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General packaging requirements for hazardous materials apply to all packages including bulk, non-bulk, new, reused, specification, and non-specification.
Types of packaging. Packagings are of two types: those manufactured to specifications mandated by the regulations and those based on their performance as determined by testing.
In the first group, specification packaging, are cylinders, portable tanks, cargo tanks and tank car tanks for which DOT has issued detailed manufacturing specifications.
In the second group, UN or performance-oriented packaging, are non-bulk packagings — except cylinders — that have successfully passed applicable performance tests — Drop Test, Leakproofness Test, Hydrostatic Pressure Test, Stacking Test, and the Vibration Standard.
Manufacturers must mark all authorized packagings (specification or performance-oriented) as required by Parts 178 and 179 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR). This marking is the manufacturer’s certification that the packaging has been manufactured and tested in accordance with Parts 178 and 179.
Basic guidelines.