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Guidelines for the Selection and Use of Plastic Pails:
Hazardous Materials

All transportation requirements for a hazardous material can be found in the Hazardous Materials Table located in Part 172.101 of Title 49 CFR. Before going to hazardous materials table use the guide below to help you understand what the columns are and what they will tell you about the requirements for your product. (Click on the columns in the hazardous materials table example below and the description for that column will be displayed below.) Click here to look up your product in the current hazardous materials table (172.101) available online at the US DOT website.

(j) Column 9: Quantity limitations. Columns 9A and 9B specify the maximum quantities that may be offered for transportation in one package by passenger-carrying aircraft or passenger-carrying rail car (Column 9A) or by cargo aircraft only (Column 9B), subject to the following:
172.101(j)(1)
(1) ``Forbidden'' means the material may not be offered for transportation or transported in the applicable mode of transport.
172.101(j)(2)
(2) The quantity limitation is ``net'' except where otherwise specified, such as for ``Consumer commodity'' which specifies ``30 kg gross.''
172.101(j)(3)
(3) When articles or devices are specifically listed by name, the net quantity limitation applies to the entire article or device (less packaging and packaging materials) rather than only to its hazardous components.
172.101(j)(4)
(4) A package offered or intended for transportation by aircraft and which is filled with a material forbidden on passenger-carrying aircraft but permitted on cargo aircraft only, or which exceeds the maximum net quantity authorized on passenger-carrying aircraft, shall be labelled with the CARGO AIRCRAFT ONLY label specified in §172.448 of this part.