TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

SUBTITLE B - OTHER REGULATIONS RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION

CHAPTER I - PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

SUBCHAPTER C - HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS

PART 178 - SPECIFICATIONS FOR PACKAGINGS

subpart n - IBC PERFORMANCE - ORIENTED STANDARDS

178.700 - Purpose, scope and definitions.

  (a) This subpart prescribes requirements applying to IBCs intended for the transportation of hazardous materials. Standards for these packagings are based on the UN Recommendations.

  (b) Terms used in this subpart are defined in 171.8 of this subchapter and in paragraph (c) of this section.

  (c) The following definitions pertain to the IBC standards in this subpart.

  (1) Body means the receptacle proper (including openings and their closures, but not including service equipment), that has a volumetric capacity of not more than three cubic meters (3,000 L, 793 gallons, or 106 cubic feet) and not less than 0.45 cubic meters (450 L, 119 gallons, or 15.9 cubic feet) or a maximum net mass of not less than 400 kg (882) pounds.

  (2) Service equipment means filling and discharge, pressure relief, safety, heating and heat-insulating devices and measuring instruments.

  (3) Structural equipment means the reinforcing, fastening, handling, protective or stabilizing members of the body or stacking load bearing structural members (such as metal cages).

  (4) Maximum permissible gross mass means the mass of the body, its service equipment, structural equipment and the maximum net mass (see 171.8 of this subchapter).

[Amdt. 178103, 59 FR 38068, July 26, 1994, as amended by Amdt. 178108, 60 FR 40038, Aug. 4, 1995; 66 FR 45386, 45387, Aug. 28, 2001]