Air Eligibility Marking Now Optional

["Roy A. Parker" <royaparker@COMPUSERVE.COM>]

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has published Addendum

No. 2 to the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous

Goods by Air which changes the mandatory requirement for use of the "air

eligibility" mark to have become effective January 1, 2004 to optional.



The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will published

(supposedly by Friday, December 19, 2003) an amendment to their Dangerous

Goods Regulations changing the requirement for mandatory use of the "air

eligibility" mark to have become effective January 1, 2004 to optional.



The US DOT Hazardous Material Regulations 49 CFR 172.321 currently permits

the use of the "air eligibility" mark with an October 1, 2004 mandatory

effective date.  It is anticipated that the US DOT will "harmonize" with the

ICAO change before October 1, 2004 and change the regulation to optional

use.



Roy A. Parker, Ph.D.

roy@royparker.org

Tel: 225-924-1473



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