC, DOT-Specification and DOT-Special Permit high pressure compressed gas cylinders from April 1986 through October 2014 as authorized for hazardous materials transportation without properly testing the cylinders and without authorization to do so. These cylinders should be considered unsafe and not authorized for the filling of hazardous materials unless the cylinder is first properly tested by an individual or company authorized to requalify DOT-Specification and DOT-Special Permit cylinders. Cylinders described in this safety advisory notice that are filled with atmospheric gas should be vented or otherwise safely discharged. Cylinders that are filled with a material other than an atmospheric gas should not be vented but instead should be safely discharged.
