49 CFR § 180.351 - Qualification of IBCs.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s180.351"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 180.351 - Qualification of IBCs."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "180.351"
section_name: "Qualification of IBCs."
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: "2026-04-07"
last_updated: "2026-04-07"
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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# 180.351 Qualification of IBCs.
(a) *General.* Each IBC used for the transportation of hazardous materials must be an authorized packaging.
(b) *IBC specifications.* To qualify as an authorized packaging, each IBC must conform to this subpart, the applicable requirements specified in part 173 of this subchapter, and the applicable requirements of subparts N and O of part 178 of this subchapter.
[Amdt. 180-5, 59 FR 38079, July 26, 1994, as amended at 66 FR 45391, Aug. 28, 2001]