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.
§ 173.3 - Packaging and exceptions.
§ 173.4 - Small quantities for highway and rail.
§ 173.5 - Agricultural operations.
§ 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.
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§ 173.2a - Classification of a material having more than one hazard.
§ 173.4a - Excepted quantities.
§ 173.4b - De minimis exceptions.
§ 173.5a - Oilfield service vehicles, mechanical displacement meter provers, and roadway striping vehicles exceptions.
§ 173.5b - Portable and mobile refrigeration systems.
Subpart B - Preparation of Hazardous Materials for Transportation
§ 173.21 - Forbidden materials and packages.
§ 173.22 - Shipper's responsibility.
§ 173.23 - Previously authorized packaging.
§ 173.24 - General requirements for packagings and packages.
§ 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.
§ 173.34 - [Reserved]
§ 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.
§ 173.22a - Use of packagings authorized under special permits.
§ 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.
§ 173.24a - Additional general requirements for non-bulk packagings and packages.
§ 173.24b - Additional general requirements for bulk packagings.
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.
§ 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.
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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.
§ 173.129 - [Reserved]
§ 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.
§ 173.145 - 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 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.
§§ 173.144--173.145 - [Reserved]
§§ 173.117--173.119 - [Reserved]
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 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.
§ 173.159a - Exceptions for non-spillable batteries.
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
§ 173.300 - [Reserved]
§ 173.301 - General requirements for shipment of compressed gases and other hazardous materials in cylinders, UN pressure receptacles, and spherical pressure vessels.
§ 173.302 - Filling of cylinders with nonliquefied (permanent) compressed gases or adsorbed gases.
§ 173.303 - Charging of cylinders with compressed gas in solution (acetylene).
§ 173.304 - Filling of cylinders with liquefied compressed gases.
§ 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.
§ 173.300a - Approval of independent inspection agency.
§ 173.300b - Approval of non-domestic chemical analyses and tests.
§ 173.300c - Termination of approval.
§ 173.301a - Additional general requirements for shipment of specification cylinders.
§ 173.301b - Additional general requirements for shipment of UN pressure receptacles.
§ 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.
§ 173.304a - 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.
Subpart H - XXX
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 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.
§ 173.442 - 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.
Subparts J--O - XXX
Appendix A to Part 173
Appendix A to Part 173 - [Reserved]
Appendix B to Part 173 - Procedure for Testing Chemical Compatibility and Rate of Permeation in Plastic Packaging and Receptacles
Appendix C to Part 173 - Procedure for Base-level Vibration Testing
Appendix D to Part 173 - Test Methods for Dynamite (Explosive, Blasting, Type A)
Appendix H to Part 173 - Method of Testing for Sustained Combustibility
Appendix I to Part 173 - Calculation Method
Appendixes E-G to Part 173 - [Reserved]
Appendixes E-G to Part 173 - [Reserved]