[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR173.22a]

[Page 447]
 
                        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 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 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, East 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 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, as amended at 72 FR 55692, Oct. 1, 2007]