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| 189 | Medium lithium cells and batteries. Effective October 1, 2008, when transported by motor vehicle or rail car, lithium cells or batteries, including cells or batteries packed with or contained in equipment, are not subject to any other requirements of this subchapter if they meet all of the following:
- a. The lithium content anode of each cell, when fully charged, is not more than 5 grams.
- b. The aggregate lithium content of the anode of each battery, when fully charged, is not more than 25 grams.
- c. The cells or batteries are of a type proven to meet the requirements of each test in the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria (IBR; see §171.7 of this subchapter). A cell or battery and equipment containing a cell or battery that was first transported prior to January 1, 2006 and is of a type proven to meet the criteria of Class 9 by testing in accordance with the tests in the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria, Third revised edition, 1999, need not be retested.
- d. Cells or batteries are separated or packaged in a manner to prevent short circuits and are packed in a strong outer packaging or are contained in equipment.
- e. The outside of each package must be marked “LITHIUM BATTERIES—FORBIDDEN FOR TRANSPORT ABOARD AIRCRAFT AND VESSEL” on a background of contrasting color, in letters:
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(1) At least 12 mm (0.5 inch) in height on packages having a gross weight of more than 30 kg (66 pounds); or
- (2) At least 6 mm (0.25 inch) on packages having a gross weight of 30 kg (66 pounds) or less, except that smaller font may be used as necessary to fit package dimensions.
- f. Except when contained in equipment, each package containing more than 24 lithium cells or 12 lithium batteries must be:
- (1) Marked to indicate that it contains lithium batteries, and special procedures should be followed if the package is damaged;
- (2) Accompanied by a document indicating that the package contains lithium batteries and special procedures should be followed if the package is damaged;
- (3) Capable of withstanding a 1.2 meter drop test in any orientation without damage to cells or batteries contained in the package, without shifting of the contents that would allow short circuiting and without release of package contents; and
- (4) Gross weight of the package may not exceed 30 kg (66 pounds). This requirement does not apply to lithium cells or batteries packed with equipment.
- g. Electrical devices must conform to §173.21 of this subchapter; and
- h. A written report submitted, retained, and updated in accordance with §171.16 is required if a fire, violent rupture, explosion or dangerous evolution of heat (i.e., an amount of heat sufficient to be dangerous to packaging or personal safety to include charring of packaging, melting of packaging, scorching of packaging, or other evidence) occurs as a direct result of a lithium battery or battery-powered device.
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| 190 | Until the effective date of the standards set forth in Special Provision 189, medium lithium cells or batteries, including cells or batteries packed with or contained in equipment, are not subject to any other requirements of this subchapter if they meet all of the following:
- a. Primary lithium batteries and cells.
- (1) Primary lithium batteries and cells are forbidden for transport aboard passenger-carrying aircraft. The outside of each package that contains primary (nonrechargeable) lithium batteries or cells must be marked “PRIMARY LITHIUM BATTERIES—FORBIDDEN FOR TRANSPORT ABOARD PASSENGER AIRCRAFT” or “LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES—FORBIDDEN FOR TRANSPORT ABOARD PASSENGER AIRCRAFT” on a background of contrasting color. The letters in the marking must be:
- (i) At least 12 mm (0.5 inch) in height on packages having a gross weight of more than 30 kg (66 pounds); or
- (ii) At least 6 mm (0.25 inch) on packages having a gross weight of 30 kg (66 pounds) or less, except that smaller font may be used as necessary to fit package dimensions; and
- (2) The provisions of paragraph (a) (1) do not apply to packages that contain 5 kg (11 pounds) net weight or less of primary lithium batteries or cells that are contained in or packed with equipment and the package contains no more than the number of lithium batteries or cells necessary to power the piece of equipment.
b. The lithium content of each cell, when fully charged, is not more than 5 grams.
c. The aggregate lithium content of each battery, when fully charged, is not more than 25 grams.
d. The cells or batteries are of a type proven to meet the requirements of each test in the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria (IBR; see §171.7 of this subchapter). A cell or battery and equipment containing a cell or battery that was first transported prior to January 1, 2006 and is of a type proven to meet the criteria of Class 9 by testing in accordance with the tests in the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria, Third Revised Edition, 1999, need not be retested.
e. Cells or batteries are separated so as to prevent short circuits and are packed in a strong outer packaging or are contained in equipment.
f. Electrical devices must conform to §173.21 of this subchapter.
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| 198 | Nitrocellulose solutions containing not more than 20% nitrocellulose may be transported as paint, perfumery products, or printing ink, as applicable, provided the nitrocellulose contains no more 12.6% nitrogen (by dry mass). See UN1210, UN1263, UN1266, UN3066, UN3469, and UN3470. | Browse 198 |
| 200 | Division 1.4G consumer fireworks may be certified for transportation by a DOT-approved Fireworks Certification Agency in accordance with the provisions of §173.65 of this subchapter. | Browse 200 |
| 222 | Shipments offered for transportation by aircraft may not be reclassed as ORM-D. | Browse 222 |
| 237 | “Batteries, dry, containing potassium hydroxide solid, electric storage” must be prepared and packaged in accordance with the requirements of §173.159(a) and (c). For transportation by aircraft, the provisions of §173.159(b)(2) apply. This entry may only be used for the transport of non-activated batteries that contain dry potassium hydroxide and that are intended to be activated prior to use by the addition of an appropriate amount of water to the individual cells. | Browse 237 |
| 238 | Neutron radiation detectors:
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a. Neutron radiation detectors containing non-pressurized boron trifluoride gas in excess of 1 gram and radiation detection systems containing such neutron radiation detectors as components may be transported by highway, rail, vessel, or cargo aircraft in accordance with the following:
- (1) Each radiation detector must meet the following conditions:
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(i) The pressure in each neutron radiation detector must not exceed
105 kPa absolute at 20 [deg]C;
- (ii) The amount of gas must not exceed 13 grams per detector; and
- (iii) Each neutron radiation detector must be of welded metal construction with brazed metal to ceramic feed through assemblies. These detectors must have a minimum burst pressure of 1800 kPa as demonstrated by design type qualification testing; and
- (iv) Each detector must be tested to a 1 x 10-\10\ cm\3\/s leaktightness standard before filling.
- (2) Radiation detectors transported as individual components must be transported as follows:<
- (i) They must be packed in a sealed intermediate plastic liner with sufficient absorbent material to absorb the entire gas contents.
- (ii) They must be packed in strong outer packagings and the completed package must be capable of withstanding a 1.8 meter (6-foot) drop without leakage of gas contents from detectors.
- (iii) The total amount of gas from all detectors per outer packaging must not exceed 52 grams.
- (3) Completed neutron radiation detection systems containing detectors meeting the conditions of paragraph (a)(1) of this special provision must be transported as follows:
- (i) The detectors must be contained in a strong sealed outer casing;
- (ii) The casing must contain include sufficient absorbent material to absorb the entire gas contents;
- (iii) The completed system must be packed in strong outer packagings capable of withstanding a 1.8 meter (6-foot) drop test without leakage unless a system's outer casing affords equivalent protection.
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b. Except for transportation by aircraft, neutron radiation
detectors and radiation detection systems containing such detectors
transported in accordance with paragraph (a) of this special provision
are not subject to the labeling and placarding requirements of part 172
of this subchapter.
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c. When transported by highway, rail, vessel, or as cargo on an
aircraft, neutron radiation detectors containing not more than 1 gram
of boron trifluoride, including those with solder glass joints are not
subject to any other requirements of this subchapter provided they meet
the requirements in paragraph (a)(1) of this special provision and are
packed in accordance with paragraph (a)(2) of this special provision.
Radiation detection systems containing such detectors are not subject
to any other requirements of this subchapter provided they are packed
in accordance with paragraph (a)(3) of this special provision.
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| 328 | When lithium cells or batteries are contained in the fuel cell system, the item must be described under this entry and the entry “Lithium batteries, contained in equipment”. | Browse 328 |
| 332 | Magnesium nitrate hexahydrate is not subject to the requirements of this subchapter. | Browse 332 |
| 335 | Mixtures of solids that are not subject to this subchapter and environmentally hazardous liquids or solids may be classified as “Environmentally hazardous substances, solid, n.o.s,” UN3077 and may be transported under this entry, provided there is no free liquid visible at the time the material is loaded or at the time the packaging or transport unit is closed. Each transport unit must be leakproof when used as bulk packaging. | Browse 335 |
| 338 | Life Saving appliances, self-inflating transported by motor vehicle only between an U.S. Coast Guard approved inflatable life raft servicing facility and a vessel are only subject to the following requirements:
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a. Prior to repacking into the life-saving appliance, an installed inflation cylinder must successfully meet and pass all inspection and test criteria and standards of the raft manufacturer and the vessel Flag State requirements for cylinders installed as part of life-saving appliances, self-inflating (UN2990) used on marine vessels. Additionally, each cylinder must be visually inspected in accordance with CGA pamphlet, CGA C–6 (incorporated by reference, see §171.7). A current copy of CGA
pamphlet, CGA C–6 must be available at the facility servicing the life-saving appliance.
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b. An installed inflation cylinder that requires recharging must be filled in accordance with § 173.301(l).
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c. Every installed inflation cylinder, as associated equipment of the life-saving appliance, must be packed within the protective packaging of the life raft and the life raft itself must otherwise be in compliance with § 173.219.
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d. The serial number for each cylinder must be recorded as part of the life-saving appliance service record by the U.S. Coast Guard-approved servicing facility.
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| 340 | This entry applies only to the vessel transportation of nickel-metal hydride batteries as cargo. Nickel-metal hydride button cells or nickel-metal hydride cells or batteries packed with or contained in battery-powered devices transported by vessel are not subject to the requirements of this special provision. See “Batteries, dry, sealed, n.o.s.” in the §172.101 Hazardous Materials Table (HMT) of this part for transportation requirements for nickel-metal hydride batteries transported by other modes and for nickel-metal hydride button cells or nickel-metal hydride cells or batteries packed with or contained in battery-powered devices transported by vessel. Nickel-metal hydride batteries subject to this special provision are subject only to the following requirements: (1) The batteries must be prepared and packaged for transport in a manner to prevent a dangerous evolution of heat, short circuits, and damage to terminals; and are subject to the incident reporting in accordance with §171.16 of this subchapter if a fire, violent rupture, explosion or dangerous evolution of heat (i.e., an amount of heat sufficient to be dangerous to packaging or personal safety to include charring of packaging, melting of packaging, scorching of packaging, or other evidence) occurs as a direct result of a nickel metal hydride battery; and (2) when loaded in a cargo transport unit in a total quantity of 100 kg gross mass or more, the shipping paper requirements of Subpart C of this part, the manifest requirements of §176.30 of this subchapter, and the vessel stowage requirements assigned to this entry in Column (10) of the §172.101 Hazardous Materials Table. | Browse 340 |
| 342 | Glass inner packagings (such as ampoules or capsules) intended
only for use in sterilization devices, when containing less than 30 mL
of ethylene oxide per inner packaging with not more than 300 mL per
outer packaging, may be transported in accordance with Sec. 173.4a of
this subchapter, irrespective of the restriction of Sec. 173.4a(b) and
the indication of ``forbidden'' in columns (9A) and (9B) of the Sec.
172.101 table provided that:
- a. After filling, each glass inner packaging must be determined to
be leak-tight by placing the glass inner packaging in a hot water bath
at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to ensure that an
internal pressure equal to the vapor pressure of ethylene oxide at 55
[deg]C is achieved. Any glass inner packaging showing evidence of
leakage, distortion or other defect under this test must not be
transported under the terms of this special provision;
- b. In addition to the packaging required in Sec. 173.4a, each
glass inner packaging must be placed in a sealed plastic bag compatible
with ethylene oxide and capable of containing the contents in the event
of breakage or leakage of the glass inner packaging; and
- c. Each glass inner packaging is protected by a means of preventing
puncture of the plastic bag (e.g., sleeves or cushioning) in the event
of damage to the packaging (e.g., by crushing).
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| 343 | A bulk packaging that emits hydrogen sulfide in sufficient concentration that vapors evolved from the crude oil can present an inhalation hazard must be marked as specified in §172.327of this part. | Browse 343 |
| 345 | “Nitrogen, refrigerated liquid (cryogenic liquid), UN1977” transported in open cryogenic receptacles with a maximum capacity of 1 L are not subject to the requirements of this subchapter. The receptacles must be constructed with glass double walls having the space between the walls vacuum insulated and each receptacle must be transported in an outer packaging with sufficient cushioning and absorbent materials to protect the receptacle from damage. | Browse 345 |
| 346 | “Nitrogen, refrigerated liquid (cryogenic liquid), UN1977” transported in accordance with the requirements for open cryogenic receptacles in §173.320 and this special provision are not subject to any other requirements of this subchapter. The receptacle must contain no hazardous materials other than the liquid nitrogen which must be fully absorbed in a porous material in the receptacle. | Browse 346 |
| 347 | Effective July 1, 2011, for transportation by aircraft, this entry may only be used if the results of Test series 6(d) of Part I of the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria (IBR, see §171.7 of this subchapter) have demonstrated that any hazardous effects from accidental functioning are confined to within the package. Effective January 1, 2012, for transportation by vessel, this entry may only be used if the results of Test Series 6(d) of Part I of the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria (IBR, see §171.7 of this subchapter) have demonstrated that any hazardous effects from accidental functioning are confined to within the package. Effective January 1, 2014, for transportation domestically by highway or rail, this entry may only be used if the results of Test Series 6(d) of Part I of the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria (IBR, see §171.7 of this subchapter) have demonstrated that any hazardous effects from accidental functioning are confined to within the package. Testing must be performed or witnessed by a person who is approved by the Associate Administrator (see §173.56(b) of this subchapter). All successfully conducted tests or reassignment to another compatibility group require the issuance of a new or revised approval by the Associate Administrator prior to transportation on or after the dates specified for each authorized mode of transport in this special provision. | Browse 347 |
| 349 | Mixtures of hypochlorite with an ammonium salt are forbidden for transport. A hypochlorite solution, UN1791, is a Class 8 corrosive material. | Browse 349 |
| 350 | Ammonium bromate, ammonium bromate aqueous solutions, and mixtures of a bromate with an ammonium salt are forbidden for transport. | Browse 350 |
| 351 | Ammonium chlorate, ammonium chlorate aqueous solutions, and mixtures of a chlorate with an ammonium salt are forbidden for transport. | Browse 351 |
| 352 | Ammonium chlorite, ammonium chlorite aqueous solutions, and mixtures of a chlorite with an ammonium salt are forbidden for transport. | Browse 352 |
| 353 | Ammonium permanganate, ammonium permanganate aqueous solutions, and mixtures of a permanganate with an ammonium salt are forbidden for transport. | Browse 353 |
| 357 | A bulk packaging that emits hydrogen sulfide in sufficient concentration that vapors evolved from the crude oil can present an inhalation hazard must be marked as specified in §172.327 of this part. | Browse 357 |
| 360 | Vehicles only powered by lithium batteries must be assigned the identification number UN3171. | Browse 360 |
| 361 | Capacitors with an energy storage capacity of 0.3 Wh or less are not subject to the requirements of this subchapter. Energy storage capacity means the energy held by a capacitor, as calculated using the nominal voltage and capacitance. This entry does not apply to capacitors that by design maintain a terminal voltage (e.g., asymmetrical capacitors.) | Browse 361 |