49 C.F.R. PART 173--SHIPPERS--GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS AND PACKAGINGS
TITLE 49--Transportation
Subtitle B--OTHER REGULATIONS RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SUBCHAPTER C--HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS
PART 173--SHIPPERS--GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS AND PACKAGINGS
Subpart A--GENERAL
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| Hazardous materials classes and index to hazard class definitions.
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| Classification of a material having more than one hazard.
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| Packaging and exceptions.
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| Small quantity exceptions.
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| Oilfield service vehicles and mechanical displacement meter provers.
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| Materials of trade exceptions.
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| U.S. Government material.
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| Exceptions for non-specification packagings used in intrastate transportation.
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| Transport vehicles or freight containers containing lading which has been fumigated.
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| Exceptions for shipment of waste materials.
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| 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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Subpart B--PREPARATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FOR TRANSPORTATION
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| Forbidden materials and packages.
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| Shipper's responsibility.
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| Use of packagings authorized under special permits.
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| Previously authorized packaging.
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| General requirements for packagings and packages.
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| Additional general requirements for non-bulk packagings and packages.
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| Additional general requirements for bulk packagings.
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| Authorized packagings and overpacks.
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| General requirements for transportation by aircraft.
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| Reuse, reconditioning and remanufacture of packagings.
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| Loading and unloading of transport vehicles.
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| Requirements for the use of portable tanks.
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| Hazardous materials in cargo tank motor vehicles.
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| Hazardous materials in IBCs.
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| General packaging requirements for toxic materials packaged in cylinders.
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Subpart C--DEFINITIONS, CLASSIFICATION AND PACKAGING FOR CLASS 1
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| Authorization to offer and transport explosives.
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| Classification codes and compatibility groups of explosives.
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| Provisions for using old classifications of explosives.
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| New explosives--definition and procedures for classification and approval.
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| Acceptance criteria for new explosives.
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| Assignment of class and division for new explosives.
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| Description of terms for explosives.
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| General packaging requirements for explosives.
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| Mixed packaging requirements.
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| Specific packaging requirements for explosives.
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Subpart D--DEFINITIONS CLASSIFICATION, PACKING GROUP ASSIGNMENTS AND EXCEPTIONS FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OTHER THAN CLASS 1 AND CLASS 7
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| Class 2, Divisions 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3--Definitions.
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| Class 2--Assignment of hazard zone.
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| Class 3--Assignment of packing group.
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| Class 4, Divisions 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3--Definitions.
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| Class 4--Assignment of packing group.
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| Class 5, Division 5.1--Definition and assignment of packing groups.
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| Class 5, Division 5.2--Definitions and types.
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| Class 5, Division 5.2--Assignment of packing group.
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| Class 6, Division 6.1--Definitions.
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| Assignment of packing group and hazard zones for Division 6.1 materials.
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| Class 6, Division 6.2--Definitions and exceptions.
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| Class 8--Assignment of packing group.
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| Class 9--Assignment of packing group.
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| Other Regulated Materials (ORM)--Definitions.
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| Other Regulated Materials--Assignment of packing group.
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| Exceptions for Class 3 (flammable and combustible liquids).
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| Exceptions for Division 5.1 (oxidizers) and Division 5.2 (organic peroxides).
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| Exceptions for Division 6.1 (poisonous materials).
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| Exceptions for Class 8 (corrosive materials).
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| Exceptions for Class 9 (miscellaneous hazardous materials).
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| Exceptions for ORM materials.
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Subpart E--NON-BULK PACKAGING FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OTHER THAN CLASS 1 AND CLASS 7
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| Bombs, smoke, non-explosive (corrosive).
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| Chemical kits and first aid kits.
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| Mercury (metallic and articles containing mercury).
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| Air bag inflators, air bag modules and seat-belt pretensioners.
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| Black powder for small arms.
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| Smokeless powder for small arms.
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| Aircraft hydraulic power unit fuel tank.
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| Paint, paint-related material, adhesives, ink and resins.
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| Pyrophoric materials (liquids).
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| Barium azide--50 percent or more water wet.
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| Nitrocellulose base film.
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| Lithium batteries and cells.
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| Pyrophoric solids, metals or alloys, n.o.s.
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| White or yellow phosphorus.
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| Batteries containing sodium or cells containing sodium.
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| Packaging for certain toxic gases in Hazard Zone A.
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| Bromoacetone, methyl bromide, chloropicrin and methyl bromide or methyl chloride mixtures, etc.
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| Hydrogen cyanide, anhydrous, stabilized (hydrocyanic acid, aqueous solution).
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| Diagnostic specimens and used health care products.
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| Non-bulk packagings for liquid hazardous materials in Packing Group I.
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| Non-bulk packagings for liquid hazardous materials in Packing Group II.
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| Non-bulk packagings for liquid hazardous materials in Packing Group III.
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| Non-bulk, non-specification packagings for certain hazardous materials.
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| Specification cylinders for liquid hazardous materials.
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| Non-bulk packagings for solid hazardous materials in Packing Group I.
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| Non-bulk packagings for solid hazardous materials in Packing Group II.
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| Non-bulk packagings for solid hazardous materials in Packing Group III.
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| Packagings which require approval by the Associate Administrator.
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| Asbestos, blue, brown or white.
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| Carbon dioxide, solid (dry ice).
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| Internal combustion engines, self-propelled vehicles, mechanical equipment containing internal combustion engines, and battery powered vehicles or equipment.
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| Polymeric beads, expandable and Plastic molding compound.
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| Dangerous goods in equipment, machinery or apparatus.
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| Packaging and control and emergency temperatures for self-reactive materials.
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| Packaging requirements and other provisions for organic peroxides.
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| Materials poisonous by inhalation, Division 6.1, Packing Group I, Hazard Zone A.
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| Materials poisonous by inhalation, Division 6.1, Packing Group I, Hazard Zone B.
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| Bromine pentafluoride or bromine trifluoride.
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| Chloric acid solution or chlorine dioxide hydrate, frozen.
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Subpart F--BULK PACKAGING FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OTHER THAN CLASS 1 AND CLASS 7
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| Bulk packaging for certain low hazard solid materials.
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| Bulk packagings for certain low hazard liquid and solid materials.
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| Bulk packagings for certain medium hazard liquids and solids, including solids with dual hazards.
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| Bulk packaging for certain high hazard liquids and dual hazard materials which pose a moderate hazard.
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| 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).
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| Bulk packaging for extremely hazardous materials such as poisonous gases (Division 2.3).
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| Bulk packaging for certain elevated temperature materials.
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Subpart G--GASES; PREPARATION AND PACKAGING
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| General requirements for shipment of compressed gases in cylinders and spherical pressure vessels.
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| Additional general requirements for shipment of specification cylinders.
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| Filling of cylinders with nonliquefied (permanent) compressed gases.
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| Additional requirements for shipment of nonliquefied (permanent) compressed gases in specification cylinders.
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| Charging of cylinders with compressed gas in solution (acetylene).
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| Filling of cylinders with liquefied compressed gases.
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| Additional requirements for shipment of liquefied compressed gases in specification cylinders.
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| Charging of cylinders with a mixture of compressed gas and other material.
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| Limited quantities of compressed gases.
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| Exceptions for compressed gases.
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| Cigarette lighter or other similar device charged with fuel.
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| UN Portable Tank Table for Liquefied Compressed Gases.
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| Compressed gases in tank cars and multi-unit tank cars.
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| Compressed gases in cargo tanks and portable tanks.
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| Cryogenic liquids in cylinders.
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| Cryogenic liquids in cargo tanks.
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| Cryogenic liquids in tank cars.
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| Cryogenic liquids; exceptions.
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| Organic phosphates mixed with compressed gas.
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| Gas generator assemblies.
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| Nitrogen dioxide, liquefied, or dinitrogen tetroxide, liquefied.
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Subpart H--[RESERVED]
Subpart I--CLASS 7 (RADIOACTIVE) MATERIALS
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| General design requirements.
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| Additional design requirements for Type A packages.
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| Requirements for Type B packages.
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| Authorized Type A packages.
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| Authorized Type B packages.
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| Authorized fissile materials packages.
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| Authorized packages--pyrophoric Class 7 (radioactive) materials.
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| Authorized packages--oxidizing Class 7 (radioactive) materials.
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| Uranium hexafluoride (fissile, fissile excepted and non-fissile).
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| Excepted packages for limited quantities of Class 7 (radioactive) materials.
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| Additional requirements for excepted packages containing Class 7 (radioactive) materials.
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| Requirements for multiple hazard limited quantity Class 7 (radioactive) materials.
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| Excepted packages for radioactive instruments and articles.
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| Table of activity limits--excepted quantities and articles.
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| Excepted packages for articles containing natural uranium or thorium.
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| Transport requirements for low specific activity (LSA) Class 7 (radioactive) materials and surface contaminated objects (SCO).
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| Empty Class 7 (radioactive) materials packaging.
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| Activity limits for Type A and Type B packages.
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| Requirements for determining basic radionuclide values, and for the listing of radionuclides on shipping papers and labels.
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| Activity-mass relationships for uranium and natural thorium.
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| Table of A1 and A2 values for radionuclides.
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| Exempt material activity concentrations and exempt consignment activity limits for radionuclides.
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| Radiation level limitations and exclusive use provisions.
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| Storage incident to transportation--general requirements.
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| General transportation requirements.
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| Fissile materials--exceptions.
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| Transportation of fissile material packages--specific requirements.
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| Mixing of fissile material packages with non-fissile or fissile-excepted material packages.
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| Demonstration of compliance with tests.
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| Preparation of specimens for testing.
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| Additional tests for Type A packagings designed for liquids and gases.
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| Tests for demonstrating the ability of Type B and fissile materials packagings to withstand accident conditions in transportation.
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| Test for LSA-III material.
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| Tests for special form Class 7 (radioactive) materials.
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| Requirements for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved packages.
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| Requirements for exporting DOT Specification Type B and fissile packages.
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| Requirements for foreign-made packages.
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| Quality control for construction of packaging.
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| Quality control requirements prior to each shipment of Class 7 (radioactive) materials.
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| Approval of special form Class 7 (radioactive) materials.
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| Approval of packagings containing greater than 0.1 kg of non-fissile or fissile-excepted uranium hexafluoride.
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Subparts J-O--[RESERVED]
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Appendix B to Part 173--Procedure for Testing Chemical Compatibility and Rate of Permeation in Plastic Packaging and Receptacles
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