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package-or-outside-package means a packaging plus its contents. For radioactive materials, see § 173.403 of this subchapter. 49 CFR 171.8
packaging means a receptacle and any other components or materials necessary for the receptacle to perform its containment function in conformance with the minimum packing requirements of this subchapter. For radioactive materials packaging, see § 173.403 of this subchapter. 49 CFR 171.8
packing-group means a grouping according to the degree of danger presented by hazardous materials. Packing Group I indicates great danger; Packing Group II, medium danger; Packing Group III, minor danger. See § 172.101(f) of this subchapter. 49 CFR 171.8
passenger (With respect to vessels and for the purposes of part 176 only) means a person being carried on a vessel other than: (1) The owner or his representative; (2) The operator; (3) A bona fide member of the crew engaged in the business of the vessel who has contributed no consideration for his carriage and who is paid for his services; or (4) A guest who has not contributed any consideration directly or indirectly for his carriage. 49 CFR 171.8
passenger-carrying-aircraft means an aircraft that carries any person other than a crewmember, company employee, an authorized representative of the United States, or a person accompanying the shipment. 49 CFR 171.8
passenger-vessel means— (1) A vessel subject to any of the requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, which carries more than 12 passengers; (2) A cargo vessel documented under the laws of the United States and not subject to that Convention, which carries more than 16 passengers; (3) A cargo vessel of any foreign nation that extends reciprocal privileges and is not subject to that Convention and which carries more than 16 passengers; and (4) A vessel engaged in a ferry operation and which carries passengers. 49 CFR 171.8
person means an individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint stock company; or a government, Indian Tribe, or authority of a government or Tribe, that offers a hazardous material for transportation in commerce, transports a hazardous material to support a commercial enterprise, or designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a package, container, or packaging component that is represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for use in transporting hazardous material in commerce. This term does not include the United States Postal Service or, for purposes of 49 U.S.C. 5123 and 5124, a Department, agency, or instrumentality of the government. 49 CFR 171.8
person-who-offers-or-offeror means: (1) Any person who does either or both of the following: (i) Performs, or is responsible for performing, any pre-transportation function required under this subchapter for transportation of the hazardous material in commerce. (ii) Tenders or makes the hazardous material available to a carrier for transportation in commerce. (2) A carrier is not an offeror when it performs a function required by this subchapter as a condition of acceptance of a hazardous material for transportation in commerce (e.g., reviewing shipping papers, examining packages to ensure that they are in conformance with this subchapter, or preparing shipping documentation for its own use) or when it transfers a hazardous material to another carrier for continued transportation in commerce without performing a pre-transportation function. 49 CFR 171.8
phmsa means the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590. 49 CFR 171.8
placarded-car means a rail car which is placarded in accordance with the requirements of part 172 of this subchapter. 49 CFR 171.8
poisonous-gas See § 173.115 of this subchapter. 49 CFR 171.8
poisonous-materials See § 173.132 of this subchapter. 49 CFR 171.8
portable-tank means a bulk packaging (except a cylinder having a water capacity of 1000 pounds or less) designed primarily to be loaded onto, or on, or temporarily attached to a transport vehicle or ship and equipped with skids, mountings, or accessories to facilitate handling of the tank by mechanical means. It does not include a cargo tank, tank car, multi-unit tank car tank, or trailer carrying 3AX, 3AAX, or 3T cylinders. 49 CFR 171.8
preferred-route-or-preferred-highway is a highway for shipment of highway route controlled quantities of radioactive materials so designated by a State routing agency, and any Interstate System highway for which an alternative highway has not been designated by such State agency as provided by § 397.103 of this title. 49 CFR 171.8
pre-transportation-function means a function specified in the HMR that is required to assure the safe transportation of a hazardous material in commerce, including— (1) Determining the hazard class of a hazardous material. (2) Selecting a hazardous materials packaging. (3) Filling a hazardous materials packaging, including a bulk packaging. (4) Securing a closure on a filled or partially filled hazardous materials package or container or on a package or container containing a residue of a hazardous material. (5) Marking a package to indicate that it contains a hazardous material. (6) Labeling a package to indicate that it contains a hazardous material. (7) Preparing a shipping paper. (8) Providing and maintaining emergency response information. (9) Reviewing a shipping paper to verify compliance with the HMR or international equivalents. (10) For each person importing a hazardous material into the United States, providing the shipper with timely and complete information as to the HMR requirements that will apply to the transportation of the material within the United States. (11) Certifying that a hazardous material is in proper condition for transportation in conformance with the requirements of the HMR. (12) Loading, blocking, and bracing a hazardous materials package in a freight container or transport vehicle. (13) Segregating a hazardous materials package in a freight container or transport vehicle from incompatible cargo. (14) Selecting, providing, or affixing placards for a freight container or transport vehicle to indicate that it contains a hazardous material. 49 CFR 171.8
primary-hazard means the hazard class of a material as assigned in the § 172.101 table. 49 CFR 171.8
private-track-or-private-siding means: (i) Track located outside of a carrier's right-of-way, yard, or terminals where the carrier does not own the rails, ties, roadbed, or right-of-way, or (ii) Track leased by a railroad to a lessee, where the lease provides for, and actual practice entails, exclusive use of that trackage by the lessee and/or a general system railroad for purpose of moving only cars shipped to or by the lessee, and where the lessor otherwise exercises no control over or responsibility for the trackage or the cars on the trackage. 49 CFR 171.8
proper-shipping-name means the name of the hazardous material shown in Roman print (not italics) in § 172.101 of this subchapter. 49 CFR 171.8
psi means pounds per square inch. 49 CFR 171.8
psia means pounds per square inch absolute. 49 CFR 171.8
psig means pounds per square inch gauge. 49 CFR 171.8
public-vessel means a vessel owned by and being used in the public service of the United States. It does not include a vessel owned by the United States and engaged in a trade or commercial service or a vessel under contract or charter to the United States. 49 CFR 171.8
pyrophoric-liquid See § 173.124(b) of this subchapter. 49 CFR 171.8
radiation-detection-system means an apparatus that contains radiation detectors as components. 49 CFR 171.8
radioactive-materials See § 173.403 of this subchapter for definitions relating to radioactive materials. 49 CFR 171.8
rail-car means a car designed to carry freight or non-passenger personnel by rail, and includes a box car, flat car, gondola car, hopper car, tank car, and occupied caboose. 49 CFR 171.8
railroad means a person engaged in transportation by rail. 49 CFR 171.8
receptacle means a containment vessel for receiving and holding materials, including any means of closing. 49 CFR 171.8
u-n-recommendations means the U.N. Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations (IBR, see § 171.7 of this subchapter). 49 CFR 171.8
reconditioned-packaging See § 173.28 of this subchapter. 49 CFR 171.8
registered-inspector means a person registered with the Department in accordance with subpart F of part 107 of this chapter who has the knowledge and ability to determine whether a cargo tank conforms to the applicable DOT specification. A Registered Inspector meets the knowledge and ability requirements of this section by meeting any one of the following requirements: (1) Has an engineering degree and one year of work experience relating to the testing and inspection of cargo tanks; (2) Has an associate degree in engineering and two years of work experience relating to the testing and inspection of cargo tanks; (3) Has a high school diploma (or General Equivalency Diploma) and three years of work experience relating to the testing and inspection of cargo tanks; or (4) Has at least three years' experience performing the duties of a Registered Inspector prior to September 1, 1991. 49 CFR 171.8
regulated-medical-waste See § 173.134 of this subchapter. 49 CFR 171.8
remanufactured-packagings See § 173.28 of this subchapter. 49 CFR 171.8
reportable-quantity for the purposes of this subchapter, means the quantity specified in Column 2 of Table 1 or Column 3 of Table 2 of appendix A to § 172.101 for any material identified in Column 1 of the tables. 49 CFR 171.8
research means investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery of new theories or laws and the discovery and interpretation of facts or revision of accepted theories or laws in the light of new facts. Research does not include the application of existing technology to industrial endeavors. 49 CFR 171.8
residue means the hazardous material remaining in a packaging, including a tank car, after its contents have been unloaded to the maximum extent practicable and before the packaging is either refilled or cleaned of hazardous material and purged to remove any hazardous vapors. 49 CFR 171.8
reused-packaging See § 173.28 of this subchapter. 49 CFR 171.8
reverse-logistics means the process of offering for transport or transporting by motor vehicle goods from a retail store for return to its manufacturer, supplier, or distribution facility for the purpose of capturing value (e.g., to receive manufacturer's credit), recall, replacement, recycling, or similar reason. This definition does not include materials that meet the definition of a hazardous waste as defined in this section. 49 CFR 171.8
sadt means self-accelerated decomposition temperature and is the lowest temperature at which self-accelerating decomposition may occur in a substance in the packaging, IBC, or portable tank offered for transport. See also § 173.21(f) of this subchapter. 49 CFR 171.8
salvage-packaging means a special packaging conforming to § 173.3 of this subchapter into which damaged, defective, leaking, or non-conforming hazardous materials packages, or hazardous materials that have spilled or leaked, are placed for purposes of transport for recovery or disposal. 49 CFR 171.8
sapt means self-accelerated polymerization temperature and is the lowest temperature at which self-accelerating polymerization may occur with a substance in the packaging, IBC, or portable tank as offered for transport. See also § 173.21(f) of this subchapter. This definition will be effective until January 2, 2023. 49 CFR 171.8
scf (standard cubic foot) means one cubic foot of gas measured at 60 °F. and 14.7 psia. 49 CFR 171.8
secretary means the Secretary of Transportation. 49 CFR 171.8
self-defense-spray means an aerosol or non-pressurized device that: (1) Is intended to have an irritating or incapacitating effect on a person or animal; and (2) Meets no hazard criteria other than for Class 9 (for example, a pepper spray; see § 173.140(a) of this subchapter) and, for an aerosol, Division 2.1 or 2.2 (see § 173.115 of this subchapter), except that it may contain not more than two percent by mass of a tear gas substance (e.g., chloroacetophenone (CN) or 0-chlorobenzylmalonitrile (CS); see § 173.132(a)(2) of this subchapter.) 49 CFR 171.8
service-life for composite cylinders and tubes, means the number of years the cylinder or tube is permitted to be in service. 49 CFR 171.8
settled-pressure means the pressure exerted by the contents of a UN pressure receptacle in thermal and diffusive equilibrium. 49 CFR 171.8
sharps See § 173.134 of this subchapter. 49 CFR 171.8
shipping-paper means a shipping order, bill of lading, manifest or other shipping document serving a similar purpose and prepared in accordance with subpart C of part 172 of this chapter. 49 CFR 171.8
short-circuit means a direct connection between positive and negative terminals of a cell or battery that provides an abnormally low resistance path for current flow. 49 CFR 171.8
siftproof-packaging means a packaging impermeable to dry contents, including fine solid material produced during transportation. 49 CFR 171.8

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