Part 173 — Shippers—General Requirements for Shipments and Packagings
Subpart A — General
- § 173.1— Purpose and scope.
- § 173.2— Hazardous material 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.
- § 173.5b— Portable and mobile refrigeration systems.
- § 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.
- § 173.14— Hazardous materials in equipment in use or intended for use during transport.
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 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.
- § 173.37— Hazardous Materials in Flexible Bulk Containers.
- § 173.40— General packaging requirements for toxic materials packaged in cylinders.
- § 173.41— Sampling and testing program for unrefined petroleum-based products.
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.
- § 173.56— 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.
- § 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.
- § 173.67— Exceptions for Division 1.1 jet perforating guns.
Subpart D — Definitions Classification, Packing Group Assignments and Exceptions for Hazardous Materials 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.
- § 173.120— 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.
- § 173.150— 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 materials.
- § 173.157— Reverse logistics—General requirements and exceptions for reverse logistics.
Subpart E — Non-bulk Packaging for Hazardous Materials Other Than Class 1 and Class 7
- § 173.158— Nitric acid.
- § 173.159— Batteries, wet.
- § 173.159a— Exceptions for non-spillable batteries.
- § 173.160— Bombs, smoke, non-explosive (corrosive).
- § 173.161— Chemical kits and first aid kits.
- § 173.162— Gallium.
- § 173.163— Hydrogen fluoride.
- § 173.164— Mercury (metallic and articles containing mercury).
- § 173.165— Polyester resin kits.
- § 173.166— Safety devices.
- § 173.167— ID8000 consumer commodities.
- § 173.168— Chemical oxygen generators.
- § 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, ink and resins.
- § 173.174— Refrigerating machines.
- § 173.175— Permeation devices.
- § 173.176— Capacitors.
- § 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 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.
- § 173.192— Packaging for certain toxic gases in Hazard Zone A.
- § 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 solution).
- § 173.196— Category A infectious substances.
- § 173.197— Regulated medical waste.
- § 173.198— Nickel carbonyl.
- § 173.199— Category B infectious substances.
- § 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.
- § 173.206— 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.
- § 173.214— Packagings which require approval by the Associate Administrator.
- § 173.216— Asbestos, blue, brown or white.
- § 173.217— Carbon dioxide, solid (dry ice).
- § 173.218— Fish meal or fish scrap.
- § 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.
- § 173.221— Polymeric beads, expandable and Plastic molding compound.
- § 173.222— Dangerous goods in articles, 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.
- § 173.228— Bromine pentafluoride or bromine trifluoride.
- § 173.229— Chloric acid solution or chlorine dioxide hydrate, frozen.
- § 173.230— Fuel cell cartridges containing hazardous material.
- § 173.231— Ammonium nitrate emulsion, suspension or gel.
- § 173.232— Articles containing hazardous materials, n.o.s.
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), dangerous 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.
- § 173.249— Bromine.
- § 173.251— Bulk packaging for ammonium nitrate emulsion, suspension, or gel.
Subpart G — Gases; Preparation and Packaging
- § 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 non-liquefied (permanent) compressed gases in specification cylinders.
- § 173.302b— Additional requirements for shipment of non-liquefied (permanent) compressed gases in UN pressure receptacles.
- § 173.302c— Additional requirements for the shipment of adsorbed 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.
- § 173.305— 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— Lighters.
- § 173.309— Fire extinguishers.
- § 173.310— Exceptions for radiation detectors.
- § 173.311— Metal Hydride Storage Systems.
- § 173.312— Requirements for shipment of MEGCs.
- § 173.313— UN Portable Tank Table for Liquefied Compressed Gases and Chemical Under Pressure.
- § 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— Chemical under pressure n.o.s.
- § 173.336— Nitrogen dioxide, liquefied, or dinitrogen tetroxide, liquefied.
- § 173.337— Nitric oxide.
- § 173.338— Tungsten hexafluoride.
- § 173.340— Tear gas devices.
Subpart I — Class 7 (Radioactive) Materials
- § 173.401— Scope.
- § 173.403— Definitions.
- § 173.410— General design requirements.
- § 173.411— Industrial packages.
- § 173.412— Additional design requirements for Type A packages.
- § 173.413— 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 specific activity (LSA) Class 7 (radioactive) material and surface contaminated objects (SCO).
- § 173.428— Empty Class 7 (radioactive) materials packaging.
- § 173.431— Activity limits for Type A and Type B packages.
- § 173.433— Requirements for determining basic radionuclide values, 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<sub>1</sub> and A<sub>2</sub> 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.
- § 173.442— 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 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.
- § 173.462— Preparation of specimens for testing.
- § 173.465— Type A packaging tests.
- § 173.466— Additional tests for Type A packagings 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 packages.
- § 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 (radioactive) materials.
- § 173.477— Approval of packagings containing greater than 0.1 kg of non-fissile or fissile-excepted uranium hexafluoride.