Shipping Classification
Tars, liquid including road oils and cutback bitumens
What this means
Tars, liquid including road oils and cutback bitumens appears on the federal Hazardous Materials Table (49 CFR §172.101), the table that governs how a material must be classified, packaged, and labeled for transport.
Hazard class / division
Class 3
UN / NA identification number
UN1999
Packing group
II
Label codes
3
Packaging — exceptions
150
Packaging — non-bulk
202
Packaging — bulk
242
Passenger aircraft / rail limit
5 L
Cargo aircraft only limit
60 L
Vessel stowage location
B
Vessel stowage — other
None
Special provisions (§172.102)
149 — When transported as a limited quantity or a consumer commodity, the maximum net capacity specified in § 173.150(b)(2) of this subchapter for inner packagings may be increased to 5 L (1.3 gallons).
B13 — A nonspecification cargo tank motor vehicle authorized in § 173.247 of this subchapter must be at least equivalent in design and in construction to a DOT 406 cargo tank or MC 306 cargo tank (if constructed before August 31, 1995), except as follows:
IB2 (see §172.102 or related section for full text)
T3 (see §172.102 or related section for full text)
TP3 (see §172.102 or related section for full text)
TP29 (see §172.102 or related section for full text)
Packaging citations reference sections of 49 CFR Part 173 not expanded here. View the full official table on eCFR.gov.
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Source: Hazardous Materials Table (49 CFR §172.101) and Special Provisions (49 CFR §172.102), current as retrieved from eCFR.gov. View official table.