[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: 49CFR180.3]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 180_CONTINUING QUALIFICATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PACKAGINGS

--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 180.3  General requirements.



    (a) No person may represent, mark, certify, sell, or offer a 

packaging or container as meeting the requirements of this part, or an 

exemption pertaining to this part issued under subchapter A of this 

chapter, whether or not the packaging or container is intended to be 

used for the transportation of a hazardous material, unless it is 

marked, maintained, reconditioned, repaired, or retested, as 

appropriate, in accordance with this part, an approval issued 

thereunder, or an exemption issued under subchapter A of this chapter.

    (b) The representations, markings, and certifications subject to the 

prohibitions of paragraph (a) of this section include:

    (1) Identifications that include the letters ``DOT'', ``MC'', 

``ICC'', or ``UN'';

    (2) Exemption, approval, and registration numbers that include the 

letters ``DOT'';

    (3) Test dates displayed in association with specification, 

registration, approval, or exemption markings indicating conformance to 

a test or retest requirement of this subchapter, an approval issued 

thereunder, or an exemption issued under subchapter A of this chapter;

    (4) Documents indicating conformance to the testing, inspection, 

maintenance or other continuing qualification requirements of this part; 

and

    (5) Sales literature, including advertising, indicating that the 

packaging or container represented therein conforms to requirements 

contained in subchapter A or C of this chapter.



[Amdt. 180-2, 54 FR 25032, June 12, 1989, as amended by Amdt. 180-3, 58 

FR 33306, June 16, 1993]



Subpart B [Reserved]