Re: RAM Shipping Question

["Don_Jordan" <Don_Jordan@fpm.uchicago.edu>]

The controlling regulation appears to be 49 CFR 173.422(b), which states
that "[a]n excepted package of
Class 7 (Radioactive) material that is classed as Class 7 and is prepared
for shipment under the provisions of 173.421, 173.423, 173.424, 173.426 or
173.428 is not subject to the requirements of this subchapter 
except for-
(1) Sections ... 177.861 [of course, there is no longer a section 177.861];
(2) ...;
(3) The training requirements of subpart H of Part 172 of this subchapter
and ..."

The exemption from the provisions of Sub Chapter C (Hazardous Materials
Regulations) appears to relieve you from all of Parts 171 - 180, except as
noted above.   The section 177.861, if it existed, would probably 
require you to report any "incidents" or "decontamination".

Does anyone else have trouble following when you're in a subpart, a
subchapter, a subtitle ....  The Feds
could work a bit a some catchier names than "C" and "49", not to mention
their prose style [e.g., "Class 7 material ... classed as Class 7"]

Hope this helps,   Don



Don Jordan	
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