§177.841 Division 6.1 (poisonous) and Division 2.3 (poisonous gas) materials

(See also §177.634 (a) to (j).)

(a) Arsenical compounds in bulk. Care shall be exercised in the loading and unloading of "arsenical dust", "arsenic trioxide", and "sodium arsenate", allowable to be loaded into sift-proof, steel hopper-type or dump-type motor-vehicle bodies equipped with

water-proof, dust-proof covers well secured in place on all openings, to accomplish such loading with the minimum spread of such compounds into the atmosphere by all means that are practicable: and no such loading or unloading shall be done near or adjacent to any place where there are or are likely to be, during the loading or unloading process assemblages of persons other than those engaged in the loading or unloading process, or upon any public highway or in any public place. Before any motor vehicle may be used for transporting any other articles, all detectable traces of arsenical materials must be removed therefrom by flushing with water, or by other appropriate method, and the marking removed.

(b) [Reserved]

(c) Division 2.3 (poisonous gas) or Division 6.1 (poisonous) materials. The transportation of a Division 2.3 (poisonous gas) or Division 6.1 (poisonous) material is not permitted if there is any interconnection between packagings.

(d) Division 6.1 (poisonous) materials in cargo tanks. A person shall not drive a cargo tank and a motor carrier shall not require or permit a person to drive a cargo tank containing

Division 6.1 (poisonous) materials (regardless of quantity) unless:

(1) All manhole closures on the cargo tank are closed and secured; and

(2) All valves and other closures in liquid discharge systems are closed and free of leaks.

(e) A motor carrier may not transport a package:

(1) Bearing a POISON label in the same motor vehicle with material that is marked as or known to be foodstuffs, feed or any edible material intended for consumption by humans or animals unless the inside package is overpacked in a liquid-tight and

dust-proof container identified as package 4000 in the National Motor Freight

Classification 100-1 or when overpacked in a metal drum as specified in

§§l73.25(c) of this subchapter;

(2) Bearing or required to bear a POISON or POISON GAS label in the driver's compartment (including a sleeper berth) of a motor vehicle: or

(3) Bearing a KEEP AWAY FROM FOOD label with materials marked as or known to be foodstuffs feed, or any other edible material intended for consumption by humans or animals unless the package bearing the KEEP AWAY FROM FOOD label is separated in a manner that. in the event of leakage from packages under conditions normally incident to transportation commingling of hazardous materials with foodstuffs feed or any other edible material would not occur.

[29 FR 18795. Dec. 29.1964. Redesignated at 32 FR 5606. Apr. 5.1967]

Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting § 177.841. see the List of CFR

Sections Affected appearing in the Finding Aids section of this volume.