[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: 49CFR175.30]

[Page 727]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 175_CARRIAGE BY AIRCRAFT--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart A_General Information and Regulations
 
Sec.  175.30  Inspecting shipments.

    (a) No person may accept a hazardous material for transportation 
aboard an aircraft unless the aircraft operator ensures the hazardous 
material is:
    (1) Authorized, and is within the quantity limitations specified for 
carriage aboard aircraft according to Sec.  172.101 of this subchapter 
or as otherwise specifically provided by this subchapter.
    (2) Described and certified on a shipping paper prepared in 
duplicate in accordance with subpart C of part 172 or as authorized by 
Sec.  171.11 of this subchapter. See Sec.  175.33 for shipping paper 
retention requirements;
    (3) Marked and labeled in accordance with subparts D and E of part 
172 or as authorized in Sec.  171.11 of this subchapter, and placarded 
(when required) in accordance with subpart F of part 172 of this 
subchapter; and
    (4) Labeled with a ``CARGO AIRCRAFT ONLY'' label (see Sec.  172.448 
of this subchapter) if the material as presented is not permitted aboard 
passenger-carrying aircraft.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, no person 
may carry a hazardous material in a package, outside container, or 
overpack aboard an aircraft unless the package, outside container, or 
overpack is inspected by the operator of the aircraft immediately before 
placing it:
    (1) Aboard the aircraft; or
    (2) In a unit load device or on a pallet prior to loading aboard the 
aircraft.
    (c) A hazardous material may be carried aboard an aircraft only if, 
based on the inspection by the operator, the package, outside container, 
or overpack containing the hazardous material:
    (1) Has no holes, leakage or other indication that its integrity has 
been compromised; and
    (2) For Class 7 (radioactive) materials, does not have a broken 
seal, except packages contained in overpacks need not be inspected for 
seal integrity.
    (d) The requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section do 
not apply to Dry ice (carbon dioxide, solid).
    (e) An overpack containing packages of hazardous materials may be 
accepted only if the operator has taken all reasonable steps to 
establish that:
    (1) The overpack does not contain a package bearing the ``CARGO 
AIRCRAFT ONLY'' label unless--
    (i) The overpack affords clear visibility of and easy access to the 
package;
    (ii) The package contains a material which may be carried 
inaccessibly under the provisions of Sec. 175.75(e); or
    (iii) Not more than one package is overpacked.
    (2) The proper shipping names, identification numbers, labels and 
special handling instructions appearing on the inside packages are 
clearly visible or reproduced on the outside of the overpack, and
    (3) Has determined that word ``OVERPACK'', or until October 1, 2007 
a statement to the effect that the inside packages comply with the 
prescribed specifications, appears on the outside of the overpack, when 
specification packagings are prescribed.