{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Guidance, Safety Guidance for the Classification of an Aerial Shell Kit","title":"Safety Guidance for the Classification of an Aerial Shell Kit","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2013-09-15","effective_on":"2013-09-15","summary":"Safety Guidance for the Classification of an Aerial Shell Kit Document safetyguidancefortheclassificationofanaerialshellkit.pdf (180.13 KB) Safety Guidance for the Classification of an Aerial Shell Kit Issued Date: Sunday, September 15, 2013","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-guidance-safety-guidance-classification-aerial-shell-kit-9e94b91d.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-guidance-safety-guidance-classification-aerial-shell-kit-9e94b91d.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-guidance-safety-guidance-classification-aerial-shell-kit-9e94b91d","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/energetic-materials-approvals/safety-guidance-classification-aerial-shell-kit","body":"Safety Guidance for the Classification of an Aerial Shell Kit\n\nDocument\n\n safetyguidancefortheclassificationofanaerialshellkit.pdf (180.13 KB)\n\n        Safety Guidance for the Classification of an Aerial Shell Kit\n\n          Issued Date: Sunday, September 15, 2013\n\n<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nSafety Guidance on Classification and Transportation\nof an Aerial Shell Kit, Reloadable Tube – UN0336,\nFireworks, 1.4G\nThe Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), an\nagency of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), is issuing guidance\non the requirements for transporting Aerial Shell Kit, Reloadable Tube—\nUN0336, Fireworks, 1.4G. During routine compliance inspections, PHMSA\nbecame aware of an industry practice whereby aerial shells are being\ntransported without reloadable tubes, in violation of the Hazardous Materials\nRegulations (49 C.F.R., Parts 171-180) and the American Pyrotechnic\nAssociation (APA) Standard 87-1, Version 2001 (IBR, see 49 C.F.R. §\n171.7).\nThe requirements of the Aerial Shell Kit, Reloadable Tube are set forth in\nsection 3.1.2.6 of the APA Standard 87-1, which states that a package (kit)\nmust contain a launching tube and not more than 12 small aerial shells and\nnot more than 400 grams of chemical composition. In addition, section\n3.1.2.5 requires that aerials shells offered for transportation without a\nlaunching tube may not be approved or transported as UN0336, Fireworks,\n1.4G. Aerial shells that do not have a launching tube must be approved for\ntransportation as UN0335 Fireworks, 1.3G, in accordance with section 4.1.1.\nEX Approval Classifications for the transportation of a 1.4G Aerial Shell\nKit, Reloadable Tube approved based on the APA Standard 87-1 are only\nvalid when the kit is packaged with a fully assembled and usable launching\ntube of cardboard, high-density polyethylene or equivalent material that is\ncapable of firing twice the number of shells in the kit without failure of the\ntube. An aerial shell kit must also contain less than 400 grams of total\nchemical composition that can be distributed in up to 12 aerial shells with no\nindividual shell containing more than 60 grams. Additionally, the aerial shell\nkit must be transported in commerce in a finished state for retail sale from\nthe manufacturer.\nDetailed information on the requirements for fireworks can be found in 49\nC.F.R. §173.64, the APA Standard 87-1, and on PHMSA’s website:\nhttp://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat. Information may also be obtained by\ncalling the Hazardous Materials Information Center at 1-800-467-4922\n(Washington, DC, call 202-366-4488).","truncated":false,"body_characters":2582}