[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: 49CFR173.184]

[Page 509]
 
                        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. 173.184  Highway or rail fusee.

    (a) A fusee is a device designed to burn at a controlled rate and to 
produce visual effects for signaling purposes. The composition of the 
fusee must be such that the fusee will not ignite spontaneously or 
undergo marked decomposition when subjected to a temperature of 75 
deg.C (167  deg.F) for 48 consecutive hours.
    (b) Fusees (highway and railway) must be packaged in steel drums 
(1A2), steel jerricans (3A2), wooden (4C1, 4C2), plywood (4D) or 
reconstituted wood (4F) boxes or in fiberboard boxes (4G), plywood (1D) 
or fiber (1G) drums. If the fusees are equipped with spikes packagings 
must have reinforced ends to prevent penetration of spikes through the 
outer packagings; packages must be capable of passing drop test 
requirements (Sec. 178.603 of this subchapter), including at least one 
drop with spike in a downward position, and other requirements of part 
178 of this subchapter, at the Packing Group II performance level.

[Amdt. 173-224, 55 FR 52643, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 45379]