3 Hazardous Materials

3 Hazardous Materials

31 Definition

32 General

321 U.S. Department of Transportation

322 Postal Service

323 Mailer Responsibility

323.1 General

323.2 Service Type Codes

323.3 Extra Service Codes

323.4 Shipping Service File

323.5 Legacy Postage and Hard-Copy Postage Statements

324 Mailability Rulings

325 Hazardous Materials Warning Labels, Markings, Tags, and Endorsements

325.1 General Requirements

325.2 Ancillary Endorsements

325.3 Nonmailable DOT Warning Labels and Marks

325.4 Mailable Warning Labels

325.5 Limited Quantity Markings

325.6 Excepted Quantity Labels

326 Shipping Documentation

327 Transportation Requirements

327.1 General

328 Postal Service Hazardous Materials Table

329 Presentation of Hazardous Materials Mailing

33 Hazard Classes

331 Nine Classes

332 Limited Quantity

333 Consumer Commodity

334 Limited Quantity Air Materials

335 ID8000 Materials

336 Limited Quantity Surface Materials

337 Excepted Quantity

337.1 Definition

337.2 Mailability

337.3 Additional Restrictions

337.4 Quantities

337.5 Packaging and Marking

338 Small Quantity

338.1 Definition

338.2 Mailability

338.3 Additional Restrictions

338.4 Quantities

338.5 Packaging and Marking

339 Packaging Requirements for Hazardous Materials

339.1 DOT Packing Groups

339.2 Postal Service Packaging Instructions

339.3 USPS-Produced Packaging

339.4 Hazardous Materials Outer Packaging

34 Mailability by Hazard Class

341 Explosives (Hazard Class 1)

341.1 Definition

341.2 Mailability, Packaging, and Marking

342 Gases (Hazard Class 2)

342.1 Definition

342.2 Mailability

342.3 Packaging

342.4 Marking and Documentation

342.5 Mailability Rulings

343 Flammable and Combustible Liquids (Hazard Class 3)

343.1 Definition

343.2 Mailability and Packaging

343.3 Marking and Documentation

344 Flammable Solids (Hazard Class 4)

344.1 Definition

344.2 Mailability

344.3 Packaging, Marking, and Documentation

344.4 Nonmailable Flammable Solids

345 Oxidizing Substances, Organic Peroxides (Hazard Class 5)

345.1 Definition

345.2 Mailability

345.3 Packaging, Marking, and Documentation

345.4 Nonmailable Class 5 Materials

346 Toxic Substances and Infectious Substances (Hazard Class 6)

346.1 Definitions

346.2 Division 6.1, Toxic Substances Mailability

346.3 Division 6.2, Infectious Substances Mailability

346.4 Damaged Packages

347 Radioactive Materials (Hazard Class 7)

347.1 Definition

347.2 Mailability

347.3 Packaging

347.4 Marking

347.5 Emergency Procedures

348 Corrosives (Hazard Class 8)

348.1 Definition

348.2 Mailability

348.3 Packaging

348.4 Marking and Documentation

349 Class 9 Hazardous Materials

349.1 Mailability

349.2 Lithium Batteries

349.3 Dry Ice

349.4 Magnetized Materials

349.5 Marking, Packaging, and Documentation

349.6 Nonmailable Class 9 Materials