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49 CFR 177.839: Class 8 (corrosive) materials.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 49—Transportation
- Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation
- CHAPTER I—PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
- SUBCHAPTER C—HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS
- PART 177—CARRIAGE BY PUBLIC HIGHWAY
- Subpart B—Loading and Unloading
(See also § 177.834(a) through (j).)
(a) Nitric acid. No packaging of nitric acid of 50 percent or greater concentration may be loaded above any packaging containing any other kind of material.
(b) Storage batteries. All storage batteries containing any electrolyte must be so loaded, if loaded with other lading, that all such batteries will be protected against other lading falling onto or against them, and adequate means must be provided in all cases for the protection and insulation of battery terminals against short circuits.
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