[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: 49CFR177.839]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 177_CARRIAGE BY PUBLIC HIGHWAY--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Loading and Unloading
 
Sec.  177.839  Class 8 (corrosive) materials.

    (See also Sec.  177.834(a) through (j).)
    (a) Nitric acid. No packaging of nitric acid of 50 percent or 
greater concentration may be loaded above any packaging containing any 
other kind of material.
    (b) Storage batteries. All storage batteries containing any 
electrolyte must be so loaded, if loaded with other lading, that all 
such batteries will be protected against other lading falling onto

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or against them, and adequate means must be provided in all cases for 
the protection and insulation of battery terminals against short 
circuits.

[Amdt. 177-87, 61 FR 27175, May 30, 1996]