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(2) Is currently registered as a professional engineer by appropriate authority of a
state of the United States or a province of Canada; or
(3) Has at least three years' experience in performing the duties of a Design
Certifying Engineer prior to September 1, 1991.
Designated facility means a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal
facility that has been designated on the manifest by the generator.
Diagnostic specimen. See § 173.134 of this subchapter.
District Commander means the District Commander of the Coast Guard, or his
authorized representative, who has jurisdiction in the particular geographical
area.
Division means a subdivision of a hazard class.
DOD means the U.S. Department of Defense.
Domestic transportation means transportation between places within the
United States other than through a foreign country.
DOT or Department means U.S. Department of Transportation.
Drum means a flat-ended or convex-ended cylindrical packaging made of metal,
fiberboard, plastic, plywood, or other suitable materials. This definition also
includes packagings of other shapes made of metal or plastic (e.g., round tapernecked
packagings or pail-shaped packagings) but does not include cylinders,
jerricans, wooden barrels or bulk packagings.
Elevated temperature material means a material which, when offered for
transportation or transported in a bulk packaging:
(1) Is in a liquid phase and at a temperature at or above 100 °C (212 °F);
(2) Is in a liquid phase with a flash point at or above 37.8 °C (100 °F) that is
intentionally heated and offered for transportation or transported at or above its
flash point; or
(3) Is in a solid phase and at a temperature at or above 240 °C (464 °F).
Engine means a locomotive propelled by any form of energy and used by a
railroad.
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