Hazardous Materials Shipping Guide - Industrial Safety and Hazmat ...

compounds or elements that will not undergo any segregation under conditions
normal to transportation.
Specification packaging means a packaging conforming to one of the
specifications or standards for packagings in part 178 or part 179 of this
subchapter.
Spontaneously combustible material. See § 173.124(b) of this subchapter.
Stabilized means that the hazardous material is in a condition that precludes
uncontrolled reaction. This may be achieved by methods such as adding an
inhibiting chemical, degassing the hazardous material to remove dissolved
oxygen and inerting the air space in the package, or maintaining the hazardous
material under temperature control.
State means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or any other territory or
possession of the United States designated by the Secretary.
State-designated route means a preferred route selected in accordance with
U.S. DOT ''Guidelines for Selecting Preferred Highway Routes for Highway
Route Controlled Quantities of Radioactive Materials'' or an equivalent routing
analysis which adequately considers overall risk to the public.
Storage incidental to movement means storage of a transport vehicle, freight
container, or package containing a hazardous material by any person between
the time that a carrier takes physical possession of the hazardous material for the
purpose of transporting it in commerce until the package containing the
hazardous material is physically delivered to the destination indicated on a
shipping document, package marking, or other medium, or, in the case of a
private motor carrier, between the time that a motor vehicle driver takes physical
possession of the hazardous material for the purpose of transporting it in
commerce until the driver relinquishes possession of the package at its
destination and is no longer responsible for performing functions subject to the
HMR with respect to that particular package.
(1) Storage incidental to movement includes-
(i) Storage at the destination shown on a shipping document, including storage at
a transloading facility, provided the shipping documentation identifies the
shipment as a through-shipment and identifies the final destination or
destinations of the hazardous material; and
(ii) Rail cars containing hazardous materials that are stored on track that does
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