49 C.F.R. § 176.142   Hazardous materials of extreme flammability.


Title 49 - Transportation


Title 49: Transportation
PART 176—CARRIAGE BY VESSEL
Subpart G—Detailed Requirements for Class 1 (Explosive) Materials
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§ 176.142   Hazardous materials of extreme flammability.

(a) Except as allowed by paragraph (b) of this section, certain hazardous materials of extreme flammability may not be transported in a vessel carrying Class 1 (explosive) materials. This prohibition applies to the following liquid hazardous materials:

   Carbon disulfide................  UN1131...........  Class 3Diethylzinc.....................  UN1366...........  Division 4.2Dimethylzinc....................  UN1370...........  Division 4.2Magnesium alkys.................  UN3053...........  Division 4.2Methyl phosphonous di-chloride,   NA2845...........  Division 6.1 pyrophoric liquid..Nickel carbonyl.................  UN1259...........  Division 6.1Pyrophoric liquid, inorganic,     UN3194...........  Division 4.2 n.o.s..Pyrophoric liquid, organic,       UN2845...........  Division 4.2 n.o.s..Organometallic substance,         UN3392...........  Division 4.2 liquid, pyrophoric..Organometallic substance,         UN3394...........  Division 4.2 liquid, pyrophoric, water- reactive.. 

(b) The hazardous materials listed in paragraph (a) of this section may be transported in a vessel carrying the following Class 1 (explosive) materials as cargo:

(1) Division 1.4 (explosive) materials, compatibility group S.

(2) Explosive articles having the following proper shipping names and identification numbers (see column (4) of the §172.101 table) if designed for lifesaving purposes and their total net explosive mass (weight) does not exceed 50 kg (110 lbs) per vessel:

(i) ARTICLES, PYROTECHNIC: UN Nos. 0428, 0429, 0430, 0431.

(ii) CARTRIDGES, FLASH: UN Nos. 0049, 0050.

(iii) CARTRIDGES, SIGNAL: UN Nos. 0054, 0312.

(iv) SIGNAL DEVICES, HAND: UN No. 0191.

(v) SIGNALS, DISTRESS: UN Nos. 0194, 0195.

(vi) SIGNALS, SMOKE: UN Nos. 0196, 0197, 0313.

(3) Class 1 (explosive) materials in compatibility groups C, D, and E if the total net explosive mass (weight) does not exceed 10 kg (22 pounds) per vessel.

(4) Explosive articles in compatibility group G, except fireworks and Class 1 (explosive) materials requiring special stowage if the total net explosive mass (weight) does not exceed 10 kg (22 pounds) per vessel.

(c) When a vessel carrying Class 1 (explosive) materials allowed under paragraph (b) of this section also carries a hazardous material of extreme flammability, that hazardous material must be stowed in a part of the vessel as remote as practicable from the Class 1 (explosive) materials.

[Amdt. 176–30, 55 FR 52696, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 33438, June 21, 2001; 66 FR 45384, Aug. 28, 2001; 69 FR 76184, Dec. 20, 2004]

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