[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: 49CFR173.63]



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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 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;



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    (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 (IBR, see Sec. 171.7 of this 

subchapter) 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

    (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; 68 FR 75743, Dec. 31, 2003]