§ 77.848 Loading and storage chart of explosives and other dangerous articles. Subpart C-Loading and Storage Chart of Explosives and Other Dangerous Articles Loading and Storage Chart of Explosives and Other Dangerous Articles shown in this (a) Explosives or other dangerous articles must not be loaded, transported or stored together, except as provided in the section. Low explosives or black powder High explosives or propellant explosives, class A Initiating or priming explosives, wet: Diazodinitrophenol, fulminate of mercury, guanyl nitrosamino guanylidene hydrazine, lead azide, lead styphnate, nitro mannite, nitrosoguanidine, pentaerythrite tetranitrate, tetrazene Blasting caps, with or without safety fuse (including electric blasting caps), detonating primers Ammunition for cannon with explosive projectiles, gas projectiles, smoke projectiles, incendiary projectiles, illuminating projectiles or shell, ammunition for small arms with explosive bullets. or ammunition for small arms with explosive projectiles, or rocket ammunition with explosive projectiles, gas projectiles, smoke projectiles, incendiary projectiles, illuminating projectiles; and boosters (explosive), bursters (explosive), or supplementary charges (explosive) without detonators ed Explosive projectiles, bombs, torpedoes, or mines, rifle or hand grenades (explosive), jet thrust units (jato), explosive, class A or igniters, jet thrust (jato), explosive, class A Detonating fuzes, class A, with or without radioactive components Ammunition for cannon with empty, inert-loaded or solid projectiles, or without projectiles, or rocket ammunition with empty projectiles, inert-loaded or solid projectiles or without projectiles Propellant explosives, class B, jet thrust units (jato), class B, igniters, jet thrust (jato), class B, or starter cartridges, jet engines, class B Fireworks special or railway torpedoes Small arms ammunition Primers for cannon or small arms, empty cartridge bags-black powder igniters, empty cartridge cases, primed, empty grenades, primed, combination primers or percussion caps, toy caps, explosive cable cutters, explosive rivets Percussion fuzes, tracer fuzes or tracers Time, combination or detonating fuzes, class C Cordeau detonant fuse, safety squibs, fuse lighters, fuse igniters, delay electric igniters, electric squibs, instantaneous fuse or igniter cord Fireworks, common, highway fusees or railway fusees Flammable liquids or compressed flammable gases, red label Acids or corrosive liquids, white label Compressed nonflammable gases, green label Poisonous gases or liquids, in cylinders, projectiles or bombs, poison gas label Radioactive materials (class D poisons) Low explosives or black powder High explosives or propellant explosives, class A Initiating or priming explosives, wet: Diazodinitrophenol, fulminate of mercury, guanyl nitrosamino guanylidene hydrazine, lead azide, lead styphnate, nitro mannite, nitrosoguanidine, pentaerythrite tetranitrate, tetrazene Blasting caps, with or without safety fuse (including electric blasting caps), detonating primers Ammunition for cannon with explosive projectiles, gas projectiles, smoke projectiles, incendiary projectiles, illuminating projectiles or shell, ammunition for small arms with explosive bullets, or ammunition for small arms with explosive projectiles, or rocket ammunition with explosive projectiles, gas projectiles, smoke projectiles, incendiary projectiles, illuminating projectiles; and boosters (explosive), bursters (explosive), or supplementary charges (explosive) without detonators ed Explosive projectiles, bombs, torpedoes, or mines, rifle or hand grenades (explosive), jet thrust units (jato), explosive, class A or igniters, jet thrust (jato), explosive, class A Detonating fuzes, class A, with or without radioactive components Ammunition for cannon with empty, inert-loaded or solid projectiles, or without projectiles, or rocket ammunition with empty projectiles, inert-loaded or solid projectiles or without projectiles Propellant explosives, class B, jet thrust units (jato), class B, igniters, et thrust (jato), class B, or starter cartridges, jet engines, class B Fireworks, special or railway torpedoes | 5 | Radioactive materials (class D poisons) Blasting caps or electric blasting caps in quantities not exceeding 1,000 caps may Acid or other corrosive liquids, white label, must not be loaded above or adjacent or gas. Explosives, class A, and explosives, class B, other than ammunition, must not be without detonators when shipped by, to or for the Departments of the Army, Navy, Does not include nitro carbo nitrate or ammonium nitrate, fertilizer grade, which NOTE 1: Charged electric storage batteries must not be loaded in the same vehicle NOTE 2: Cyanides or cyanide mixtures must not be loaded or stored with acids or NOTE 3: Gas identification sets may be loaded and transported with all articles NOTE 4: Nitric acid, when loaded in the same motor vehicle with other acids or Bursters (explosive), boosters (explosive), or supplementary charges (explosive) amended by Order 29, 22 F.R. 2229, Apr. 4, 1957; Order 30, 22 F.R. § 77.853 Transportation and delivery of shipments. (a) No unnecessary delay in movement of shipments. All shipments of explosives or other dangerous articles shall be transported without unnecessary delay, from and including the time of commencement of the loading of the cargo until its final discharge at destination. (b) Delivery at destination. Shipments of explosives and other dangerous articles which are refused by the consignees, or which can not be delivered within 48 hours after arrival at destination, must be promptly disposed of (1) by return to the shipper, if in proper shipping condition, or (2) by storage, provided a suitable storage place for such articles is available, or (3) by sale, or (4) when necessary to safety, by destruction: Provided, That charged electric batteries may be held for 30 days after arrival at destination, pending delivery or disposition. (c) Delivery to authorized person, or magazine. Every shipment of dangerous explosives by motor vehicle shall be delivered only to someone authorized to receive it, except such explosives shipments as are placed in magazines which are immediately thereafter locked. [15 F.R. 8369, Dec. 2, 1950] § 77.854 Disabled vehicles and broken or leaking packages; repairs. (See also Forbidden articles, § 77.821) (a) Care of lading, explosives or other dangerous articles. Whenever for any cause other than necessary traffic stops any motor vehicle transporting any explosive or other dangerous article is stopped upon the traveled portion of any highway or shoulder thereof, special care shall be taken to guard the vehicle and its load or to take such steps as may be necessary to provide against hazard. Special effort shall be made to remove the motor vehicle to a place where the hazards of the materials being transported may be provided against. See §§ 192.22 to 192.26 inclusive, of this chapter, for signals required to be displayed on the highway. (b) Disposition of containers found broken or leaking in transit. When leaks occur in packages or containers during the course of transportation, subsequent to initial loading, disposition of such package or container shall be made by the safest practical means afforded under paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) of this section. (c) Repairing packages. Packages may be repaired when safe and practicable, such repairing to be in accordance with the best and safest practice known and available. (d) Transportation of repaired packages. Any package repaired in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (c) of this section, except as provided in §§ 77.855 (c), 77.856 (c), and 77.858 (b), may be transported to the nearest place at which it may safely be disposed of only in compliance with the following requirements: (1) The package must be safe for transportation. (2) The repair of the package must be adequate to prevent contamination of or hazardous admixture with other lading transported on the same motor vehicle therewith. (3) If the carrier is not himself the shipper, the consignee's name and address must be plainly marked on the repaired package. (e) Disposition of unsafe broken packages. In the event any leaking package or container cannot be safely and adequately repaired for transportation or transported, it shall be stored pending proper disposition in the safest and most expeditious manner possible. (f) Stopped vehicles; other dangerous articles. Whenever any motor vehicle transporting flammable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizing materials, corrosive liquids, compressed gases, or poisons, is stopped for any cause other than necessary traffic stops upon the traveled portion of any highway, or a shoulder next thereto, the following requirements shall be complied with during the period of such stop: (1) For motor vehicles other than cargo tank motor vehicles used for the transportation of flammable liquids or flammable compressed gases and not transporting explosives, class A or class B, flares (pot torches), fusees, red electric lanterns, red emergency reflectors, and red flags shall be displayed as required under §§ 192.22, 192.23, 192.24, and 192.26 of this chapter. |