Up-and-Down Procedure Peer Panel Report Appendix Q-7
REGULATIONS
Excerpt from
49 CFR Part 173
Pages 342 - 348, 441 - 443
Shippers - General Requirements for Shipments and Packaging The Department of Transportation in compliance with Hazardous Materials Regulations outlines the requirements to be observed in preparing hazardous materials for shipment by air, highway, rail, or water, or any combination thereof. These regulations are based on the Recommendations of the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and the International Maritime Organization.
Appendix Q-7 Up-and-Down Procedure Peer Panel Report
Pt. 172, App. C  49 CFR Ch. I (10–1–98 Edition)
A PPENDIX C TO P ART 172—D IMENSIONAL S PECIFICATIONS FOR R ECOMMENDED
P LACARD H
OLDER
PART 173—SHIPPERS—GENERAL RE­QUIREMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS AND PACKAGINGS Subpart A—General
Sec.
173.1 Purpose and scope. 173.2
Hazardous materials classes and index to hazard class definitions. 173.2a  Classification of a material having more than one hazard.
173.3 Packaging and exceptions. 173.4 Small quantity exceptions. 173.5 Agricultural operations. 173.5a Oilfield service vehicles. 173.6 Materials of trade exceptions.
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173.7 U.S. Government material.
173.8  Exceptions for non-specification pack­agings used in intrastate transportation.  173.9  Transport vehicles or freight contain­ers containing lading which has been fu­
migated.
173.10 Tank car shipments.
173.12  Exceptions for shipment of waste ma­terials.
173.13  Exceptions for Class 3, Divisions 4.1,
4.2, 4.3,
5.1,
6.1, and Classes 8 and 9 mate­
rials.
Subpart B—Preparation of Hazardous
Materials for Transportation
173.21 Forbidden materials and packages.  173.22 Shipper’s responsibility.
173.22a  Use of packagings authorized under  exemptions.
173.23 Previously authorized packaging.
173.24  General requirements for packagings  and packages.
173.24a Additional general requirements for  non-bulk packagings and packages.
173.24b  Additional general requirements for  bulk packagings.
173.25 Authorized packages and overpacks.  173.26 Quantity limitations.
173.27  General requirements for transpor­tation by aircraft.
173.28  Reuse, reconditioning and remanufac­ture of packagings.
173.29 Empty packagings.
173.30  Loading and unloading of transport  vehicles.
173.31 Use of tank cars.
173.32  Qualification, maintenance and use of  portable tanks other than Specification  IM portable tanks.
173.32a  Approval of Specification IM port­able tanks.
173.32b Periodic testing and inspection of  Specification IM portable tanks.
173.32c Use of Specification IM portable  tanks.
173.33  Hazardous materials in cargo tank  motor vehicles.
173.34  Qualification, maintenance, and use  of cylinders.
173.35  Hazardous materials in intermediate  bulk containers.
173.40  General packaging requirements for  poisonous materials required to be pack­
aged in cylinders.
Subpart C—Definitions, Classification and
Packaging for Class 1
173.50 Class 1—Definitions.
173.51  Authorization to offer and transport  explosives.
173.52  Classification codes and compatibil­ity groups of explosives.
173.53  Provisions for using old classifica­tions of explosives.
173.54 Forbidden explosives.  173.55 [Reserved]
173.56  New explosives—Definition and proce­dures for classification and approval.
173.57  Acceptance criteria for new explo­sives.
173.58  Assignment of class and division for  new explosives.
173.59 Description of terms for explosives.
173.60  General packaging requirements for  explosives.
173.61 Mixed packaging requirements.
173.62  Specific packaging requirements for  explosives.
173.63 Packaging exceptions.
Subpart D—Definitions, Classification, Packing Group Assignments and Ex­
ceptions for Hazardous Material Other
Than Class 1 and Class 7
173.115  Class 2, Divisions 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3—  Definitions.
173.116 Class 2—Assignment of hazard zone.  173.117–173.119 [Reserved]
173.120 Class 3—Definitions.
173.121  Class 3—Assignment of packing  group.
173.124  Class 4, Divisions 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3—  Definitions.
173.125  Class 4—Assignment of packing  group.
173.127  Class 5, Division 5.1—Definition and  assignment of packing groups.
173.128  Class 5, Division 5.2—Definitions and  types.
173.129  Class 5, Division 5.2—Assignment of  packing group.
173.132 Class 6, Division 6.1—Definitions.
173.133  Assignment of packing group and  hazard zones for Division 6.1 materials.
reactive carbonyl species
173.134  Class 6, Division 6.2—Definitions, ex­ceptions and packing group assignments.  173.136 Class 8—Definitions.
173.137  Class 8—Assignment of packing  group.
173.140 Class 9—Definitions.
173.141  Class 9—Assignment of packing  group.
173.144  Other Regulated Materials (ORM)—  Definitions.
173.145  Other Regulated Materials—Assign­ment of packing group.
173.150  Exceptions for Class 3 (flammable)  and combustible liquids.
173.151 Exceptions for Class 4.
173.152
Exceptions for Division 5.1  (oxidizers) and Division 5.2 (organic per­
oxides).
173.153  Exceptions for Division 6.1 (poison­ous materials).
173.154  Exceptions for Class 8 (corrosive ma­terials).
173.155  Exceptions for Class 9 (miscellane­ous hazardous materials).
173.156 Exceptions for ORM materials.
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Subpart E—Non-bulk Packaging for Haz­ardous Materials Other Than Class 1
and Class 7
173.158 Nitric acid.
173.159 Batteries, wet.
173.160  Bombs, smoke, non-explosive (corro­sive).
173.161 Chemical kits.
173.162 Gallium.
173.163 Hydrogen fluoride.
173.164  Mercury (metallic and articles con­taining mercury).
173.166  Air bag inflators, air bag modules and seat-belt pretensioners.
173.170 Black powder for small arms.
173.171 Smokeless powder for small arms.
173.172  Aircraft hydraulic power unit fuel tank.
173.173  Paint, paint-related material, adhe­sives and ink and resins.
173.174 Refrigerating machines.
173.181 Pyrophoric materials (liquids).
173.182  Barium azide—50 percent or more water wet.
173.183 Nitrocellulose base film.
173.184 Highway or rail fusee.
173.185 Lithium batteries and cells.
173.186 Matches.
173.187 Pyrophoric solids, metals or alloys, n.o.s.
173.188 White or yellow phosphorous.
173.189  Batteries containing sodium or cells containing sodium.
173.192  Packaging for certain Packing Group I poisonous materials.
173.193  Bromoacetone, methyl bromide, chloropicrin and methyl bromide or
methyl chloride mixtures, etc.
173.194 Gas identification sets.
173.195  Hydrogen cyanide, anhydrous, sta­bilized (hydrocyanic acid, aqueous solu­
tion).
173.196
Infectious substances (etiologic agents).
173.197 Regulated medical waste.
173.198 Nickel carbonyl.
173.201  Non-bulk packagings for liquid haz­ardous materials in Packing Group I.
173.202  Non-bulk packagings for liquid haz­ardous materials in Packing Group II.
173.203  Non-bulk packagings for liquid haz­ardous materials in Packing Group III. 173.204  Non-bulk, non-specification packag­ings for certain hazardous materials.
173.205  Specification cylinders for liquid hazardous materials.
173.211  Non-bulk packagings for solid haz­ardous materials in Packing Group I.
173.212  Non-bulk packagings for solid haz­ardous materials in Packing Group II.
173.213  Non-bulk packagings for solid haz­ardous materials in Packing Group III. 173.214  Packagings which require approval by the Associate Administrator for Haz­
ardous Materials Safety.
173.216 Asbestos, blue, brown, or white. 49 CFR Ch. I (10–1–98 Edition)
173.217 Carbon dioxide, solid (dry ice).
173.218 Fish meal or fish scrap.
173.219 Life-saving appliances.
173.220  Internal combustion engines, self-propelled vehicles, and mechanical equip­
ment containing internal combustion en­
gines or wet batteries.
173.221 Polymeric beads, expandable.
173.222  Wheelchairs equipped with wet elec­tric storage batteries.
173.224  Packaging and control and emer­gency temperatures for self-reactive ma­
terials.
173.225  Packaging requirements and other provisions for organic peroxides.
173.226  Materials poisonous by inhalation, Division 6.1, Packing Group I, Hazard
Zone A.
173.227  Materials poisonous by inhalation, Division 6.1, Packing Group I, Hazard
Zone B.
173.228  Bromine pentaflouride or bromine trifluoride.
173.229  Chloric acid solution or chlorine di­oxide hydrate, frozen.
Subpart F—Bulk Packaging for Hazardous Materials Other Than Class 1 and Class 7 173.240  Bulk packaging for certain low haz­ard solid materials.
173.241  Bulk packagings for certain low haz­ard liquid and solid materials.
173.242  Bulk packagings for certain medium hazard liquids and solids, including solids
with dual hazards.
173.243  Bulk packaging for certain high haz­ard liquids and dual hazard materials
which pose a moderate hazard.
173.244
Bulk packaging for certain pyrophoric liquids (Division 4.2), dan­
gerous when wet (Division 4.3) materials,
and poisonous liquids with inhalation
hazards (Division 6.1).
173.245  Bulk packaging for extremely haz­ardous materials such as poisonous gases
(Division 2.3).
173.247  Bulk packaging for certain elevated temperature materials (Class 9) and cer­
tain flammable elevated temperature
materials (Class 3).
173.249 Bromine.
Subpart G—Gases; Preparation and
Packaging
173.300 [Reserved]
173.300a Approval of independent inspection agency.
173.300b Approval of non-domestic chemical analyses and tests.
173.300c Termination of approval.
173.301  General requirements for shipment of compressed gases in cylinders and
spherical pressure vessels.
173.302  Charging of cylinders with non-liq­uefied compressed gases.
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173.303  Charging of cylinders with com­
pressed gas in solution (acetylene).
173.304  Charging of cylinders with liquefied  compressed gas.
173.305  Charging of cylinders with a mixture
of compressed gas and other material.
173.306  Limited quantities of compressed  gases.
173.307 Exceptions for compressed gases.
173.308  Cigarette lighter or other similar de­
vice charged with fuel.
173.309 Fire extinguishers.
173.314  Compressed gases in tank cars and  multi-unit tank cars.
173.315  Compressed gases in cargo tanks and  portable tanks.  173.316 Cryogenic liquids in cylinders.  173.318 Cryogenic liquids in cargo tanks.  173.319 Cryogenic liquids in tank cars.  173.320 Cryogenic liquids; exceptions.  173.321 Ethylamine.  173.322 Ethyl chloride.  173.323 Ethylene oxide. 
173.334  Organic phosphates mixed with com­pressed gas.  173.335 Gas generator assemblies.  173.336  Nitrogen dioxide, liquefied, or  dinitrogen tetroxide, liquefied.  173.337 Nitric oxide.  173.338 Tungsten hexafluoride.  173.340 Tear gas devices.  Subpart H [Reserved ] Subpart I–Class 7 (Radioactive) Materials 173.401 Scope.  173.403 Definitions.  173.410 General design requirements.  173.411 Industrial packagings.  173.412  Additional design requirements for  Type A packages.  173.413 Requirements for Type B packages.  173.415 Authorized Type A packages.  173.416 Authorized Type B packages.  173.417  Authorized fissile materials pack­ages.  173.418  Authorized packages—pyrophoric  Class 7 (radioactive) materials.  173.419  Authorized packages—oxidizing  Class 7 (radioactive) materials.  173.420  Uranium hexafluoride (fissile,  fissile excepted and non-fissile).  173.421  Excepted packages for limited  quantities of Class 7 (radioactive) mate­rials.  173.422  Additional requirements for ex­cepted packages containing Class 7 (ra­dioactive) materials.
173.423  Requirements for multiple hazard  limited quantity Class 7 (radioactive)
materials.  173.424  Excepted packages for radioactive  instruments and articles.  173.425  Table of activity limits—excepted  quantities and articles.  173.426  Excepted packages for articles con­taining natural uranium or thorium.  173.427  Transport requirements for low spe­
cific activity (LSA) Class 7 (radioactive)  materials and surface contaminated ob­jects (SCO).  173.428  Empty Class 7 (radioactive) mate­
rials packaging.  173.431  Activity limits for Type A and Type  B packages.  173.433  Requirements for determining A 1  and A 2 values for radionuclides and for  the listing of radionuclides on shipping  papers and labels.  173.434  Activity-mass relationships for ura­nium and natural thorium.  173.435  Table of A 1 and A 2 values for radio- nuclides.  173.441 Radiation level limitations.  173.442 Thermal limitations.  173.443 Contamination control.  173.447  Storage incident to transpor­tation—general requirements.  173.448  General transportation require­ments.  173.453 Fissile materials—exceptions.  173.457  Transportation of fissile material,  controlled shipments—specific require­ments.  173.459 Mixing of fissile material packages.  173.461  Demonstration of compliance with  tests.
173.462  Preparation of specimens for test­ing.
173.465 Type A packaging tests.  173.466  Additional tests for Type A packag­
ings designed for liquids and gases.  173.467  Tests for demonstrating the ability  of Type B and fissile materials packag­ings to withstand accident conditions in  transportation.
173.468 Test for LSA-III material.
173.469  Tests for special form Class 7 (ra­dioactive) materials.
173.471  Requirements for U.S. Nuclear Reg­ulatory Commission approved packages.
173.472  Requirements for exporting DOT  Specification Type B and fissile pack­
ages.
173.473  Requirements for foreign-made
packages.
173.474  Quality control for construction of
packaging.
173.475  Quality control requirements prior
to each shipment of Class 7 (radioactive)  materials.
173.476  Approval of special form Class 7 (ra­
dioactive) materials.
Subparts J–O [Reserved ]
A PPENDIX A TO P ART 173 [R ESERVED ]
A PPENDIX
B TO P ART 173—P ROCEDURE FOR
T ESTING C HEMICAL C OMPATIBILITY AND R ATE OF P ERMEATION IN P LASTIC P ACKAG ­
ING AND R ECEPTACLES