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Interpretation Response #13-0028 ([JAL Cargo Service Co., Ltd.] [Mr. Kenta Kuronuma])

Below is the interpretation response detail and a list of regulations sections applicable to this response.

Interpretation Response Details

Response Publish Date:

Company Name: JAL Cargo Service Co., Ltd.

Individual Name: Mr. Kenta Kuronuma

Country: US

View the Interpretation Document

Response text:

March 25, 2013  

 

                                           

Mr. Kenta Kuronuma
General Affairs Department
JAL Cargo Service Co., Ltd.

Reference No.: 13-0028

Dear Mr. Kuronuma:

This is in response to your January 29, 2013 email to the Hazardous Materials Information Center requesting clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to packages containing Class 7 radioactive material transported as cargo aboard passenger aircraft.

You ask, when carrying packages containing Class 7 material as cargo on passenger aircraft in accordance with § 175.700, does the 25 kg quantity limitation provided in § 175.75(c) apply to those packages.

The limitations provided in § 175.700 apply to packages containing Class 7 material transported as cargo aboard passenger aircraft.  The limitations provided in § 175.700 are based on the transport index of the radioactive material and not the net weight of the material.

Inadvertently, Class 7 materials were not excluded from the quantity limitations for passenger aircraft in § 175.75(c).  The revision of § 175.75(c), to exclude Class 7 materials, may be considered for a future rulemaking. 

I trust this satisfies your inquiry.  Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.

Sincerely,

Delmer Billings
Senior Regulatory Advisor
Standards and Rulemaking Division

175.75, 175.700

Regulation Sections