[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: 49CFR175.703]

[Page 742]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 175_CARRIAGE BY AIRCRAFT--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C_Specific Regulations Applicable According to Classification of 
                                Material
 
Sec.  175.703  Other special requirements for the acceptance and carriage 
of packages containing Class 7 materials.

    (a) No person may accept for carriage in an aircraft packages of 
Class 7 materials, other than limited quantities, contained in a rigid 
or non-rigid overpack, including a fiberboard box or plastic bag, unless 
they have been prepared for shipment in accordance with Sec.  172.403(h) 
of this subchapter.
    (b) Each shipment of fissile material packages must conform to the 
requirements of Sec.  Sec.  173.457 and 173.459 of this subchapter.
    (c) No person shall offer or accept for transportation, or 
transport, by air--
    (1) Vented Type B(M) packages, packages which require external 
cooling by an ancillary cooling system or packages subject to 
operational controls during transport; or
    (2) Liquid pyrophoric Class 7 (radioactive) materials.
    (d) Packages with radiation levels at the package surface or a 
transport index in excess of the limits specified in Sec.  173.441(a) of 
this subchapter may not be transported by aircraft except under special 
arrangements approved by the Associate Administrator.