49 CFR § 180.1 - Purpose and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s180.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 180.1 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "180.1"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS"
part_number: "180"
part_name: "CONTINUING QUALIFICATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PACKAGINGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 5101-5128; 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97."
regulatory_source: "Amdt. 180-2, 54 FR 25032, June 12, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "180"
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# 180.1 Purpose and scope.

This part prescribes requirements pertaining to the maintenance, reconditioning, repair, inspection and testing of packagings, and any other function having an effect on the continuing qualification and use of a packaging under the requirements of this subchapter.