[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: 49CFR177.839]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 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 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]