Re: RAM Shipping Question

["Alan R. Marchand" <radarm@accessnv.com>]

The training section requires you to know the 49 CFR. The 5 173 sections
refer you to 173.410 for pacage requirements.

Alan r. Marchand
radarm@acceccnv.com

At 05:46 PM 7/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>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
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>Don Jordan	
>The University of Chicago	
>Office of Radiation Safety
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>Chicago,  Illinois  60615
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>email Don_Jordan@fpm.uchicago.edu
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