[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR173.173]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 173--SHIPPERS--GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS AND PACKAGINGS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart E--Non-bulk Packaging for Hazardous Materials Other Than Class 1 
                               and Class 7
 
Sec. 173.173  Paint, paint-related material, adhesives, ink and resins.

    (a) When the Sec. 172.101 table specifies that a hazardous material 
be packaged under this section, the following requirements apply. Except 
as otherwise provided in this part, the description ``Paint'' is the 
proper shipping name for paint, lacquer, enamel, stain, shellac, 
varnish, liquid aluminum, liquid bronze, liquid gold, liquid wood 
filler, and liquid lacquer base. The description ``Paint-related 
material'' is the proper shipping name for a paint thinning, drying, 
reducing or removing compound. However, if a more specific description 
is listed in the Sec. 172.101 table of this subchapter, that description 
must be used.

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    (b) Paint, paint-related material, adhesives, ink and resins must be 
packaged as follows:
    (1) As prescribed in Sec. 173.202 of this part if it is a Packing 
Group II material or Sec. 173.203 of this part if it is a Packing Group 
III material; or
    (2) In inner glass packagings of not over 1 L (0.3 gallon) capacity 
each or inner metal packagings of not over 5 L (1 gallon) each, packed 
in a strong outer packaging. Packages must conform to the packaging 
requirements of subpart B of this part but need not conform to the 
requirements of part 178 of this subchapter.

[Amdt. 173-224, 55 FR 52643, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 66270, 
Dec. 20, 1991; Amdt. 173-241, 59 FR 67509, Dec. 29, 1994]