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- § 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 quantities for highway and rail - § 173.4a
Excepted quantities - § 173.4b
De minimis exceptions - § 173.5
Agricultural operations - § 173.5a
Oilfield service vehicles, mechanical displacement meter provers, and roadway striping vehicles exceptions - § 173.6
Materials of trade exceptions - § 173.7
Government operations and materials - § 173.8
Exceptions for non-specification packagings used in intrastate transportation - § 173.9
Transport vehicles or freight containers containing lading which has been fumigated - § 173.10
Tank car shipments - § 173.11
Exceptions for shipment of light bulbs containing hazardous materials - § 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 materials - § 173.21
Forbidden materials and packages - § 173.22
Shipper's responsibility - § 173.22a
Use of packagings authorized under special permits - § 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 packagings 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
Requirements for the use of portable tanks - § 173.33
Hazardous materials in cargo tank motor vehicles - § 173.35
Hazardous materials in IBCs - § 173.36
Hazardous materials in Large Packagings - § 173.40
General packaging requirements for toxic materials packaged in cylinders - § 173.41
Sampling and testing program for unrefined petroleum-based products - § 173.50
Class 1-Definitions - § 173.52
Classification codes and compatibility groups of explosives - § 173.54
Forbidden explosives - § 173.56
New explosives-definition and procedures for classification and approval - § 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 - § 173.64
Exceptions for Division 1.3 and 1.4 fireworks - § 173.65
Exceptions for Division 1.4G consumer fireworks - § 173.66
Requirements for bulk packagings of certain explosives and oxidizers - § 173.115
Class 2, Divisions 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3-Definitions - § 173.116
Class 2-Assignment of hazard zone - § 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 - § 173.132
Class 6, Division 6.1-Definitions - § 173.133
Assignment of packing group and hazard zones for Division 6.1 materials - § 173.134
Class 6, Division 6.2-Definitions and exceptions - § 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 Material (ORM)-Definitions - § 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 peroxides) - § 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 limited quantity and ORM - § 173.157
Reverse logistics-General requirements and exceptions for reverse logistics - § 173.158
Nitric acid - § 173.159
Batteries, wet - § 173.159a
Exceptions for non-spillable batteries - § 173.164
Mercury (metallic and articles containing mercury) - § 173.166
Safety devices - § 173.167
Consumer commodities - § 173.168
Chemical oxygen generators - § 173.170
Black powder for small arms - § 173.171
Smokeless powder for small arms - § 173.173
Paint, paint-related material, adhesives, ink and resins. - § 173.176
Capacitors - § 173.181
Pyrophoric materials (liquids) - § 173.183
Nitrocellulose base film - § 173.184
Highway or rail fusee - § 173.185
Lithium cells and batteries - § 173.186
Matches - § 173.187
Pyrophoric solids, metals or alloys, n.o.s - § 173.188
White or yellow phosphorus - § 173.189
Batteries containing sodium or cells containing sodium - § 173.196
Category A infectious substances - § 173.197
Regulated medical waste - § 173.199
Category B infectious substances - § 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 - § 173.206
Packaging requirements for chlorosilanes - § 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 - § 173.216
Asbestos, blue, brown or white - § 173.217
Carbon dioxide, solid (dry ice) - § 173.219
Life-saving appliances - § 173.220
Internal combustion engines, vehicles, machinery containing internal combustion engines, battery-powered equipment or machinery, fuel cell-powered equipment or machinery - § 173.222
Dangerous goods in equipment, machinery or apparatus - § 173.223
Packagings for certain flammable solids - § 173.224
Packaging and control and emergency temperatures for self-reactive materials - § 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 - § 173.240
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), dangerous when wet (Division 4.3) materials, and poisonous liquids with inhalation hazards (Division 6.1). - § 173.247
Bulk packaging for certain elevated temperature materials - § 173.301
General requirements for shipment of compressed gases and other hazardous materials in cylinders, UN pressure receptacles and spherical pressure vessels - § 173.301a
Additional general requirements for shipment of specification cylinders - § 173.301b
Additional general requirements for shipment of UN pressure receptacles - § 173.302
Filling of cylinders with nonliquefied (permanent) compressed gases or adsorbed gases - § 173.302a
Additional requirements for shipment of nonliquefied (permanent) compressed gases in specification cylinders - § 173.302b
Additional requirements for shipment of non-liquefied (permanent) compressed gases in UN pressure receptacles - § 173.303
Charging of cylinders with compressed gas in solution (acetylene). - § 173.304
Filling of cylinders with liquefied compressed gases - § 173.304a
Additional requirements for shipment of liquefied compressed gases in specification cylinders - § 173.304b
Additional requirements for shipment of liquefied compressed gases in UN pressure receptacles - § 173.306
Limited quantities of compressed gases - § 173.307
Exceptions for compressed gases - § 173.308
Lighters - § 173.309
Fire extinguishers - § 173.310
Exceptions for radiation detectors - § 173.312
Requirements for shipment of MEGCs - § 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 - § 173.319
Cryogenic liquids in tank cars - § 173.320
Cryogenic liquids; exceptions - § 173.322
Ethyl chloride - § 173.334
Organic phosphates mixed with compressed gas - § 173.336
Nitrogen dioxide, liquefied, or dinitrogen tetroxide, liquefied - § 173.401
Scope - § 173.403
Definitions - § 173.410
General design requirements - § 173.411
Industrial packages - § 173.412
Additional design requirements for Type A 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 - § 173.421
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 specific activity (LSA) Class 7 (radioactive) material and surface contaminated objects (SCO) - § 173.428
Empty Class 7 (radioactive) materials packaging - § 173.433
Requirements for determining basic radionuclide values, and for the listing of radionuclides on shipping papers and labels - § 173.435
Table of A1 and A2 values for radionuclides - § 173.436
Exempt material activity concentrations and exempt consignment activity limits for radionuclides - § 173.441
Radiation level limitations and exclusive use provisions - § 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 packages-specific requirements - § 173.459
Mixing of fissile material packages with non-fissile or fissile-excepted material packages - § 173.461
Demonstration of compliance with tests - § 173.465
Type A packaging tests - § 173.467
Tests for demonstrating the ability of Type B and fissile materials packagings to withstand accident conditions in transportation - § 173.469
Tests for special form Class 7 (radioactive) materials - § 173.475
Quality control requirements prior to each shipment of Class 7 (radioactive) materials - § 173.476
Approval of special form Class 7 (radioactive) materials
Part 173 SHIPPERS-GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS AND PACKAGINGS
Section § 173.21: Forbidden materials and packages
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| Ref ID | Date | Company Name | Individual Name | Response Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-0035 | 03-24-2008 | BD Medical - Medical Surgical Systems | Mr. Lane Arbittier | View |
| 08-0019 | 02-25-2008 | Mr. Charles W. Guthrie | View | |
| 07-0152 | 10-29-2007 | ZPower, Inc. | Mr. Ross E. Dueber, Ph.D | View |
| 07-0037 | 06-28-2007 | Horizon Lines | Mr. Cliff Bartley | View |
| 06-0027 | 07-06-2006 | Mr. Steve Kranyec | View |