[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR173.240]

[Page 534-535]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 173--SHIPPERS--GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS AND PACKAGINGS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart F--Bulk Packaging for Hazardous Materials Other Than Class 1 and 
                                 Class 7
 
Sec. 173.240  Bulk packaging for certain low hazard solid materials.


    When Sec. 172.101 of this subchapter specifies that a hazardous 
material be packaged under this section, only the following bulk 
packagings are authorized, subject to the requirements of subparts A and 
B of part 173 of this subchapter and the special provisions specified in 
column 7 of the Sec. 172.101 table.
    (a) Rail cars: Class DOT 103, 104, 105, 109, 111, 112, 114, 115, or 
120 tank car tanks; Class 106 or 110 multi-unit tank car tanks; and 
metal non-DOT specification, sift-proof tank car tanks and sift-proof 
closed cars.
    (b) Motor vehicles: Specification MC 300, MC 301, MC 302, MC 303, MC 
304, MC 305, MC 306, MC 307, MC 310, MC 311, MC 312, MC 330, MC 331, DOT 
406, DOT 407, and DOT 412 cargo tank motor vehicles; non-DOT 
specification, sift-proof cargo tank motor vehicles; and sift-proof 
closed vehicles.
    (c) Portable tanks and closed bulk bins. DOT 51, 56, 57 and 60 
portable tanks; IMO type 1, 2 and 5, and IM 101 and IM 102 portable 
tanks; UN portable tanks; marine portable tanks conforming to 46 CFR 
part 64; and sift-proof non-DOT Specification portable tanks and closed 
bulk bins are authorized.
    (d) IBCs. IBCs are authorized subject to the conditions and 
limitations of this section provided the IBC type is authorized 
according to the IBC packaging code specified for the specific hazardous 
material in Column (7) of the Sec. 172.101 Table of this subchapter and 
the IBC conforms to the requirements in subpart O of part 178 of this 
subchapter at the Packing Group performance level as specified in Column 
(5) of the Sec. 172.101 Table of this subchapter for the material being 
transported.

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    (1) IBCs may not be used for the following hazardous materials:
    (i) Packing Group I liquids; and
    (ii) Packing Group I solids that may become liquid during 
transportation.
    (2) The following IBCs may not be used for Packing Group II and III 
solids that may become liquid during transportation:
    (i) Wooden: 11C, 11D and 11F;
    (ii) Fiberboard: 11G;
    (iii) Flexible: 13H1, 13H2, 13H3, 13H4, 13H5, 13L1, 13L2, 13L3, 
13L4, 13M1 and 13M2; and
    (iv) Composite: 11HZ2 and 21HZ2.

[Amdt. 173-224, 55 FR 52663, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 66274, 
Dec. 20, 1991; Amdt. 173-238, 59 FR 38067, July 26, 1994; Amdt. 173-252, 
61 FR 28676, June 5, 1996; 66 FR 33435, June 21, 2001]

    Editorial Note: At 66 FR 33435, June 21, 2001, Sec. 173.240(d) was 
revised. Amendments published at 66 FR 45380, Aug. 28, 2001, could not 
be incorporated because of inaccurate amendatory instruction.