Note: If an item is determined to be hazardous material as defined in §102-40.30, a Material Safety Data Sheet (or equivalent) should accompany the item even though the Federal Supply Class or Group is not listed in this table.

Open Table
Federal supply class/group Title Examples of hazardous materials requiring identification
1370 Pyrotechnics Warning fuse, fire starter.
1375 Demolition materials Explosive device.
2520 Vehicular power transmission components Items containing asbestos.
2530 Vehicular brake, steering, axle, wheel, and track components Items containing asbestos.
2540 Vehicular furniture and accessories Items containing asbestos.
2640 Tire rebuilding and tire and tube repair materials Items containing flammable or toxic compounds.
Group 28 Engines, turbines, and components Engine valves containing metallic sodium.
Group 29 Engine accessories Engine valves containing metallic sodium.
Group 30 Mechanical power transmission equipment Equipment containing hazardous hydraulic fluid, including PCBs.
Group 34 Metalworking machinery Equipment containing hazardous hydraulic fluids, including PCBs.
3433 Gas welding, heat cutting, and metalizing equipment Compressed gases.
3439 Miscellaneous welding, soldering, and brazing supplies and accessories Hazardous items such as cleaners, acids, flux, and supplies that contain or produce hazardous fumes.
3610 Printing, duplication, and bookbinding equipment Flammable or toxic lithographic solutions.
3655 Gas generating and dispensing systems, fixed or mobile Items that produce hazardous fumes.
3680 Foundry machinery, related equipment and supplies Flammable or toxic casting compounds.
4240 Safety and rescue equipment Items which involve oxygen, compressed gases, or contain emitting charges.
5610 Mineral construction materials, bulk Hazardous items such as cutback asphalt, deck and floor covering, deck and surface underlay compound, sealing compound, flight deck compound.
5660 Wallboard, building paper, and thermal insulation materials Asbestos cloth which has loose fibers or particles that may become airborne and materials containing formaldehyde.
5820 Radio and television communication equipment, except airborne Circuit cooler items that contain gases that are regarded as hazardous to the earth's ozone layer.
5835 Sound recording and reproducing equipment Recording tape cleaners that contain hazardous cleaning fluids.
5910 Capacitors Items that contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) or sulfuric acid.
5915 Filters and networks Items that contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
5920 Fuses and lighting arresters Items containing radioactive material.
5925 Circuit breakers Items containing radioactive material.
5930 Switches Items containing radioactive material.
5935 Connectors, electrical Kits that contain flammable chemicals.
5950 Coils and transformers Items containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
5960 Electron tubes and associated hardware Tubes that contain radioactive isotopes and require warning labels and magnetron tubes, which require special precautions when being prepared for air shipment.
5965 Headsets, handsets, microphones, and speakers Items containing magnetic material.
5970 Electrical insulators and insulating materials Items containing flammable solvents.
5975 Electrical hardware and supplies Items containing asbestos.
5985 Antennas, waveguides, and related equipment Kits that contain flammable chemicals.
5999 Miscellaneous electrical and oxide electronic components Contact plates that contain beryllium.
Group 61 Electric wire and power and distribution equipment Power factor capacitors containing PCBs.
6120 Transformers: Distribution and power station Transformers containing PCBs.
6135 Batteries, primary Lead-acid, lithium, and mercury batteries and alkaline (with electrolyte).
6140 Batteries, secondary Items that are wet or moist containing corrosive or other hazardous compounds.
6145 Wire and cable, electrical Insulated wire containing asbestos.
6220 Electric vehicular lights and fixtures Items that contain mercury.
6230 Electric portable and hand lighting equipment Items that contain wet batteries.
6240 Electric lamps Items that contain mercury.
6260 Nonelectrical lighting fixtures Items that contain mercury.
6350 Miscellaneous signal and security detection systems Items that contain wet batteries or radioactive material.
6505 Drugs, biologicals, and official reagents Hazardous items as defined in Sec. 102-40.30.
6508 Medicated cosmetics and toiletries Hazardous items as defined in Sec. 102-40.30, subject to DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations.
6510 Surgical dressing materials Items containing flammable solvents.
6520 Dental instruments, equipment, and supplies Items containing flammable solvents, mercury or asbestos.
6525 X-ray equipment and supplies: medical, dental, veterinary Items containing hazardous chemicals, solvents.
6625 Electrical and electronic properties measuring and testing instruments Items containing radioactive materials.
6640 Laboratory equipment and supplies Items containing flammable compounds, mercury or asbestos.
6685 Pressure, temperature, and humidity measuring and controlling instruments Items containing mercury or compressed gases.
6740 Photographic Items containing radioactive compounds.
6750 Photographic supplies Items containing hazardous chemicals, solvents, thinners, and cements.
6780 Photographic sets, kits, and outfits Items containing hazardous chemicals, solvents, thinners, and cements.
7360 Sets, kits, and outfits; food preparation and serving Items containing compressed gases such as fire extinguishers.
7510 Office supplies Hazardous items, such as thinners, cleaning fluids, flammable inks, and varnishes.
8405 Outerwear, men's Maintenance kits containing flammable solvents.
8410 Outerwear, women's Maintenance kits containing flammable solvents.
8415 Clothing, special purpose Maintenance kits containing flammable solvents.
8465 Individual equipment Maintenance kits containing flammable solvents.
8510 Perfumes, toilet preparations, and powders Shipping containers and pressurized containers with flammable or nonflammable propellants.
8520 Toilet soap, shaving preparations, and dentifrices Shipping containers and pressurized containers with flammable or nonflammable propellants.
8720 Fertilizers Items containing weed and pest control or other harmful ingredients or because of their composition, are hazardous.
9390 Miscellaneous fabricated nonmetallic materials Items containing flammable solvents or asbestos.
9920 Smokers' articles and matches Lighter fuel and matches only.
9930 Memorials; cemeteries and mortuary equipment and supplies Items containing formaldehyde or its solutions.

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