[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: 49CFR173.51]



[Page 464]

 

                        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 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]