[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR173.63]

[Page 476-477]
 
                        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 C_Definitions, Classification and Packaging for Class 1
 
Sec.  173.63  Packaging exceptions.

    (a) Cord, detonating (UN 0065), having an explosive content not 
exceeding 6.5 g (0.23 ounces) per 30 centimeter length (one linear foot) 
may be offered for transportation domestically and transported as Cord, 
detonating (UN 0289), Division 1.4 Compatibility Group D (1.4D) 
explosives, if the gross weight of all packages containing Cord, 
detonating (UN 0065), does not exceed 45 kg (99 pounds) per:
    (1) Transport vehicle, freight container, or cargo-only aircraft;
    (2) Off-shore down-hole tool pallet carried on an off-shore supply 
vessel;
    (3) Cargo compartment of a cargo vessel; or
    (4) Passenger-carrying aircraft used to transport personnel to 
remote work sites, such as offshore drilling units.
    (b) Cartridges, small arms, and cartridges power devices. (1) 
Cartridges, small arms, and cartridges power devices (which are used to 
project fastening devices) which have been classed as a Division 1.4S 
explosive may be reclassed, offered for transportation, and transported 
as ORM-D material when packaged in accordance with paragraph (b)(2) of 
this section; such transportation is excepted from the requirements of 
subparts E (Labeling) and F (Placarding) of part 172 of this subchapter. 
Cartridges, small arms, and cartridges power devices that may be shipped 
as ORM-D material is limited to:
    (i) Ammunition for rifle, pistol or shotgun;
    (ii) Ammunition with inert projectiles or blank ammunition;
    (iii) Ammunition having no tear gas, incendiary, or detonating 
explosive projectiles;
    (iv) Ammunition not exceeding 12.7 mm (50 caliber or 0.5 inch) for 
rifle or pistol, cartridges or 8 gauge for shotshells; and
    (v) Cartridges, power devices which are used to project fastening 
devices.
    (2) Packaging for cartridges, small arms, and cartridges power 
devices as ORM-D material must be as follows:
    (i) Ammunition must be packed in inside boxes, or in partitions 
which fit snugly in the outside packaging, or in metal clips;
    (ii) Primers must be protected from accidental initiation;
    (iii) Inside boxes, partitions or metal clips must be packed in 
securely-closed strong outside packagings;
    (iv) Maximum gross weight is limited to 30 kg (66 pounds) per 
package; and
    (v) Cartridges, power devices which are used to project fastening 
devices and 22 caliber rim-fire cartridges may be packaged loose in 
strong outside packagings.
    (c)-(e) [Reserved]
    (f) Detonators containing no more than 1 g explosive (excluding 
ignition and delay charges) that are electric blasting caps with leg 
wires 4 feet long or longer, delay connectors in plastic sheaths, or 
blasting caps with empty plastic tubing 12 feet long or longer may be 
packed as follows in which case they are excepted from the packaging 
requirements of Sec.  173.62:
    (1) No more than 50 detonators in one inner packaging;
    (2) IME Standard 22 container or compartment is used as the outer 
packaging;
    (3) No more than 1000 detonators in one outer packaging; and
    (4) No material may be loaded on top of the IME Standard 22 
container and no material may be loaded against the outside door of the 
IME Standard 22 compartment.
    (g) Detonators that are classed as 1.4B or 1.4S and contain no more 
than 1 g of explosive (excluding ignition and delay charges) may be 
packed as follows in which case they are excepted from the packaging 
requirements of Sec.  173.62:
    (1) No more than 50 detonators in one inner packaging;
    (2) IME Standard 22 container is used as the outer packaging;
    (3) No more than 1000 detonators in one outer packaging; and

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    (4) Each inner packaging is marked ``l.4B Detonators'' or ``1.4S 
Detonators'', as appropriate.

[Amdt. 173-224, 55 FR 52617, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 66268, 
Dec. 20, 1991; Amdt. 173-236, 58 FR 50536, Sept. 24, 1993; Amdt. 173-
253, 61 FR 27175, May 30, 1996]