[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43266-43267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17663]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
49 CFR Part 173
Shippers--General Requirements for Shipments and Packagings
CFR Correction
In Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 100 to 177,
revised as of October 1, 2013, on page 527, in Sec. 173.62, in
paragraph (c)(5), at the end of the Table of Packing Methods, packing
instruction US 1 is reinstated to read as follows:
Sec. 173.62 Specific packaging requirements for explosives.
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Table of Packing Methods
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US 1......................... 1. A jet perforating gun, charged, oil
well may be transported under the
following conditions:
a. Initiation devices carried on the same
motor vehicle or offshore supply vessel
must be segregated; each kind from every
other kind, and from any gun, tool or
other supplies, unless approved in
accordance with Sec. 173.56.
Segregated initiation devices must be
carried in a container having individual
pockets for each such device or in a
fully enclosed steel container lined
with a non-sparking material. No more
than two segregated initiation devices
per gun may be carried on the same motor
vehicle.
b. Each shaped charge affixed to the gun
may not contain more than 112 g (4
ounces) of explosives.
c. Each shaped charge if not completely
enclosed in glass or metal, must be
fully protected by a metal cover after
installation in the gun.
d. A jet perforating gun classed as 1.1D
or 1.4D may be transported by highway by
private or contract carriers engaged in
oil well operations.
(i) A motor vehicle transporting a gun
must have specially built racks or
carrying cases designed and constructed
so that the gun is securely held in
place during transportation and is not
subject to damage by contact, one to the
other or any other article or material
carried in the vehicle; and
(ii) The assembled gun packed on the
vehicle may not extend beyond the body
of the motor vehicle.
e. A jet perforating gun classed as 1.4D
may be transported by a private offshore
supply vessel only when the gun is
carried in a motor vehicle as specified
in paragraph (d) of this packing method
or on offshore well tool pallets
provided that:
(i) All conditions specified in
paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this
packing method are met;
(ii) The total explosive contents do not
exceed 90.8 kg (200 pounds) per tool
pallet;
(iii) Each cargo vessel compartment may
contain up to 90.8 kg (200 pounds) of
explosive content if the segregation
requirements in Sec. 176.83(b) of this
subchapter are met; and
(iv) When more than one vehicle or tool
pallet is stowed ``on deck'' a minimum
horizontal separation of 3 m (9.8 feet)
must be provided.
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[FR Doc. 2014-17663 Filed 7-24-14; 8:45 am]
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