[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: 49CFR174.115]

[Page 718]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 174_CARRIAGE BY RAIL--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart E_Class I (Explosive) Materials
 
Sec.  174.115  Loading Division 1.4 (explosive) materials.

    (a) Division 1.4 (explosive) materials may be loaded into any closed 
car in good condition, or into any container car in good condition. Car 
certificates are not required. Packages of Division 1.4 (explosive) 
materials must be blocked and braced to prevent their shifting and 
possible damage due to shifting of other freight during transportation. 
For methods of recommended loading and bracing see Bureau of Explosives 
Pamphlet No. 6.
    (b) Division 1.4 (explosive) materials may not be transported in a 
truck body, trailer, or container on a flatcar unless:
    (1) The truck body, trailer, or container is closed and tight;
    (2) All automatic heating or refrigerating machinery with which the 
truck body, trailer, or container is equipped is inoperative; and
    (3) Packages of Division 1.4 (explosive) materials are blocked and 
braced within the truck body, trailer, or container to prevent their 
shifting and possible damage due to shifting of other freight during 
transportation. Ends, side walls, or doors of the truck body, trailer, 
or container may not be relied on to prevent shifting of heavy loads. 
For recommended methods of blocking and bracing see Bureau of Explosives 
Pamphlet No. 6C.

[Amdt. 174-26, 41 FR 16092, Apr. 15, 1976, as amended by Amdt. 174-36, 
44 FR 70732, Dec. 10, 1979; Amdt. 174-68, 55 FR 52682, Dec. 21, 1990; 66 
FR 45383, Aug. 28, 2001; 68 FR 61942, Oct. 30, 2003]