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Pipeline and Haz. Matls. Safety Admin., DOT 

§ 175.30 

carriage of hazardous materials aboard 
aircraft, and the penalties for failure to 
comply with those requirements, at 
each facility where cargo is accepted. 
Each notice must be legible, and be 
prominently displayed so it can be 
seen. At a minimum, each notice must 
communicate the following informa-
tion: 

(1) Cargo containing hazardous mate-

rials (dangerous goods) for transpor-
tation by aircraft must be offered in 
accordance with the Federal Hazardous 
Materials Regulations (49 CFR parts 
171 through 180). 

(2) A violation can result in five 

years’ imprisonment and penalties of 
$250,000 or more (49 U.S.C. 5124). 

(3) Hazardous materials (dangerous 

goods) include explosives, compressed 
gases, flammable liquids and solids, 
oxidizers, poisons, corrosives and radio-
active materials. 

(b) The information contained in 

paragraph (a) of this section must be 
printed: 

(1) Legibly in English, and, where 

cargo is accepted outside of the United 
States, in the language of the host 
country; and 

(2) On a background of contrasting 

color. 

(c) Size and color of the notice are 

optional. Additional information, ex-
amples, or illustrations, if not incon-
sistent with required information, may 
be included. 

(d) 

Exceptions. 

Display of a notice re-

quired by paragraph (a) of this section 
is not required at: 

(1) An unattended location (e.g., a 

drop box) provided a general notice ad-
vising customers of a prohibition on 
shipments of hazardous materials 
through that location is prominently 
displayed; or 

(2) A customer’s facility where haz-

ardous materials packages are accept-
ed by a carrier. 

§ 175.30

Inspecting shipments. 

(a) No person may accept a hazardous 

material for transportation aboard an 
aircraft unless the aircraft operator en-
sures the hazardous material is: 

(1) Authorized, and is within the 

quantity limitations specified for car-
riage aboard aircraft according to 
§ 172.101 of this subchapter or as other-

wise specifically provided by this sub-
chapter. 

(2) Described and certified on a ship-

ping paper prepared in duplicate in ac-
cordance with part 172 of this sub-
chapter or as authorized by subpart C 
of part 171 of this subchapter. See 
§ 175.33 for shipping paper retention re-
quirements; 

(3) Marked and labeled in accordance 

with subparts D and E of part 172 or as 
authorized by subpart C of part 171 of 
this subchapter, and placarded (when 
required) in accordance with subpart F 
of part 172 of this subchapter; and 

(4) Labeled with a ‘‘CARGO AIR-

CRAFT ONLY’’ label (see § 172.448 of 
this subchapter) if the material as pre-
sented is not permitted aboard pas-
senger-carrying aircraft. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph 

(d) of this section, no person may carry 
a hazardous material in a package or 
overpack aboard an aircraft unless the 
package or overpack is inspected by 
the operator of the aircraft imme-
diately before placing it: 

(1) Aboard the aircraft; or 
(2) In a unit load device or on a pallet 

prior to loading aboard the aircraft. 

(c) A hazardous material may be car-

ried aboard an aircraft only if, based on 
the inspection by the operator, the 
package or overpack containing the 
hazardous material: 

(1) Has no leakage or other indication 

that its integrity has been com-
promised; and 

(2) For Class 7 (radioactive) mate-

rials, does not have a broken seal, ex-
cept packages contained in overpacks 
need not be inspected for seal integ-
rity. 

(d) The requirements of paragraphs 

(b) and (c) of this section do not apply 
to Dry ice (carbon dioxide, solid). 

(e) An overpack containing packages 

of hazardous materials may be accept-
ed only if the operator has taken all 
reasonable steps to establish that: 

(1) The proper shipping names, iden-

tification numbers, labels and special 
handling instructions appearing on the 
inside packages are clearly visible or 
reproduced on the outside of the over-
pack, and 

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49 CFR Ch. I (10–1–23 Edition) 

§ 175.31 

(2) The word ‘‘OVERPACK’’ appears 

on the outside of the overpack when 
specification packagings are required. 

[71 FR 14604, Mar. 22, 2006, as amended at 72 
FR 25177, May 3, 2007; 73 FR 57006, Oct. 1, 2008; 
76 FR 3383, Jan. 19, 2011; 79 FR 46040, Aug. 6, 
2014; 80 FR 1164, Jan. 8, 2015; 83 FR 52899, Oct. 
18, 2018] 

§ 175.31

Reports of discrepancies. 

(a) Each person who discovers a dis-

crepancy, as defined in paragraph (b) of 
this section, relative to the shipment 
of a hazardous material following its 
acceptance for transportation aboard 
an aircraft shall, as soon as prac-
ticable, notify the nearest FAA Re-
gional Office by telephone or electroni-
cally. The nearest Regional Office may 
be located by calling the FAA Wash-
ington Operations Center 202–267–3333 
(any hour). Electronic notifications 
may be submitted by following instruc-
tions on the FAA’s website. The fol-
lowing information must be provided: 

(1) Name and telephone number of 

the person reporting the discrepancy. 

(2) Name of the aircraft operator. 
(3) Specific location of the shipment 

concerned. 

(4) Name of the shipper. 
(5) Nature of discrepancy. 
(6) Address of the shipper or person 

responsible for the discrepancy, if 
known, by the air carrier. 

(b) Discrepancies which must be re-

ported under paragraph (a) of this sec-
tion are those involving hazardous ma-
terials which are improperly described, 
certified, labeled, marked, or packaged, 
in a manner not ascertainable when ac-
cepted under the provisions of 
§ 175.30(a) of this subchapter including 
packages or baggage which are found 
to contain hazardous materials subse-
quent to their being offered and accept-
ed as other than hazardous materials. 

[71 FR 14604, Mar. 22, 2006, as amended at 85 
FR 83402, Dec. 21, 2020] 

§ 175.33

Shipping paper and informa-

tion to the pilot-in-command. 

(a) When a hazardous material sub-

ject to the provisions of this sub-
chapter is carried in an aircraft, the 
operator of the aircraft must provide 
the pilot-in-command and the flight 
dispatcher or other ground support per-
sonnel with responsibilities for oper-

ational control of the aircraft with ac-
curate and legible written information 
(e.g., handwritten, printed, or elec-
tronic form) as early as practicable be-
fore departure of the aircraft, but in no 
case later than when the aircraft 
moves under its own power, which 
specifies at least the following: 

(1) The date of the flight; 
(2) The air waybill number (when 

issued); 

(3) The proper shipping name (the 

technical name(s) shown on the ship-
ping paper is not required), hazard 
class or division, subsidiary risk(s) cor-
responding to a required label(s), pack-
ing group and identification number of 
the material as specified in § 172.101 of 
this subchapter or the ICAO Technical 
Instructions (IBR, see § 171.7 of this 
subchapter). In the case of Class 1 ma-
terials, the compatibility group letter 
also must be shown. 

(4) The total number of packages; 
(5) The exact loading location of the 

packages; 

(6) The net quantity or gross mass, as 

applicable, for each package except 
those containing Class 7 (radioactive) 
materials. For a shipment consisting of 
multiple packages containing haz-
ardous materials bearing the same 
proper shipping name and identifica-
tion number, only the total quantity 
and an indication of the quantity of 
the largest and smallest package at 
each loading location need to be pro-
vided. For consumer commodities, the 
information provided may be either the 
gross mass of each package or the aver-
age gross mass of the packages as 
shown on the shipping paper; 

(7) For Class 7 (radioactive) mate-

rials, the number of packages over-
packs or freight containers, their cat-
egory, transport index (if applicable), 
and their exact loading location; 

(8) Confirmation that the package 

must be carried on cargo-only aircraft; 

(9) The airport at which the pack-

age(s) is to be unloaded; 

(10) An indication, when applicable, 

that a hazardous material is being car-
ried under terms of a special permit or 
under a State exemption as prescribed 
in the ICAO Technical Instructions 
(IBR, see § 171.7 of this subchapter); 

(11) The telephone number from 

whom the information contained in the