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Initiating or priming explosives, wet: Diazodinitrophenol, fulminate 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 projectiles; rocket ammunition with explosive projectiles, gas projectiles, smoke projectiles, incendiary projectiles, illuminating projectiles; boosters (explosive); bursters (explosive); and

supplementary charges (explosive) without detonators e o
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 -
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 Storage

Subpart B—Loading and Storage Chart of Hazardous Materials

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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

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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.

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Flammable liquids or compressed flammable gases, red label
Flammable solids or oxidizing materials, yellow label

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Acids or corrosive liquids, white label

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

poison gas label
Radioactive materials

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Subpart B-Loading and Storage Chart of Hazardous Materials Continued

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tracers. Time, combination or detonating

Fireworks, common..

OTHER DANGEROUS ARTICLES

Flammable liquids or compressed

flammable gases, red label
Flammable solids or oxidizing mate-

rials, yellow label..
Acids or corrosive liquids, white label
Compressed nonflammable gases,

green label,
Poisonous gases or liquids, in cylin-

ders, projectiles or bombs, poison

gas label

Radioactive materials.

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 f is prohibited.

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: Ġas 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
d Bursters (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, 30 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)

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Subpart C-Placards on Cars $ 174.540 "Explosives" placards.

(a) Explosives placards as prescribed in § 174.550 must be applied to certified cars containing explosives, class A, specified in $$ 173.53 to 173.97 of this chapter. Placards must show in the spaces provided station name and date.

NOTE 1: For cars requiring the poison gas placard, see § 174.542. § 174.541 “Dangerous” placards; “Dan

gerous—Radioactive material” placards; or “Caution-Residual phos

phorus" placards. (a) “Dangerous" placard, prescribed by § 174.552 must be applied to cars, and container cars, as follows:

(1) Cars containing one or more packages bearing red, yellow, white acid, or corrosive liquid caution labels, or white “poison” labels, as prescribed by $ $ 173.405 to 173.408 and 173.409(a) (2) of this chapter, or without labels as authorized in § 173.402(c) of this chapter.

(2) Cars containing flammable solids, oxidizing materials or poisonous solids, class B, in bulk.

(3) Tank cars containing flammable liquids, flammable solids or oxidizing materials, acids or corrosive liquids, poisonous liquids or soilds, class B, compressed flammable gases, compressed nonfiammable gases.

(4) Cars containing shipments of explosives, class B.

NOTE 1: For cars also requiring the poison gas placard, see § 174.542.

(5) When explosives, class A, are loaded in the same car with explosives, class B, or poisonous solids or liquids, class B, only the “Explosives” placard is required.

(b) “Dangerous-Radioactive Material" placards, as prescribed in § 174.553, must be applied to cars containing packages bearing a “radioactive yellow-III” label (three vertical red stripes) as prescribed in § 173.414(d) of this chapter, and to carload lots under $ $ 173.392 and 173.393 (j) and (k) of this chapter.

(c) “Caution-Residual phosphorus" placard, as prescribed in § 174.555, must be applied to tank cars which last con

tained shipments of white or yellow phosphorus and which are required to be filled with water or inert gas before tank car is offered for return movement as provided in 8 173.190(b) (3) of this chapter. (29 F.R. 18774, Dec. 29, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 174-1, 33 F.R. 14931, Oct. 4, 1968] $ 174.542 “Poison gas" placards.

(a) “Poison gas" placards as prescribed by § 174.551 must be applied to cars as follows:

(1) Cars containing one or more packages or articles bearing the “Poison gas" label.

(2) Cars containing ammunition for cannon with toxic gas projectiles, or projectiles, bombs, or other containers loaded with toxic gas requiring the “Poison gas" label.

NOTE 1: The poison gas placard must be applied to cars in addition to any other placards required.

(b) "Flammable poison gas" placards. "Flammable poison gas" placards as prescribed in 174.556 must be applied to Class 105A-W tank cars containing hydrocyanic acid.

(c) “Poison gas" placards. "Poison gas" placards, for tank cars, as prescribed in $ 174.557 must be applied to tank cars containing class A poisons except hydrocyanic acid. § 174.543 Placarding cars; passenger

trains. (a) When a freight, baggage, or express car containing freight shipments of explosives, class B, or freight shipments of hazardous materials other than explosives requiring labels as prescribed by Part 173 of this chapter (not including class A poison gases or liquids), is hauled in a passenger train and such car or cars are not occupied by an employe of the carrier, proper placards must be applied to the car as required by this part. $ 174.544 Placards not required.

(a) Placards are not required for:

(1) Cars containing explosives, class C.

(2) Cars, other than tank cars, containing nonflammable compressed gas (green label).

(3) Cars containing class C poisons (tear gas label).

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