[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR173.51]

[Page 456]
 
                        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. 173.51  Authorization to offer and transport explosives.

    (a) Unless otherwise provided in this subpart, no person may offer 
for transportation or transport an explosive, unless it has been tested 
and classed and approved by the Associate Administrator (Sec. 173.56).
    (b) Reports of explosives approved by the Department of Defense or 
the Department of Energy must be filed with, and receive acknowledgement 
in writing by, the Associate Administrator prior to such explosives 
being offered for transportation.

[Amdt. 173-224, 55 FR 52617, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended by 66 FR 45379, 
Aug. 28, 2001]