[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: 49CFR173.187]

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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. 173.187  Pyrophoric solids, metals or alloys, n.o.s.

    Packagings for pyrophoric solids, metals, or alloys, n.o.s. must 
conform to the requirements of part 178 of this subchapter at the 
packing group performance level specified in the Sec. 172.101 table. 
These materials must be packaged as follows:
    (a) In wooden boxes (4C1, 4C2, 4D, or 4F) with inner metal 
receptacles which have a positive (not friction) means of closure and 
contain not more than 15 kg (33 pounds) each.
    (b) In steel drums (1A1 or 1A2) with a gross mass not exceeding 150 
kg (331 pounds) per drum.
    (c) In fiberboard boxes (4G) with inner metal receptacles which have 
a positive (not friction) means of closure and contain not more than 7.5 
kg (17 pounds) each.
    (d) In fiber drums (1G) with inner metal receptacles which have a 
positive (not friction) means of closure and contain not more than 15 kg 
(33 pounds) each.
    (e) In plywood drums (1D) with inner metal receptacles which have a 
positive (not friction) means of closure and contain not more than 15 kg 
(33 pounds) each.

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