United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2016_register executive 2018-02-07 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f62bb8 D09002ee1c7f62c21 United States Department of Transportation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is issuing a final rule to prohibit passengers and crewmembers from carrying battery-powered portable electronic smoking devices (e.g., e-cigarettes, e-cigs, e-cigars, e-pipes, e-hookahs, personal vaporizers, electronic nicotine delivery systems) in checked baggage and from charging these devices and their batteries on board the aircraft. However, these devices may continue to be carried in carry-on baggage. This action is consistent with the interim final rule (IFR) published in the Federal Register on October 30, 2015, and a similar amendment in the 2015-2016 Edition of the International Civil Aviation Organization Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (ICAO Technical Instructions). This final rule amends the Hazardous Materials Regulations to maintain alignment with the ICAO Technical Instructions. Furthermore, this final rule does not impact the existing rules on the transport of lithium batteries or other portable electronic devices that are transported for personal use in a passenger's checked or carry-on baggage. 81 FR 31529 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-05-19/2016-11729 2016-11729 fr19my16-15 RIN 2137-AF12 4910-60-P Docket No. PHMSA-2015-0165 (HM-262) https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-05-19/2016-11729 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-05-19/html/2016-11729.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-05-19/pdf/2016-11729.pdf Air Carriers Hazardous Materials Transportation Radioactive Materials Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 3 p. 31529 31531 81 FR 31529 Title 49 Part 175 49 CFR Part 175 RIN 2137-AF12 Hazardous Materials: Carriage of Battery-Powered Electronic Smoking Devices in Passenger Baggage; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue RULE 2016-11729 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 2016-06-20 Docket No. PHMSA-2015-0165 (HM-262) 4910-60-P 2016-11729 Final rule.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is issuing a final rule to prohibit passengers and crewmembers from carrying battery-powered portable electronic smoking devices (e.g., e-cigarettes, e-cigs, e-cigars, e-pipes, e-hookahs, personal vaporizers, electronic nicotine delivery systems) in checked baggage and from charging these devices and their batteries on board the aircraft. However, these devices may continue to be carried in carry-on baggage. This action is consistent with the interim final rule (IFR) published in the Federal Register on October 30, 2015, and a similar amendment in the 2015-2016 Edition of the International Civil Aviation Organization Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (ICAO Technical Instructions). This final rule amends the Hazardous Materials Regulations to maintain alignment with the ICAO Technical Instructions. Furthermore, this final rule does not impact the existing rules on the transport of lithium batteries or other portable electronic devices that are transported for personal use in a passenger's checked or carry-on baggage.

Effective: June 20, 2016. Kevin A. Leary, (202) 366-8553, Standards and Rulemaking Division, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Air Carriers Hazardous Materials Transportation Radioactive Materials Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Hazardous Materials: Carriage of Battery-Powered Electronic Smoking Devices in Passenger Baggage , http://www.regulations.gov/search/footer/privacyanduse.jsp Vol. 81, no. 97 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-05-19 continuing daily deposited born digital 347 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-05-19 P0b002ee198595aca 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr19my16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-05-19 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-05-19/pdf/FR-2016-05-19.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-05-19/xml/FR-2016-05-19.xml fdlp 31489 31825 DGPO 2018-02-07 2024-06-01 FR-2016-05-19 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-05-19 81 97