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Carrier – A person engaged in the transportation of passengers or property by: 

1. Land or water as a common, contract, or private carrier, or 

2. Civil aircraft. 

Consignee  – The business or person to whom a shipment is delivered. 

Division  – A subdivision of a hazard class. 

EPA  – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. FMCSR  – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. 

Freight container  – a reusable container having a volume of 64 cubic feet or more, designed and constructed to permit being lifted with its contents intact and intended primarily for containment of packages (in unit form) during transportation. 

Fuel tank  – A tank, other than a cargo tank, used to transport flammable or combustible liquid or compressed gas for the purpose of supplying fuel for propulsion of the transport vehicle to which it is attached, or for the operation of other equipment on the transport vehicle. 

Gross weight or gross mass  – The weight of the packaging plus the weight of its contents. Hazard class  – The category of hazard assigned to a hazardous material under the definitional criteria of Part 173 and the provisions of the Sec. 172.101 Table. A material may meet the defining criteria for more than one hazard class but is assigned to only one hazard class. 

Hazardous materials  – A substance or material which has been determined by the Secretary of Transportation to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce, and which has been so designated. The term includes hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, marine pollutants, elevated temperature materials and materials designated as hazardous in the hazardous materials table of §172.101, and materials that meet the defining criteria for hazard classes and divisions in §173, subchapter c of this chapter. 

Hazardous substance  - A material, including its mixtures and solutions, that: 

1. Is listed in Appendix A to Sec. 172.101; 

2. Is in a quantity, in one package, which equals or exceeds the reportable quantity (RQ) listed in Appendix A to Sec. 172.101; and 

3. When in a mixture or solution - 

(i) For radionuclides, conforms to paragraph 7 of Appendix A to Sec. 172.101. 

(ii) For other than radionuclides, is in a concentration by weight which equals or exceeds the concentration corresponding to the RQ of the material, as shown in Figure 9.12. 

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This definition does not apply to petroleum products that are lubricants or fuels (see 40 CFR 300.6). 

Hazardous waste  – For the purposes of this chapter, means any material that is subject to the Hazardous Waste Manifest Requirements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency specified in 40 CFR Part 262. 

Intermediate bulk container (IBC)  – A rigid or flexible portable packaging, other than a cylinder or portable tank, which is designed for mechanical handling. Standards for IBCs manufactured in the United States are set forth in subparts N and O §178. 

Limited quantity  – The maximum amount of a hazardous material for which there may be specific labeling or packaging exception. 

Marking  – The descriptive name, identification number, instructions, cautions, weight, specification, or UN marks or combinations thereof, required by this subchapter on outer packaging of hazardous materials. 

Mixture  – A material composed of more than one chemical compound or element. 

Name of contents  – The proper shipping name as specified in Sec. 172.101. 

Non-bulk packaging  - A packaging, which has: 

1. A maximum capacity of 450 L (119 gallons) as a receptacle for a liquid; 

2. A maximum net mass less than 400 kg (882 pounds) and a maximum capacity of 450 L 

