Final rules in Docket HM-215E have been published in the Federal Register of July 31, 2003 (68 FR 44991). It is mostly a harmonization of 49 CFR Parts 171 through 180 with the 12th Edition of the United Nations Recommendations, the 31st Amendment of the IMO IMDG, and the 2003-2004 edition of the ICAO TI. [...] Read Full Story
Within Docket HM-215E, further examination of Closure Instructions was addressed, and shippers were given the additional responsibility of verifying that proper packaging closure was intact at the time of closure as well as at the time of shipping — this presumes that there is generally a delay between initial closure and shipment. As stated in [...] Read Full Story
As a manufacturer and supplier of the packaging component of DOT Specification 7A Type A packagings, we are sometimes asked to stencil the packagings per CFR 177,350, "USA DOT 7A Type A." This marking is merely a cosmetic enhancement requested by a customer and does not indicate that the empty drum is a 7A package. [...] Read Full Story