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. It has been the position of the DOT and the DOE that only the shipper can make the final determination of DOT spec. 7A Type A compliance after the container and its contents are ready to ship. To this end, Skolnik offers 7A Type A containers that have been tested with surrogate contents to demonstrate their capability of serving as a component to the ultimate 7A package.
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