Initiating or priming explosives, wet: Diazodinitrophenol, ful

minate of mercury, guanyl nitrosamino guanylidene hydrazine, lead azide, lead styphnate, nitro mannite, nitrosoguanidine,

pentaerythrite tetranitrate, tetrazene, lead mononitroresorcinate Blasting caps, with or without safety fuse (including electric

blasting caps), detonating primers Ammunition for cannon with explosive projectiles, gas pro

jectiles, smoke projectiles, incendiary projectiles, illuminating projectiles or shell; ammunition for small arms with incendiary projectiles; ammunition for small arms with explosive projecfiles; rocket ammunition with explosive projectiles, gas projectiles, smoke projectiles, incendiary projectiles, Illuminating projectiles; boosters (explosive);, bursters (explosive); and supplementary charges (explosive) without detonators • d Explosive projectiles; bombs; torpedoes; mines; rifle or hand grenades (explosive); jet thrust units (jato), class A; igniters, jet thrust, class A; rocket motors, class A; igniters, rocket

motor, class A C Detonating fuzes, class A, with or without radioactive com

ponents Ammunition for cannon with empty, inert-loaded or solid pro

jectiles, or without projectiles; rocket ammunition with empty,

inert-loaded or solid projectiles. Propellant explosives, class B; jet thrust units (jato), class B;

igniters, jet thrust, class B; rocket motors, class B; rocket engines (liquid), class B; igniters, rocket motor, class B; starter

cartridges, jet engine, class B. Fireworks, special or railway torpedoes

Chart of Hazardous Materials shown in this section, § 174.538 Loading and storage chart of hazardous materials. (a) Hazardous materials must not be loaded, transported, or stored together, except as provided in the Loading and Vio

Subpart B-Loading and Storage Chart of Hazardous Materials

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.

Flammable liquids or compressed flammable gases, red label

10 11

X

Flammable solids or oxidizing materials, yellow label

X X X X X X X

Acids or corrosive liquids, white label

X1 Xxx

12 | 13 | 14 | 15

Compressed nonflammable gases, green label
Poisonous gases or liquids, in cylinders, projectiles or bombs.

poison gas label
Radioactive materials

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES

,
combination primers or percussion
primed, empty grenades, primed,
der igniters, empty cartridge cases,

empty cartridge bags-black pow-
Primers for cannon or small arms,

§ 174.538 Loading and storage chart of hazardous materials-Continued.

Subpart B-loading and Storage Chart of Hazardous Materials Continued

a Blasting caps or electric blasting caps in quantities not exceeding 1,000 caps may may be loaded, transported or stored with high explosives or with blasting caps or
also be loaded and transported with articles named in vertical and horizontal columns electric blasting caps, and detonating primers.
3, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. Loading and transportation of blasting caps or electric blasting Normal uranium, depleted uranium, and thorium metal in solid form may also
caps in any quantity with articles named in vertical or horizontal columns b, c, e, be loaded and transported with articles named in vertical and horizontal columns
or fis probibited.

a, b, c, d, e, f, and g.
o Unless loaded in opposite ends of car, acids or other corrosive liquids, white label, NOTE 1: Charged electric storage batteries must not be loaded in the same car nor
must not be loaded with yellow label articles, ammunition for cannon with or without stored with any class A explosive.
projectiles, or propellant explosives, except that shippers loading carload shipments of NOTE 2: Cyanides or cyanide mixtures must not be loaded or stored with acids of
white label and yellow label articles (and who have obtained prior approval from the corrosive liquids.
Bureau of Explosives) may load such articles together when it is known that the mix- NOTE 3: Gas identification sets may be loaded and transported with all articles
ture of contents will not cause a dangerous evolution of heat or gas.

named except those in column c.
. Explosives, class A and explosives, class B must not be loaded or stored with NOTE 4: Nitric acid, when loaded in the same car with other acids or other corrosive
chemical ammunition containing incendiary charges or white phosphorus either with liquids in carboys, must be separated from the other carboys. A 2 by 6 inch plank,
or without bursting charges.

set on edge, should be nailed across the car floor at least 12 inches from the nitric acid
dBursters (explosive), boosters (explosive), or supplementary charges (explosive) carboys, and the space between the plank and the carboys of nitric acid should be
without detonators when shipped by, to or for the Departments of the Army, Navy, filled with sand sifted ashes or other incombustible absorbent material.
and Air Force of the United States Government may be loaded with any of the NOTE 5: Smokeless powder for small arms in quantities not exceeding 100 pounds
articles named except those in columns c, d, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15.

net weight in one car shall be classed as a flammable solid for purposes of transporta-
• Does not include nitro carbo nitrate or ammonium nitrate, fertilizer grade, which tion when approved for such classification by the Bureau of Explosives.
[39 F.R. 18774, Dec. 29, 1964, as amended by Order 66, 80 F.R. 5747, Apr. 23, 1965; Order 72, 31 F.R. 6425, Apr. 28, 1966; Order 71, 31 F.R. 9073,
July 1, 1966; Amdt. 174–1, 33 F.R. 14931, Oct. 4, 1968; Amdt. 174–3, 34 F.R. 12282, July 25, 1969; Amdt. 174–12, 36 F.R. 21202, Nov. 4, 1971)

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES (1) Explosives, class A, must not be vided all of the following requirements loaded, transported, or stored in cars are fulfilled and provided wooden conequipped with any type of ughted heater tainers are painted or treated with fireor open-flame device, or electric devices retardant and waterproof material of a having exposed heating coils, or in cars type approved by the Bureau of Exploequipped with any apparatus or mech- sives: anism utilizing an internal combustion (1) Truck body or trailer must meet engine in its operation.

the requirements of Part 177 of this (m) Blasting caps or electric blasting chapter, applicable to shipments of excaps in quantity not exceeding 1,000 caps plosives by motor vehicle. may be loaded in any closed car which is (2) Truck body or trailer shall be so in good condition, without car certificates secured on the car that it will not peror placards.

manently change position or show evi(n) Container cars or portable con- dence of failure or impending failure tainers on flat cars or gondola cars (drop- of the method of securing truck body or bottom cars not authorized), when prop- trailer under impact from each end of at erly loaded, blocked, and braced to

least 8 miles per hour. Eficiency shall prevent change of position under conditions incident to normal transporta

be determined by actual test, using tion, may be used for any class A ex

dummy loads equal in weight and genplosive except black powder packed in

eral character to the material to be metal containers. Portable containers

shipped. must be of a type approved by the Bu- NOTE 1: For recommended methods of reau of Explosives. They must be de- blocking and bracing see Bureau of Exsigned and maintained so as to be plosives' Pamphlet 6C. weather-tight and so constructed that sparks cannot enter. Wooden contain.

(3) Lading shall be so loaded, blocked,

and braced within or on the truck body ers must be painted or treated with fireretardant material of & type approved

or trailer that it will not change position by the Bureau of Explosives.

under impact from each end of at least (1) Portable containers must be of

8 miles per hour. such design and so braced that there will NOTE 1: For recommended methods of be no evidence of failure of the container blocking and bracing see Bureau of Exor the bracing when subjected to impact

plosives' Pamphlet 6C. Impact tests have from each end of at least 8 miles per

been conducted on methods shown in this

pamphlet. hour. Eficiency shall be determined by actual test, using dummy loads equal in

(4) Cars or truck bodies or trailers on weight and general character to mate

cars must be placarded with the “Explorial to be shipped.

sives" placards as prescribed in § 174.550 (2) Container cars or cars which are and properly executed car certificates as loaded with portable containers must

required by 8 174.525. be placarded with the "Explosives" plac

(5) All fuel tanks for heaters or reards as prescribed in 8 174.550 and prop

frigerating machinery with which truck erly executed car certificates as required

bodies or trailers are equipped shall be by $ 174.525.

drained and all automatic heating or (3) Lading shall be so loaded, blocked, refrigerating machinery shall be renand braced within the container that it dered inoperative by disconnection of the will not change position under impact

automatic controls or the source of power from each end of at least 8 miles per

for their operation. hour.

(29 F.R. 18774, Dec. 29, 1964, as amended by (0) Explosives, class A or class B, may

Order 70, 31 FR. 6426, Apr. 28, 1966] be loaded and transported in tight, closed $ 174.527 Forbidden mixed loading and truck bodies or trailers on flat cars; and storage. wooden boxed bombs, rocket ammunition,

(a) Explosives class A and initiating and rocket motors, class A or class B

or priming explosives must not be transexplosives, which due to their size cannot

ported together in the same rail car. be loaded in tight, closed truck bodies or

Additionally, they must not be transtrailers, may be loaded in or on open-top ported, loaded or stored on carrier proptruck bodies or trailers, but must be pro- erty with charged electric storage battected against accidental ignition, pro- teries or with any hazardous material

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