113 Other Reference Sources

No single guide could provide all the details necessary for the safe acceptance and handling of every item that is classified as hazardous material, restricted matter, or perishable matter. This publication provides specific mailability requirements, where possible, for those categories of harmful materials that present significant danger or which are frequently presented for mailing.

Particular matter may be mailable under postal statutes and regulations, but customers may have responsibilities under nonpostal statutes and regulations concerned with possession, treatment, transmission, or transfer of such matter (e.g., 49 CFR 100-185 [Department of Transportation Regulations]; the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 [Public Law 91-513], 21 U.S.C. 801, et seq.; and the Gun Control Act of 1968 [Public Law 90-618], 18 U.S.C. 921, et seq.).

In writing this publication, the following sources were used:

Postal Service

• Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM).
• Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM).
• Postal Operations Manual (POM).
• Administrative Support Manual (ASM).
• Publication 14, Prohibitions and Restrictions on Mailing Animals, Plants, and Related Matter.
• Handbook EL-812, Hazardous Materials and Spill Response.
• Aviation Mail Security, Management Instructions.
• Notice 107, Let’s Keep the Mail Safe.
• Poster 298, DOT Hazardous Materials Warning Labels and Markings.

Other Sources

• Title 18 of the United States Code (U.S.C.) 921, 1715, 1716
  (18 U.S.C. 921, 1715, 1716).
• 39 U.S.C. 3001-3002a, 3005, 3008-3010, 3012, 3014, 3015, 3017, 3018.
• 21 U.S.C. 801–830 (drugs).
• 7 U.S.C. 7701 (plant pests).
• 7 U.S.C. 7760 (plants).
• Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.
• 42 CFR, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
• 49 CFR, Parts 100–185, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air.
• International Air Transport Association (IATA), Dangerous Goods Regulations.

Where appropriate, the names and addresses of agencies where more detailed information can be obtained are provided in this publication.