72 Hazardous Materials: Air Transportation

721 General Requirements

Mailpieces containing hazardous material must meet the following conditions:

1. Permitted Material: Material must comply with air transportation requirements.
2. Preparation and Packaging: Material must be prepared and packaged under all applicable conditions for air transportation.
3. Service Requirement: Package must be sent by Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, or First-Class Package International Service.

Hazardous materials are not acceptable for air transportation if they are not prepared in compliance with the specific applicable requirements. These requirements consider the degree of hazard, quantity of material, method of packaging, required Shipper‘s Declaration for Dangerous Goods, and adequacy of labels and/or markings required for carriage aboard an aircraft.

Chapters 3 and 6, and the Packaging Instructions in Appendix C, provide full details of the conditions under which mailable hazardous materials (domestic) and dangerous goods (international) may be mailed via air transportation