[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR173.22a]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 173_SHIPPERS_GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS AND PACKAGINGS

--Table of Contents

 

     Subpart B_Preparation of Hazardous Materials for Transportation

 

Sec. 173.22a  Use of packagings authorized under exemptions.



    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no person 

may offer a hazardous material for transportation in a packaging the use 

of which is dependent upon an exemption issued under subpart B of part 

107 of this title, unless that person is the holder of or a party to the 

exemption.

    (b) If an exemption authorizes the use of a packaging for the 

shipment or transportation of a hazardous material by any person or 

class of persons other than or in addition to the holder of the 

exemption, that person or a member of that class of persons may use the 

packaging for the purposes authorized in the exemption subject to the 

terms specified therein. Copies of exemptions may be obtained by 

accessing the Hazardous Materials Safety Web site at http://

hazmat.dot.gov/exemptions--index.htm or by writing to the Associate 

Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590-0001, Attention: Records Center.

    (c) When an exemption issued to a person who offers a hazardous 

material contains requirements that apply to a carrier of the hazardous 

material, the offeror shall furnish a copy of the current exemption to 

the carrier before or at the time a shipment is tendered.



[Amdt. 173-93, 41 FR 3478, Jan. 23, 1976, as amended by Amdt. 173-121, 

43 FR 48643, Oct. 19, 1978; Amdt. 173-223, 55 FR 39981, Oct. 1, 1990; 

Amdt. 173-224, 56 FR 66279, Dec. 20, 1991; Amdt. 173-233, 58 FR 33305, 

June 16, 1993; Amdt. 173.249, 61 FR 21102, May 9, 1996; Amdt.173-249, 61 

FR 51242, Oct. 1, 1996; 66 FR 45381, Aug. 28, 2001; 70 FR 3309, Jan. 24, 

2005]



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