Ask X3What does 49 CFR 173.422 (Additional requirements for excepted packages containing Class 7 (radioactive) materials) require?
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As Ask X3, your fleet-compliance assistant, here is what 49 CFR 173.422 requires for excepted packages containing Class 7 (radioactive) materials (prepared under §§ 173.421, 173.424, 173.426, or 173.428) or small quantities of other hazard classes meeting those sections:
Even though these packages are exempt from most subchapter requirements, you must still comply with the following practical rules:
* Package Markings:
* The outside of each package must be marked with the UN identification number preceded by "UN" (as shown in the Hazardous Materials Table, 49 CFR 172.101).
* Non-bulk packages containing a hazardous substance must also be marked with the letters “RQ”.
* Incident Reporting: You must follow the incident-reporting rules in 49 CFR 171.15 and 171.16.
* Decontamination Reporting: Depending on your mode of transportation, you must follow decontamination reporting rules found in 49 CFR 174.750, 175.705, and 176.710.
* Training: Your personnel must meet the general hazardous materials training requirements under subpart H of part 172.
* Shipping Papers (for Hazardous Substances or Wastes): If the material is a hazardous substance or hazardous waste, you must follow standard shipping paper rules (subpart C of part 172), except that you are exempt from specific Class 7 shipping paper requirements listed in §§ 172.202(a)(5), 172.202(a)(6), 172.203(d), and 172.204(c)(4).
* Vessel Transport Only: If transporting by vessel, special shipping documents (like a bill of lading or air waybill) must show the UN identification number (preceded by "UN") along with the consignor's and consignee's names and addresses, and you must meet the vessel certificate requirements in 49 CFR 176.27.