[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR173.1]

[Page 403]
 
                        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 A--General
 
Sec. 173.1  Purpose and scope.


    (a) This part includes:
    (1) Definitions of hazardous materials for transportation purposes;
    (2) Requirements to be observed in preparing hazardous materials for 
shipment by air, highway, rail, or water, or any combination thereof; 
and
    (3) Inspection, testing, and retesting responsibilities for persons 
who retest, recondition, maintain, repair and rebuild containers used or 
intended for use in the transportation of hazardous materials.
    (b) A shipment of hazardous materials that is not prepared in 
accordance with this subchapter may not be offered for transportation by 
air, highway, rail, or water. It is the responsibility of each hazmat 
employer subject to the requirements of this subchapter to ensure that 
each hazmat employee is trained in accordance with the requirements 
prescribed in this subchapter. It is the duty of each person who offers 
hazardous materials for transportation to instruct each of his officers, 
agents, and employees having any responsibility for preparing hazardous 
materials for shipment as to applicable regulations in this subchapter.
    (c) When a person other than the person preparing a hazardous 
material for shipment performs a function required by this part, that 
person shall perform the function in accordance with this part.
    (d) In general, the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) contained 
in this subchapter are based on the UN Recommendations and are 
consistent with international regulations issued by the International 
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO Technical Instructions) and the 
International Maritime Organization (IMDG Code). However, the HMR are 
not consistent in all respects with the UN Recommendations, the ICAO 
Technical Instructions or the IMDG Code, and compliance with the HMR 
will not guarantee acceptance by regulatory bodies outside of the United 
States.

[Amdt. 173-94, 41 FR 16062, Apr. 15, 1976, as amended by Amdt. 173-100, 
41 FR 40476, Sept. 20, 1976; Amdt. 173-161, 48 FR 2655, Jan. 20, 1983; 
Amdt. 173-224, 55 FR 52606, Dec. 21, 1990; Amdt. 173-231, 57 FR 20953, 
May 15, 1992; 64 FR 10776, Mar. 5, 1999]