General Shipment and Packaging Requirements

This section contains a number of regulations aimed at specifically identified substances (e.g., in Subpart D, fiammable, combustible, and pyrophoric liquids in Subpart E, flammable solids, oxidizers, and organic peroxides) and must be consulted by any shipper subject to EPA s pretransport regulation. 

Special labeling requirements are scattered throughout Part 173. Section 

Parts 174-177 Shipment of Hazardous Waste by Rail, Air, Vessel, and Public Highway 

Shippers and transporters using rail carriage should scrutinize the regulations that apply to the particular materials they are carrying (e.g., explosives, 

Persons transporting hazardous waste by any of the modes mentioned above must maintain an adequate supply of the labels and placards required under Part 172 and replace any that are lost or destroyed during transport as soon as possible. Replacement labels should be worded in accordance with information provided on the shipping papers that accompany the hazardous waste to be labeled. 

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