[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
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--
 
     Subpart B_Preparation of Hazardous Materials for Transportation
 
Sec.  173.22a  Use of packagings authorized under special permits.

    (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 or special permit issued under 
subpart B of part 107 of this title, unless that person is the holder of 
or a party to the exemption or special permit.
    (b) If an exemption or special permit authorizes the use of a 
packaging for the transportation of a hazardous material by any person 
or class of persons other than or in addition to the holder of the 
exemption or special permit, that person or a member of that class of 
persons may use the packaging for

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the purposes authorized in the exemption or special permit subject to 
the terms specified therein. Copies of exemptions and special permits 
may be obtained by accessing the Hazardous Materials Safety Web site at 
http://hazmat.dot.gov/specialpermits--index.htm or by writing to the 
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, 
Attention: Records Center.
    (c) When an exemption or special permit 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 or special permit to the carrier before or at the 
time a shipment is tendered.

[70 FR 73165, Dec. 9, 2005]