[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: 49CFR178.502]

[Page 925]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 178--SPECIFICATIONS FOR PACKAGINGS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart L--Non-bulk Performance-Oriented Packaging Standards
 
Sec. 178.502  Identification codes for packagings.

    (a) Identification codes for designating kinds of packagings consist 
of the following:
    (1) A numeral indicating the kind of packaging, as follows:
    (i) ``1'' means a drum.
    (ii) ``2'' means a wooden barrel.
    (iii) ``3'' means a jerrican.
    (iv) ``4'' means a box.
    (v) ``5'' means a bag.
    (vi) ``6'' means a composite packaging.
    (vii) ``7'' means a pressure receptacle.
    (2) A capital letter indicating the material of construction, as 
follows:
    (i) ``A'' means steel (all types and surface treatments).
    (ii) ``B'' means aluminum.
    (iii) ``C'' means natural wood.
    (iv) ``D'' means plywood.
    (v) ``F'' means reconstituted wood.
    (vi) ``G'' means fiberboard.
    (vii) ``H'' means plastic.
    (viii) ``L'' means textile.
    (ix) ``M'' means paper, multi-wall.
    (x) ``N'' means metal (other than steel or aluminum).
    (xi) ``P'' means glass, porcelain or stoneware.
    (3) A numeral indicating the category of packaging within the kind 
to which the packaging belongs. For example, for steel drums (``1A''), 
``1'' indicates a non-removable head drum (i.e., ``1A1'') and ``2'' 
indicates a removable head drum (i.e., ``1A2'').
    (b) For composite packagings, two capital letters are used in 
sequence in the second position of the code, the first indicating the 
material of the inner receptacle and the second, that of the outer 
packaging. For example, a plastic receptacle in a steel drum is 
designated ``6HA1''.
    (c) For combination packagings, only the code number for the outer 
packaging is used.
    (d) Identification codes are set forth in the standards for 
packagings in Secs. 178.504 through 178.523 of this subpart.

[Amdt. 178-97, 55 FR 52717, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended by Amdt. 178-106, 
59 FR 67519, Dec. 29, 1994]